Mallard
Mallard is the holder of the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph (203 km/h). The record was achieved on July 3 1938, on the slight downwards grade of Stoke Bank south of Grantham on the East Coast Main Line. It broke the German 1936 record of 200.4 km/h (124 mph).
Number 4468 Mallard is a London and North Eastern Railway Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotivebuilt in the 1930 by the LNER and designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in Doncaster, England. It was designed as an express locomotive with a wind-tunnel tested, aerodynamic body that allowed it to reach speeds of over 100 mph (160 km/h). It was in service unti 1963 when it was retired after a lifetime distance of almost 1.5 million miles (2.4 million km). It was restored to working order in 1988 to celebrate its 50th anniversary, but as of September, 2003, it is out of service without a current boiler certificate.
Mallard is now part of the national collection at the United Kingdom's National Railway Museum in York. Mallard is 70 ft long and weighs 165 tons.
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Tenuous Link: Suitable subject for a first camera in 1957 - if you were in the UK!
Mallard
Mallard is the holder of the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph (203 km/h). The record was achieved on July 3 1938, on the slight downwards grade of Stoke Bank south of Grantham on the East Coast Main Line. It broke the German 1936 record of 200.4 km/h (124 mph).
Number 4468 Mallard is a London and North Eastern Railway Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotivebuilt in the 1930 by the LNER and designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in Doncaster, England. It was designed as an express locomotive with a wind-tunnel tested, aerodynamic body that allowed it to reach speeds of over 100 mph (160 km/h). It was in service unti 1963 when it was retired after a lifetime distance of almost 1.5 million miles (2.4 million km). It was restored to working order in 1988 to celebrate its 50th anniversary, but as of September, 2003, it is out of service without a current boiler certificate.
Mallard is now part of the national collection at the United Kingdom's National Railway Museum in York. Mallard is 70 ft long and weighs 165 tons.
[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard_(locomotive)]
Tenuous Link: Suitable subject for a first camera in 1957 - if you were in the UK!