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MALLARD: HOW THE 'BLUE STREAK' BROKE THE WORLD SPEED RECORD
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Hale, 2005, Aurum Press, 182p, HD.
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In 1938, a London & North Eastern Railway Class A streamlined three-cylinder Pacific named Mallard set a new speed record for steam locomotives of 126 mph.
That record still stands today. No steam locomotive has ever moved more rapidly.
Reviewed in Railroad History issue #194, R&LHS, page 108.
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