The "Mallard", fastest steam engine ever built


	The "Mallard", fastest steam engine ever built

enbar

3-9-2008 9:39 PM

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enbar says:

I guess my son's fascination with Thomas the Tank Engine is starting to get contagious.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dfd4c28b-206f-446c-9efa-11d0451044bd/D4B2AED2-A63E-48CA-BCF4-346B8326641B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard&oldid=195659516" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard&oldid=195659516" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard&oldid=195659516"><SPAN>LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard&oldid=195659516"><P>Number <B>4468 <I>Mallard</I></B> is a <A title="London and North Eastern Railway" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway">London and North Eastern Railway</A> <A title="LNER Class A4" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4">Class A4</A> <A title="4-6-2" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-6-2">4-6-2 Pacific</A> <A title="Steam locomotive" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_locomotive">steam locomotive</A> built at <A title="Doncaster" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doncaster">Doncaster</A>, <A title="England" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England">England</A> in 1938.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard&oldid=195659516"><P><I>Mallard</I> was designed by <A title="Sir Nigel Gresley" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Nigel_Gresley">Sir Nigel Gresley</A> as an express locomotive specially built to power high-speed streamlined trains. Its wind-tunnel-tested, aerodynamic body allowed it to reach speeds of over 100 mph (160 km/h). <I>Mallard</I> was in service until <A title="1963" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963">1963</A>, when it was retired, having covered almost one and a half million miles (2.4 million km).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard&oldid=195659516"><P>It was restored to working order in the 1980s, but has not operated since, apart from hauling some specials between York and Scarborough in July 1986 and a couple of runs between York and Harrogate/Leeds around Easter 1987. <I>Mallard</I> is the only surviving A4 in LNER livery and in as-built original condition with side valances (although the valances are replicas).</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mallard_locomotive_625.jpg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mallard_locomotive_625.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mallard_locomotive_625.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/013068C5-5CFD-4EF5-9082-B69A7E211E16" alt="Image:Mallard locomotive 625.jpg" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D4B2AED2-A63E-48CA-BCF4-346B8326641B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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