LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard is a 4-6-2 ("Pacific") steam locomotive built in 1938 for operation on the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster...
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The LNER Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935. Their streamlined...
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4464 Bittern is a London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class A4 steam locomotive. Built for the LNER and completed on 18 December 1937 at Doncaster Works...
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60007 Sir Nigel Gresley is an LNER Class A4 4-6-2 ("Pacific") steam locomotive built at Doncaster Works in 1937 to a design of Sir Nigel Gresley for operation...
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60009 Union of South Africa is a LNER Class A4 steam locomotive built at Doncaster Works on 16 April 1937. It is one of six surviving A4s. Its mainline...
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Steam locomotive (section Most-manufactured classes)
kilometres per hour) by LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard, however there are long-standing claims that the Pennsylvania Railroad class S1 achieved speeds upwards...
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applications. It was also optimised for speed — it is named after the LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard locomotive, the fastest steam locomotive in the world, once again...
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Look up mallard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A mallard is a type of duck. Mallard may also refer to: LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard, the fastest steam...
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399 ihp)). This record was broken two years later by the British LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard engine, on a slightly downhill line but with a heavier (240 ton)...
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(190 km/h) for 4.5 miles (7.2 km). However, the British locomotive LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard is officially accepted to be the world's fastest, with a run recorded...
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number of A4 Pacifics built with a double chimney and double Kylchap blastpipe. The first locomotive to have this being no. 4468 "Mallard". 60034 Lord...
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on its record-breaking run Schienenzeppelin propeller-driven rail car Mallard, the world's fastest steam train Aircraft speed records are based on true...
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LNER Class A4 2509 Silver Link (112.5 mph, September 1935), the LMS Coronation Class 6220 Coronation (114 mph, June 1937) and the LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard...
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60008 Dwight D Eisenhower is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive named after Dwight D. Eisenhower, the United States General of the Army. Built for the...
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locomotive was returned and is displayed in the Collection building. LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard which is usually displayed in the NRM's York museum was temporarily...
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Kylchap exhaust system on a small number of LNER Class A4 locomotives, including the LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard, which set what most historians accept as...
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Gresley A4 Pacifics". Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015. Andrews, David (2018). "Just How Fast Did Mallard Go?". Backtrack...
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had the inside cylinder sleeved down as a temporary measure. LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard suffered centre cylinder big-end damage (indicated to the driver...
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Order in Kingston upon Thames, the Brick Train (a depiction of an LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard steam engine which held the speed record of 126mph in 1934), made...
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North Eastern Railway locomotives include: LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard 4488 Union of South Africa London, Brighton...
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Coronation Class streamlined locomotives, achieving a speed of 114 mph (183 km/h) near Crewe on its inaugural run. 1938: The LNER locomotive Mallard, which...
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hope to break the world steam speed record, which is held by the LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard at 126 mph (203 km/h). The 5550 will operate under its original...
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miles per hour (203 km/h) achieved on a test run by LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard. In 1929, the LNER chose the typeface Gill Sans as the standard typeface...
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Some ex-LNER locomotives have numbers based on their LNER pre-1946 numbers, these being Class A3 Flying Scotsman (4472), Class A4s Mallard (4468) and Sir...
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collection are the world's fastest steam locomotive LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard and the world-famous LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman, which has been overhauled...
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massive hit in "Common People" during 1995; the song focuses on working-class northern life. In the 21st century, indie rock and post-punk revival bands...
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197 t train, a record it lost two years later to the British LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard. In 1944, the streamlining was removed, but the 05 003 had by...
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unofficial truce. This was only broken the following year by the LNER with A4 Class 4468 Mallard, which reached 126 mph whilst trialling a new quick action...
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round-topped firebox. It produced the most famous locomotive of its day, 4468 'Mallard', the holder of the world steam locomotive speed record. It also built...
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Nigel Gresley (section LNER)
officially recorded over 100 mph in passenger service, and an A4, number 4468 Mallard, still holds the record for being the fastest steam locomotive...
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