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.