TRAIN enthusiasts were able to capture a glimpse of a famous locomotive as it passed through the Tyne Valley.
Spotted at different locations, residents were able to take quick pictures of the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive as it passed through Haltwhistle, Hexham and Prudhoe on Friday, April 5.
The train was named after Sir Nigel Gresley, who LNER claim on their website is the ‘most famous’ locomotive designer associated with the company and served as the LNER's Chief Mechanical Engineer for most of the LNER's life.
It was built at Doncaster as works N°1863, the locomotive entered service in 1937 following a naming ceremony at Marylebone station on 26th November.
The website states that the locomotive was mainly based at London King's Cross, with a spell at Grantham during World War II, and was briefly re-numbered as N°7 before becoming N°60007 when the LNER was merged into British Railways.
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