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Lamp on 'Mallard', British steam locomotive, National Railway Museum, York, North Yorkshire. Artist: Tony Evans

Lamp on '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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Lamp on 'Mallard', British steam locomotive, National Railway Museum, York, North Yorkshire. Artist: Tony Evans
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Lamp on '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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2655 x 4008 px | 30.4 MB
Print size:
22.5 x 33.9 cm | 8.8 x 13.4 in (300 dpi)
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