#4468mallard

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#OTD July the 3rd, 1938. Early on a sleepy Sunday morning, a 61 year old gentleman named Joe Duddington, and his fireman, a 38 year old named Thomas Bray, boarded the cab of a member of Sir Nigel Gresley's A4 Class of locomotive - No.4468 - 'Mallard'. Traveling down Stoke Bank, south of Grantham on the East Coast Main Line, the engine and its special train roared through the sleepy little village of Little Bytham at over 120mph, and shattered the windows with coal, thunderous cylinder beat and even the odd rivet. Residents looked out of their window to see only clouds of steam and hearing only the echoing growl of the engine's frantic pace of steam, spark and fire. Just south of the village, Joe Duddington's cap facing backwards and his hand on the regulator, the engine hit 125.88mph - registering on the speedometer as 126mph. In the process, she crippled herself on the middle cylinder, and was forced to abandon the journey (with many claiming she'd have reached 130 otherwise.) The fastest speed a steam engine has ever traveled to this day, and cementing Duddington, Bray, Gresley, the country and this miraculous locomotive's legacies forever. #onthisday #britishhistory #ukhistory #englishhistory #engineeringhistory #livinghistory #LNER #Gresley #sirnigelgresley #speedrecord #steamlocomotive #steamloco #steamengine #locomotive #train #rail #railway #littlebytham #UK #GreatBritain #Mallard #4468Mallard #A4locomotive #loco #railroad #history #heritage #1930s #30s

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So I changed my account. I promise sir Nigel Gresley is nicer. :))))) so talk to meeeee