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Nigel Gresley Pacifics among early runners in TRA live saleroom auction

NAMEPLATES from three Nigel Gresley-designed Pacifics are the early headliners inTalisman’s live saleroom auction at Newark Showground on July 13.The trio is led by from A4 No. 60005, which emerged from Doncaster in June 1938, was renamed in August 1942 after the LNER’s chief general manager, and 10 months later was again renamed following his knighthood.

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