biography
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Gresley, Sir (Herbert) Nigel
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| lived:
| (1876–1941)
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| biography:
| Locomotive engineer, born in Edinburgh, EC Scotland, UK. For 30 years from 1911 he was the foremost British locomotive designer of such classic trains as the streamlined ‘Silver Jubilee’ and ‘Coronation’ in the mid-1930s. His A4 class Pacific 4–6–2 ‘Mallard’ achieved a world record speed for a steam locomotive of 126 mph in July 1938 which has never been exceeded. |
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