Mallard (locomotive)
The engine
N° 4468 Mallard is an engine with vapor of the Classe A4, of type Pacific 4-6-2, built by the English railroad company London and North Eastern Railway in 1937.
It was conceived like engine for express trains and was drawn by Sir Nigel Gresley which took as a starting point the rail-cars Bugatti for the profile before and which made studies out of blower to determine the best possible careenage. Its double exhaust is of the type Kylchap and the whistle placed in front of the chimney, places unusual, is of the American type. In 1963, after having traversed 2.294.943 km in 25 years of service, it was erased inventories. Restored for its 50e birthday in 1988 in its delivered of before the Second world war, it is again except service since 2003, for lack of a technical certificate for the boiler.
Currently the Mallard belongs to the national collection to the National Railway Museum with York and of the plates on the careenages of the boiler recall its exploit.
The length of the Mallard is of 70 feet (21.34 m) and it weighs 169,7 tons tender included/understood in functioning order. The drawbar pull is of approximately 16 tons.
The record
The Mallard is the holder of the world records speed for an engine with vapor thanks to a point of 126 mph = 202,8 km/h.
This speed was reached on July 3rd 1938 on the East Coast Main Line between Little Bytham and Essendine with the mechanic Joe Duddington , the driver Tommy Bray and the inspector Sid Jenkins . The place of the record is the downward slope of 5 per 1000 of Stoke Bank not far from Peterborough. The oar of tests included/understood six cars and a dynamometric car adding up 244 tons.
It beat the old record held by the Germany since 1936 and which was of 200.40 km/h.
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