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Nameplate of 'Mallard', British steam locomotive, National Railway Museum, York, North Yorkshire. Artist: Tony Evans
Nameplate of 'Mallard', British steam locomotive, National Railway Museum, York, North Yorkshire. This class A4 locomotive was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, the chief mechanical engineer for the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) and built at the railway's works in Doncaster in 1938. On Sunday 3 July that year 'Mallard' reached a speed of 126 mph on a straight stretch of track between Grantham and Peterborough, achieving a new world record for steam locomotives which remains unbroken to this day.
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1930s
20th century
A4 Class
blue
Britain
British
color
concept
Engine
England
Evans
EXHIBIT
Exhibition
fastest
Gresley
ICONIC
LNER
London & North Eastern Railway
mallard
NAMEPLATE
National Railway Museum
Nigel
Nigel Gresley
North Yorkshire
NRM
Photograph
Sir Nigel
Sir Nigel Gresley
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
streamlined
TGN
THIRTIES
Timelapse Library
Timelapse Library Ltd.
Tony
Tony Evans
Train
transport
TRANSPORTATION
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world record
York