For the canal builder, see Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet. For the locomotive, see LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley.
Sir
Nigel Gresley
CBE
Born
(1876-06-19)19 June 1876
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died
5 April 1941(1941-04-05) (aged 64)
Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation
Engineer
Engineering career
Discipline
Locomotive engineer and designer
Employer(s)
Great Northern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway
Sir Herbert Nigel GresleyCBE (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941)[1] was a British railway engineer. He was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). He was the designer of some of the most famous steam locomotives in Britain, including the LNER Class A1 and LNER Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific engines. An A1 Pacific, Flying Scotsman, was the first steam locomotive officially recorded over 100 mph in passenger service, and an A4, number 4468 Mallard, still holds the record for being the fastest steam locomotive in the world (126 mph).
Gresley's engines were considered elegant, both aesthetically and mechanically. His invention of a three-cylinder design with only two sets of Walschaerts valve gear, the Gresley conjugated valve gear, produced smooth running and power at lower cost than would have been achieved with a more conventional three sets of Walschaerts gear.
No. 4472 Flying Scotsman
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of Sir NigelGresley made of bronze stands near the booking office of London King's Cross railway station. It was commissioned by the Gresley Society...
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and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of NigelGresley. It was employed on long-distance express passenger trains on the East...
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and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of NigelGresley, entering service in March 1929. Primarily used to haul express passenger...
(GNR) Class N2 is an 0-6-2T side tank steam locomotive designed by NigelGresley and introduced in 1920. Further batches were built by the London and...
1936 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) to a design by NigelGresley, and employed to haul heavy passenger trains on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen...
of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class K4 designed by NigelGresley for the steep grades of the West Highland Line. It was renumbered 1994...
experimental steam locomotive fitted with a high pressure water-tube boiler. NigelGresley was impressed by the results of using high-pressure steam in marine...
Railway (LNER) Class K4 is a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives designed by NigelGresley for the steep grades of the West Highland Line. The North British Railway...
locomotive. It is a 4-6-2 locomotive built to the same design by Sir NigelGresley as the more famous Mallard. There were 35 A4 locomotives built in total...
35. Holden, Michael (24 January 2023). "Steam locomotive 60007 Sir NigelGresley unveiled in blue livery". RailAdvent. Retrieved 4 August 2023. "Light...
standard British Railways express passenger blue livery as 60007 Sir NigelGresley. Finally on 2 October 1952, Union of South Africa was painted in British...
history of the British 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotives designed by NigelGresley for the Great Northern Railway (GNR), a constituent company of the London...
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Northern Railway LNER Class W1, an experimental locomotive designed by Sir NigelGresley for the London and North Eastern Railway second step of the W0-W6 scale...
approximately the half-way point. The LNER's locomotive design team, headed by NigelGresley, produced a new design of tender that was slightly longer than the old...
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