Sir Nigel Gresley
SIR NIGEL GRESLEY
1876 - 1941
CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS,
1911-1923 GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
1923-1941 LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY
BASED IN AN OFFICE AT THIS STATION, HE DESIGNED
POWERFUL, ELEGANT AND FAST LOCOMOTIVES
INCLUDING THE WORLD FAMOUS "FLYING SCOTSMAN"
AND "MALLARD", THE FASTEST STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
IN THE WORLD. HIS STREAMLINED TRAINS DEPARTED
FROM THIS STATIONS. THEY SET NEW STANDARDS OF
COMFORT, SPEED AND SAFETY, AND WERE
THE FIRST TRULY HIGH SPEED TRAINS.
SCULPTOR: HAZEL REEVES FRSA
PLACED BY THE GRESLEY SOCIETY TRUST ON 5TH APRIL 2016,
THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH.
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Submitted by Campbell McNeill @cbgb_1