The London and North Eastern Railway D49 Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley. They were named after fox hunts and shires.
LNER 264 Stirlingshire
D49/1 no. 62712 Morayshire with Walschaerts valve gear and piston valves
D49/2 no. 62757 The Burton with rotary cam poppet valves
Preserved D49 class no. 246 Morayshire at Doncaster Works
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 D49
…The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) D49 Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley. They were named after fox hunts and shires. One, 246/62712 Morayshire has been preserved on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway…
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