Nigel Gresley

Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley (1876–1941) was a British Steam Locomotive and Electric Locomotive Engineer designer from 1911-1941 who worked for the Great Northern Railway from 1911-1923 and the LNER railway from 1923-1941 in the UK. He died in 1941 aged 64 during World War 2 in Europe. Gresley designed various 0-6-0 type locomotives as well as 2-6-0,2-8-0’s and 4-4-0’s 4-6-0’s and 4-6-2’s 4-6-4 as well as a 2-8-2 and 2-6-2 type locomotives. As well as designing a 2-8-0+0-8-2 locomotive and a Bo+Bo (0-4-4-0) electric locomotive . He is also the most famous locomotive engineer designer in Britain but was hated by his rival Edward Thompson (Locomotive Engineer). He also planned the proposed LNER 4-8-2 type locomotive in 1939 but was never built due to the locomotive being too heavy and too big on tight curves.

+List of Locomotives GNR/LNERWheel Arrangement YearGNR 521 Class 0-6-00-6-0 Tender Engine1911-1922GNR Class J210-6-0 Tender Engine1912GNR Class J23 0-6-00-6-0 Tank Engine1913-1939LNER Class J38 and J39 0-6-00-6-0 Tender Engine1926-1941GNR Class N2 0-6-20-6-2 Tank Engine 1920-1929GNR/LNER K Class 2-6-02-6-0 Tender Engine1912-1939GNR/LNER O Class 2-8-02-8-0 Tender Engine1913-1943LNER Class D49 4-4-04-4-0 Tender Engine1927-1935LNER Class B17 4-6-04-6-0 Tender Engine 1928-1937LNER Class P1 and P2 2-8-22-8-2 Tender Engine 1925-1936LNER Class V1/V3,V2 and V4 2-6-22-6-2 Tank Engine and Tender Engines 1930-1944GNR/LNER Class A1 and A3 4-6-24-6-2 Tender engine 1922-1949LNER Class A4 4-6-24-6-2 Tender Engine 1935-1938LNER Class U1 2-8-0+0-8-22-8-0+0-8-2 Garrett1925LNER Class W1 4-6-44-6-4 Tender Engine 1929/1936LNER/BR Class 76Bo-Bo (0-4-4-0) Electric Locomotive 1941-1953

Category:1876 births
Category:1941 deaths
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