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Entry Type
Corporate
Corporate Name
Great Northern Railway
Also Known As
GNR
Epithet
railway company
Dates
1846-1923
History
Its Chief Mechanical Engineer was Sir Nigel Gresley, of the Gresley family of Derbyshire.
Became part of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway in 1923.
Authorised Form of Name
Great Northern Railway; 1846-1923; railway company
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