Mallard On The Mainline

A few shots of A4 no.4468, Mallard on railtours in 1988. I had intended to post this video in time for the
70th.anniversary of the record run in July but misplaced one of the master tapes. The loco is seen at York followed by some on train footage on the Settle & Carlisle and then at Carlisle. Lineside shots taken in the Hope Valley,the Standedge route and on the Settle & Carlisle. Recorded on standard VHS video and before I discovered that a fluid head tripod was a good investment so not top quality!!!

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• A4
• Mallard
• 70th
• anniversary
• mainline
• steam
• railways
• trains
• settle
• carlisle
• gresley
• pacific
• world
• speed
• record
• yt:crop=16:9

[780special]

Excellent ... another iconic piece of British engineering at its best !

[acw71000]

Indeed she is, thanks for your comments

[mikser]

Undoubtedly the British built the world's best steam trains. Just waiting for Bachmann to release The Mallard any day now, Beautiful steam, beats diesel for me any day.

[stuartpatto1976]

@acw71000 Yes i do like the older diesels myself. The deltic is my favourite, and the class 40/46. I do like the class 66 out the modern diesels though.

[acw71000]

I do, prefer the older types of diesel really, bit more variety. Love Deltics!

[stuartpatto1976]

@Do you like Diesel loco aswell? I like my diesel like, i just bought the Deltic55015 Tulyar lmited edition no 258 out of 550) which buying it helps the Deltic Preservation Society keep these engines going.

[stuartpatto1976]

@acw71000 True mate help loads.

[acw71000]

I reckon lots of rail enthusiasts are waiting for that win on the Euro Millions. Just think of all those engines we could help

[stuartpatto1976]

@acw71000 I seen the flying scotsman in Scarboorough about (5) years ago, beautiful machine. The malard was in my home town of Middlesbrough years ago i was only 12 years old. I have both Mallard and Scotsman in Hornby live steam, i don't think youu can get them in any better detail than them. well accept for the real things, but i would need to win the Euro millions to buy them lol.

[boleamj]

@acw71000 That´s a real pitty! I´m sure that a lot of people will pay to go on a trip with her... Thanks for the information!