Date: 10/10/2013

THE world’s fastest steam engine is back home after a tour of the East Coast main line to mark the 75th anniversary of her record-breaking run. Volunteers and staff at the National Railway Museum (NRM) are now preparing the Mallard for an autumn reprise of the Great Gatherling of A4s steam engines that attracted 140,000 to the York tourist attraction.

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THE worlds fastest steam engine is back home after a tour of the East Coast main line to mark the 75th anniversary of her record-breaking run.

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60022 Mallard heading north near Little Benton Sidings, south of Benton Quarry Junction, on 2 June 1962. The train is the RCTS/SLS Aberdeen Flyer rail tour. 60022 had brought the special from Kings Cross and would hand over to classmate 60004 William Whitelaw at Waverley for the remainder of the journey to Aberdeen.
Location: Little Benton South Signal Box
Company: Newcastle and Berwick Railway
02/06/1962 K A Gray

Star attraction at Shildon on 23 November 2010 is no 4468 Mallard, seen here in the main exhibition hall. The record-breaker arrived on loan from York NRM in June (having made the journey behind A1 Pacific no 60163 Tornado).
Location: NRM Shildon
Company: National Railway Museum
23/11/2010 John Furnevel

Co-located around the NRM turntable, ahead of the speed record breaking 75th anniversary, are repatriated 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower and resident 4468 (60022) Mallard. The now shiny BR Green of 60008 contrasts with the LNER Garter Blue of its sister. The other four surviving A4s will join them later this summer for the full reunion.
Location: National Railway Museum York
Company: National Railway Museum
20/04/2013 Mark Bartlett