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portrait Howard Wilkinson
Sir Nigel Gresley
Pickering, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Built in Doncaster in 1937, Sir Nigel Gresley was named after it's designer in honour of the 100th LNER 4-6-2 A4 Class steam enginge to be built. Sir Nigel is the holder of the post-war speed record for a steam locomotive at 112 m.p.h. shown on the commemorative plaque on the side of the engine. The steam record was set in July 1938 and is still held by another A4 Class engine, the Mallard at 126 m.p.h

Sir Nigel is currently pulling passengers accross the North Yorkshire Moors from Pickering to Grosmont.

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is an 18 mile line running from Pickering to Grosmont. The line run by the North York Moors Historical Railway Trust and is mostly operated by voluteers.

Location Map Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 54° 14' 55" N
Longitude: 0° 46' 45" W
Elevation: 40m
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Date/Time:
4:30pm Saturday 23rd September 2006

Equipment:
Camera Canon EOS 5D
Lens Sigma 15mm F2.8 EX DG Fisheye
Pano Head Manfrotto 303SPH
Tripod Gitzo Explorer G2227
Photo Editing Software Adobe Photoshop CS2
Stitching Software PTGui v6.0.2
QTVR Creator Pano2QTVR v1.2.10


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