Am I correct in saying an A1/A3 was going to be named April the Fifth?
And am I correct in saying Sir Nigel Gresley died on that date in 1941
If so what a strange co-incidence
APRIL THE FIFTH
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Re: APRIL THE FIFTH
'April the Fifth' won the Derby in 1932.
Yes that was the date HNG died in 1941.
I do not know if the name was considered for a Pacific. (It was considered according to an article in Gresley Observer 46, but the loco eventually became Brown Jack.)
John
Yes that was the date HNG died in 1941.
I do not know if the name was considered for a Pacific. (It was considered according to an article in Gresley Observer 46, but the loco eventually became Brown Jack.)
John