The Great Northern Railway, King's Cross Station & Sir Nigel Gresley
Ray Schofield
- Region:
- London
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Hobby
- Fee:
- Unknown
- Category:
- Travel
- Updated:
- 30th December 2025
- Tagged:
- Trains | Steam Engines | Travel | Sir Nigel Gresley
York was the gateway to the north and just 2 years after the London & Birmingham Rly - Britian's first mainline, opened; York was connected to the rail network. The route, from Euston via Rugby, Leicester and Derby was 40ml. longer than the A1 road. Twelve years later in 1852 a new direct route from King's Cross opened. The iconic station was built on the site of a former smallpox hospital and alegedly Queen Boudicca's grave. In the halcyon years of British steam locomotives, between the world wars, the designer of 'Mallard', the world's fastest steam locomotive, Sir Nigel Gresley had his office within the station and 2026 will be the 200th anniversay of his birth.
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Retired Chartered Engineer who has undertaken tour management for UK worldwide rail travel company. Widely travelled, much of which is independent, around the 5 continents of the world plus Aus and NZ. Visited parts that most others haven’t e.g., North Korea, Pakistan, Eritrea, Paraguay, Syria .......
Talks are generally associated with trains (mostly nostalgic steam) the railways themselves and associated historical aspects. Most talks were planned for railway interest groups but can be tailored to audience, whether knowledgeable on rail subjects or not and using both Ray's own photo material and other sourced images.
Presentations will be in digital format and in Power Point format.
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- From Welllington to Wakatipu and north to Aukland too
- Ray's book - Locomotive Sheds of the Great Central Railway and the CLC
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