LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard
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LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard is a 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in 1938 for operation on the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley. Its streamlined, wind tunnel
Mallard at the National Railway Museum, York
Mallard's builder's plate
60022 Mallard descending Stoke Bank in June 1962
Mallard's speed record plate
Nigel Gresley
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Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley was a British railway engineer. He was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern R
LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard
…is a 4-6-2 ("Pacific") steam locomotive built in 1938 for operation on the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley. Its streamlined, wind tunnel tested design allowed it to haul long-distance express passenger services at high speeds. On 3 July 1938, Mallard broke…
LNER No. 4472 Flying Scotsman at Doncaster Works in 2003
Salisbury Hall, Gresley's home during the 1930s
Memorial plaque to Gresley's achievements displayed in the main hall of Edinburgh's Waverley railway station
LNER Class A4 4488 Union of South Africa, a classic Gresley design, on the Severn Valley Railway in 2004