is one of the most iconic railway museums in the world. Its collection includes the legendary LNER A4 Pacific No. 4468 Mallard—the fastest steam locomotive ever built—reaching 126 mph in 1938.

is one of the most iconic railway museums in the world. Its collection includes the legendary LNER A4 Pacific No. 4468 Mallard— the fastest steam locomotive ever built —reaching 126 mph in 1938.

The killing occurred after the victim got into a fight with a second man on a downtown No. 5 train during the morning rush hour, officials said. By Maia Coleman A 38-year-old Brooklyn man was ...

The first was no. 4468 Mallard. During 1938 there was a feeling that an LNER locomotive could go faster than the current British record. A high-speed test was arranged – in much secrecy – for ...

Duddington, driver of Mallard 4468 engine, 125 miles per hour on July ... had been ‘specially-chosen for the task’ by the train’s designer, the engineer Sir Nigel Gresley.

Now residing in the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum (York, England) London & North Eastern Railway No. 4468 — Mallard — exudes speed through its tested aerodynamic shape. On July 3, 1938, ...

The first train to officially hit 100mph may not even have been the first, and didn't hold the rail speed record for long; yet a century later its legend is undimmed. Jack Watkins celebrates the ...

By the time the A4 Pacific No 4468 Mallard emerged from the LNER’s Doncaster ... which was attached to Mallard together with six coaches, until the train left on her northbound journey. With several ...

Bearing the number 4468, Mallard left the Doncaster works railway workshop in March 1938. For the first few months, Mallard seemed like just another member of LNER’s express locomotive.

The emergence of the Tornado got Noble to wondering if it were possible to establish a new verifiable world speed record for steam, set at 126 mph in 1938 by London & North Eastern Railway A4-class ...

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