Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet, (c1727-1787), an English land-owner, mine-owner and builder
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One of the first examples of articulated railway carriages were used by London and North Eastern Railways in Great Britain on their London Suburban Trains in the mid-1920s ; these trains (rolling stock) were designed by Sir Nigel Gresley and built at the LNER's Doncaster Works.
When working for the GWR, Holcroft collaborated with Sir Nigel Gresley to invent and patent the Gresley conjugated valve gear for three-cylinder steam locomotives.