Encyclopedia > LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley
60007 Sir Nigel Gresley is an LNER Class A4steam locomotive. Mallard at York Sir Nigel Gresley introduced the famous LNER Class A4 locomotives in 1935 to pull a new train called the Silver Jubilee, between London Kings Cross and Newcastle, in celebration of King George Vs 25th year of reign. ... Great Western Railway No. ...
Built for the LNER in 1937, it was originally numbered 4498. It is a 4-6-2 locomotive to the same design by Sir Nigel Gresley as the more famous Mallard. The London and North Eastern Railway or LNER was the second-largest of the Big Four railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Pennsylvania Railroads class K4s, a well known 4-6-2 type. ... Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941) was one of Britains most famous Steam locomotive engineers who worked for the Great Northern Railway company from 1911 to 1922 as locomotive superintendent and for the London and North Eastern Railway company (LNER) from 1923 to 1941 as... Mallard at York Number 4468 Mallard is a London and North Eastern Railway Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built in the 1930s by the LNER and designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in England. ...
It is now preserved at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and is undergoing restoration to working order. A diesel train on the NYMR The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. ...
Gresley travelled on the Fliegende Hamburger and was impressed by the need for streamlining, although he realised it was only useful at the highest speeds.
As with the A3, Walschaerts gear was used on the outside cylinders, and Gresley's conjugated gear was used for the inside cylinder.
Gresley favoured the use of a system produced by Westinghouse (and already in use on the LMS), and so trials began in 1938.
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