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STOKE BANK · SUNDAY 3 JULY 1938

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One blue engine, a driver of sixty-one, a fireman, and eleven miles of falling track. The fastest any steam engine has ever gone.

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126 MPH

MALLARD · LNER A4 No. 4468 · 3 JULY 1938

Down Stoke Bank, Driver Joe Duddington and Fireman Tommy Bray took her past the world record to 126 miles an hour. The run became a defining moment in railway history.

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A moving Futurist painting in eight acts · music “Neon Key Sprint” by echohive · made with Opus 5.5
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Mallard, 126 mph

A blue steam engine. A falling track. A world record. Ride a moving Futurist painting through eight music-synchronized acts. Made with Opus 5.5, with music Neon Key Sprint by echohive.

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On 3 July 1938, Mallard reached a recorded 126 mph on Stoke Bank with driver Joe Duddington and fireman Tommy Bray. This scene is a Futurist interpretation, not a frame-by-frame reconstruction. The camera, speed curve, mileposts and surrounding action are illustrative. Original source files are preserved.

Background: National Railway Museum.

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