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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261107T140000
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URL:https://rchs.org.uk/events/sir-nigel-gresley-philip-benham/
SUMMARY:Sir Nigel Gresley  (Philip Benham)
DESCRIPTION:2026 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Herbert Ni
 gel Gresley. Gresley was one of the foremost steam locomotive engineers wh
 o became Chief Mechanical Engineer of the LNER designing many famous locom
 otives. As Chairman of the Gresley Society (amongst many other accolades)\
 , Philip Benham is very well placed to tell us more about the man and his 
 works.\n\nThis meeting will be held in the Brierley Room of the York Explo
 re Library\, Museum Street\, York\, YO1 7DS. This venue is about ten minut
 es walk from York Railway Station\, across Lendal Bridge towards the Minst
 er. It is on the left just before the traffic lights.\n\nThere is a café 
 inside the library selling drinks and snacks.\n\nMembers of other groups a
 nd visitors are welcome to attend. A voluntary contribution of at least £
 3.00 is requested to help defray meeting room expenses.\n\n[caption id="at
 tachment_43020" align="alignnone" width="300"] Gresley A3 Pacific 4472 Fly
 ing Scotsman at Doncaster in 2003 (Wikipedia)[/caption]\n\n[caption id="at
 tachment_43022" align="alignnone" width="300"] Gresley A4 Pacific 4468 Mal
 lard at York on 25 August 1986 (Peter Martin)[/caption]
CATEGORIES:North-East
LOCATION:York Explore Library\, Museum Street\, York\, England\, YO1 7DS\, 
 United Kingdom
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