I thought that Doncaster was, traditionally, where the train farms were?
It was for 150 years. The A3 Pacifics (Flying Scotsman etc) and the A4 Pacifics (Mallard etc) were built there and diesel locos after the end of steam. I visited several times for open days with my Dad who worked for BR for decades. It was closed in 2007 and demolished to make way for a housing estate 
Last time I was passing through king's cross I noticed a new statue of Nigel Gresley, looks like your typical engineer to me.
Only the statue isn't complete! The duck is missing!
For those who don't understand, the statue as originally designed, and approved by those who paid for it, included a mallard duck, as a nod to the locomotive Mallard, and the fact that he liked ducks, and had mallards in his garden. this would also have engaged the public, who would have wondered why that old bloke had a duck by him, and looked to see why. However, his grandson, who was not paying for it, insisted that the duck was "demeaning" so it was removed, which has caused major grief in the Gresley society, which is composed largely of old fossils with no sense of humour, (sadly the more interesting ones left in disgust at the serious failure of democracy that had been committed).
Now what is the grandson's profession? Go on, have a guess....
He's a duck breeder... You couldn't make it up.
