However the LNER were masters at press liaison and the speed record still got maximum publicity. Sir Nigel Gresley died in Read more about Mallard at Collection Online. Javascript is disabled. The Great Gathering story in pictures.
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Session expired Please log in again. This was a greater achievement than generally realised, not just because it has never been beaten anywhere, but because far from being specially prepared, Mallard had worn valves and was driven hard by a driver, Driver J, Duddington of Doncaster, known for thrashing his locomotives.
Had she been properly prepared and all valve clearances correct, the record might have been set even higher. As it was, those on the footplate could smell the machinery at is overheated and the locomotive needed major workshop attention afterwards. One would have expected the Germans, whose dictator had a thirst for propaganda, to have set a new record if they had been able.
Mallard retired from service in and was subsequently preserved in by the British Transport Commission. It was restored to working order between and and completed a limited number of runs until It is now one of only six remaining A4 Pacifics. On the weekend of 5 July , Mallard was taken outside for the first time in years and displayed beside the three other A4s that are resident in the UK, thus reuniting them for the first time since preservation.
Today Mallard remains one of the highlights of the museum. Mallard and the Railway World Speed Record. On Sunday 3 July , during a series of high-speed brake trials on the main line between Peterborough and Grantham, the opportunity was taken to make an attempt on the world speed record for railways, using the A4 locomotive No.
Mallard was chosen because she was one of three A4 locomotives to have the Kylchap exhaust arrangements, which included a double blast-pipe chimney.
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