LNER Class A4
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The LNER Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935. Their streamlined design gave them high-speed capability
60009 Union of South Africa in 1951
A painting of an unidentified A4, showing its original appearance with streamlined skirts covering the wheels.
Plaque on Mallard in commemoration of breaking the previous world speed record of 124.5 mph
George Henry Haygreen (left) on his retirement day with Fireman Charlie Fisher
LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard
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LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard is a 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in 1938 for operation on the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley. Its streamlined, wind tunnel
LNER Class A4
…Eastern Railway in 1935. Their streamlined design gave them high-speed capability as well as making them instantly recognisable, and one of the class, 4468 Mallard, holds the record as the world's fastest steam locomotive. Thirty-five of the class were built to haul express passenger trains on the East Coast Main…
Mallard at the National Railway Museum, York
Mallard's builder's plate
60022 Mallard descending Stoke Bank in June 1962