The iconic steam locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley will be returning to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for a selection of special services during March 2025.<br />The Sir Nigel Gresley will be returning to The North Yorkshire Moors Railway between March 22 to 30 and be in action in between Pickering and Grosmont.<br /><br />Built at Doncaster works, No. 4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ entered service in 1937 following a naming ceremony at Marylebone station on 26th November.<br /><br />It was the 100th Gresley Pacific built by the London and North Eastern Railway.<br /><br />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 No. 7 before becoming No. 60007 when the LNER was merged into British Railways.
