Sculptor Hazel Reeves works on the statue of Sir Nigel Gresley, the designer of the Flying Scotsman, for Kings Cross Station.
Sculptor Hazel Reeves works on the clay modeling of the statue of Sir Nigel Gresley, the designer of the fastest steam locomotive in the world, the LNER's Class A4 N0. 4468 "Mallard". The streamlined steam locomotive achieved a speed of 126 mph in 1938. Sir Nigel also designed the famous A3 locomotive, "Flying Scotsman." Hazel is her studio in Billingshurst, Sussex. This statue of Sir Nigel, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, North Eastern Railway, is about to be cast in bronze and placed on the concourse at London's Kings Cross railway station in April 2016. The statue was commissioned by The Gresley Society and it hit the headlines as it was originally designed to have a Mallard duck at Sir Nigel’s feet but the duck was controversially dropped because his grandsons thought it made him look ridiculous. The general public and the Gresley Society loved the duck and wanted it retained but the family refused to approve it.
Size: 2832px × 4256px
Location: Billingshurst Sussex England Britain UK
Photo credit: © Roger Bamber / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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