What a shame The Gresley Society has ditched the duck from a proposed statue of the great locomotive designer that is planned for King’s Cross.
Not only was it Sir Nigel Gresley’s ‘A4’ locomotive Mallard that took – and still holds – the world steam speed record but the man himself, by all accounts, was rather fond of the birds.
Save the duck, I say!
This article first appeared in RAIL 772, published in April 2015.
Hi Philip, have you signed the petition asking the Gresley Society to reinstate the mallard? The link is https://www.change.org/p/the-gresley-society-trust-reinstate-the-mallard-on-the-proposed-statue-of-sir-nigel-gresley if you are interested. There’s so much support for keeping it, but the Gresley Soc say they aren’t listening!