Angel of the North Angel of the North The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Completed in 1998, it is a steel sculpture of an angel, tall, with wings measuring across. The wings do not stand straight sideways, but are angled 3.5 degrees forward; Gormley did this to create "a sense of embrace". The angel like much of Gormley's other work is based on a cast of his body. It stands on the hill of Birtley, at Low Eighton in Lamesley, overlooking the A1 and A167 roads into Tyneside, and the
Locomotives of the North British Railway during his term of office Hurst came from the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, to which he returned after being sacked from the NBR. There were many variations within the classes listed here, both as built and after subsequent rebuilding. NBL (the North British Locomotive Company) was a private locomotive manufacturer, distinct from the North British Railway. All previous incumbents were known as "Locomotive Superintendent". Chalmers held the same position, but with the title changed to "Chief Mechanical Engineer". There were no new locomotive designs during the incumbency of Walter Chalmers as Chief Mechanical Engineer. Two new NBR H class locomotives