4468 Mallard 60163 Tornado Arrive @ Locomotion Shildon From NRM York

A4 Pacific No 4468 Mallard arrives at its new home Locomotion Shildon from the National Railway Museum at York. Mallard No 4468 designed by Sir Nigel Gresley (holds the World Speed Record for a steam engine 126mph) & No 47798 Prince William were hauled by A1 Peppercorn Class No 60163 Tornado.

A crowd of over 1000 had gathered to watch the "Engine Move Of The Decade" made by Mallard, Tornado & Prince William to Locomotion. Once again Shildon was buzzing & the scene was reminiscent of the 150th Anniversary of The Stockton To Darlington Railway Gala of 1976 held in Shildon.

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[thewtucker]

I think we arrived at Shildon as your video finishes!! Nice video & camera work. Thanks for sharing :~,))))

[ROCKSOLID19]

There is a nmassive difference between the 2 locomotives in terms of design. 2 stunning machine, one built before a brutal global war and the other completed a year later after the first iPhone was introduced. Its very weird but wonderful feeling

[60103Henry]

Great Video, 5 Stars!

[manga12]

The montain locos were not just someof the most powerful as far as steam goes they were the most powerful pulling locos ever, there are some now that are electro tractives in china and germany that are just automatic trains with no engioner at the controls that work the mines with 25,000 horses but those are not true trains, however the one thing I will point out is that the C&O Alegany class were intended to be used to passenger service at 90 mph and were no slouches for speed but pulled coal.

[Trainmaster64]

@manga12 While I agree that the US did indeed produce some of the most powerful locomotives ever, Mallard was built for one purpose only - speed. The A4 Pacifics were built for the sole purpose of being the fastest in the land, and that is what they did. Visit the LNER Encyclopedia to learn a bit more about these engines.

Incidentally, Sir Gresley (the designer) was interested in going for 130MPH after Mallard's run, but missed the chance due to World War II. Make of that what you will.

[manga12]

you have no mountains like the rockys so you would no know, unless you have visited here.

[Femmenition]

@manga12

Doubtful.

[manga12]

I bet it would break it, the rockys are really steep on both sides.

[Femmenition]

@manga12

Whatever happens, I doubt it would be the topping of Mallard's record.

[manga12]

perhaps you have never seen the mountains to horshoe pass they are steep, You run a loco all out over the top and who knows what would happen.