Video: Mallard train goes on anniversary tour

THE world’s fastest locomotive, the Mallard, left York’s National Railway Museum this morning to go “on tour” on the east coast main line.
The Mallard locomotive makes its way through Church Fenton Station from the National Railway Museum, YorkThe Mallard locomotive makes its way through Church Fenton Station from the National Railway Museum, York
The Mallard locomotive makes its way through Church Fenton Station from the National Railway Museum, York

The legendary steam engine will star in a series of weekend events in neighbouring regions to its permanent home in York.

More than 100,000 visitors flocked to the Railway Museum to see Mallard during July’s “Great Gathering” which marked the 75th anniversary of its world record breaking run.

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Mallard was one of 35 A4 locomotives designed by legendary railway engineer Sir Nigel Gresley and built in Doncaster in the 1930s. The locomotive was only a few months old when it was chosen for the record breaking run on 3 July 1938.

Click the screen to see today’s journey.

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