Re: OT: LNER plate

On 29/06/2008 19:11, Larry Blanchard said,

Can anyone tell me more about the plate or the locomotive? Was the
locomotive preserved? Does the route still exist? Why does the record
still stand (as of 1988)?

If you google "mallard -duck" you'll find masses of information. The loco does still exist, and is an impressive sight "in the flesh". AFAIK the route still exists, although I would imagine it will have changed a lot in the intervening years, not least of which will be overhead wires. The record still stands for a simple reason - it was never beaten during the age of steam, and now we no longer have steam with which to break the record.

http://www.nrm.org.uk/collections/loco/mallard.asp for it's current home.

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