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.
www.gresley.org

Submitted by Campbell McNeill  @cbgb_1