Gresley's lone giant

摘要

The largest locomotive ever to run in Britain made its debut three quarters of a century ago this June. KEITH FARR tells the remarkable story of the LNER's mighty Beyer-Garratt. The name 'Nigel Gresley'. evokes images of Pacifies hauling long strings of teak coaches, or of the 'Coronation' and 'Elizabethan' headed by streamlined A4s - all products of the 'big engine' policy perpetuated by the chief mechanical engineer of the London & North Eastern Railway.