hi,folks,i drove the mighty "mallard"over the Settle to Carlsle railway on 13/08/1988,,i was one of her last drivers before she was put to sleep in York museum,,john Anthony.
Now I wouldn’t believe you because anyone can make that claim but however, you have other videos that were in the late 80s and you have 4468 as your profile picture.
And i thought i did well being allowed in the cab in Peterboro 1956. She was on an up stopper. Makes you wander how must is left on Mallard from new. Could be like Triggers broom Kudos to you John .
As a small boy in 1957 I remember being pulled from York To Peterborough by 60022 Mallard.It was taken off the train there and replaced by 60033 Seagull.I shall never forget that day.We all had tea in the Restaurant car as a special treat with my Granny !!!
To have ridden on the train behind Mallard up to Carlisle must have been a fantastic journey. It is a beautiful ride on the service run from Leeds to Carlisle. My German Shepard Sheba loved it, bless her. She could not stand road journeys but enjoyed travelling by rail.
Thanks for posting this. My Grandad was part of the team that built her in Doncaster. He was a riveter, pinning everything together. Unfortunately I never saw Mallard run but seen her a couple of times at the Railway Museum in York.
I once met the Mallard in person, close to the track as she glided along in the summer evening sun at Monckton Road, Wakefield. A very emotional moment. But how sad that so many other A4s were discarded and wrecked - terrible.
This echoes a time when everything you held in your hand had a human touch. Things fit together and moved in unison from machines to people. There was still some mystery to the world but it was possible to learn of even distant lands from your own slice of the world. The shrill cry of the steam whistle is emblematic of that time where much of the world was explored but you had to go there for yourself and blaze a trail others had tread to truly understand for yourself. A journey for knowledge sake is much less justified now with internet, but perhaps there was some wisdom lost with the removal of stepping off the front step in the quest for knowledge
She holds the record that can NEVER be taken away from her!😊🇬🇧She is the Goddess of steam, she should be allowed out on the mainline more often so younger generations can see what true BRITISH ENGINEERING used to build......when we actually had heavy industry and innovation in the UK. When we joined Europe that was the end of the line for our industry. HURRAY for Mallard!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is a very powerful locomotive even by American standards (we are more into pulling long freight trains up steep hills rather than speed) and yet it is all hand fired. What's that coal miner's song, '16 tons', that about what the fireman had to shovel to get this beauty to where it was going. A hard days work, and you had to come back tomorrow and do it all again.
These days there are a few A4 Pacifics running regular service , which is good . They are proberably all capable of the 125mph mark , thats what they were built for .
Having a bad day or feeling down? Just watch this! A great piece of history and filming (apart from the pop up cricket score...). It tells you what makes all Gricers tick. Even the characters are there. But it's Mallard and the S&C with sight and sount that does it. Superb...
. . . Australia went on to win by 210 runs making it 1-0 in the Ashes series.They went on to win the series 4-0 and retained the Ashes until 2005. Just in case anyone was wondering . . .
@@ctmcollins4160 It is on fire. the east coast is on fire, there are fires bigger than sydney city itself, everything is burning, the air is filled with smoke.
I enjoyed this very much. At the time I lived in Leeds, and I went to see Mallard arrive in York from Marylebone at the end of her last run, before being 'put to sleep'. The light was stunning, am still very proud of one of my photos. This video shows how much times have changed - all those 35mm SLR cameras, these days it would be larger D-SLRs and phones. There would be tiny video cameras all over the engine, but there would still be the people (mostly chaps) recoding every milepost, though they might be using GPS these days. If I had known Mallard was running on the S&C I would have been one of the people watching up there. No Internet in those days either, to spread the word.
If you were to compare an A4 Pacific to a car, it's the Jaguar E Type if you're classic, and the Bugatti Veyron if you're modern. ... sorry for the Bugatti. :P
Beautiful. The line is very attractive to travel on in any ordinary train as well, let alone steam. Simply amazing scenery, friendly staff, well maintained stations, access to beautiful countryside. :)
It's a shame that Mallard is no longer in her operating days anymore... She's was and still is a brilliant creation by the London Northeastern Railway company along with the other five surviving A4's. I enjoyed watching this.
@@jmtrainz2582 What on earth, that is anything but preservation. Concrete is caustic and any moisture getting in there would cause it to brutally attack the boiler steel. Where did you hear about this? Because the only masonry at all would be the firebox arch, which Mallard would have originally had present and should still have in storage if not in its supports in the firebox.
One year earlier (1987); America’s Mallard was built. Of course in 1987, she was painted in a “greyhound graphite grey” in 2023, she would be bought by a Floridian, and driven from her previous home in Springfield TN, all to the way to a small city in northwest Florida. Three months after being brought to her new permanent home in Florida, America’s Mallard would receive the world famous Garter Blue coat. Now proudly owned by me, she is given loving care, she’s one of a kind, she is my baby.
This is what they were built for.......not dead static museum exhibits. A steam engine is alive.....look, sound, smell.......complete beauty in motion.
Yeah, so much for national heritage these days. Some of us are trying feebly to do so on the west side of the pond. I noticed that the speed record is in mph. My heritage meets up with yours nearly 300 years ago. But, I'm aware and thankful.
Btw, our American railroad history museums are quite speed limited except for a couple UP steamers that are less limited with a modern diesel electric double heading. It's nice to see a steamer allowed to really stretch its legs without diesel assist.
Thank you for posting! just got back from a gig where the steam train (Jessie) whistles in beside the market and drops off some passengers for a couple of hours...I grew up with the sound and the smell of steam...I love it it.....and strangely enough folks..it would appear that many others do the same! People not on the train, rush out to see the choo choo!! Red beans and rice from Kaapstad.
One important reason for Mallard to be the fastest is the perfect design of it. And an important detail is the Kylchap exhaust system. Kylchap comes from Kylälä Chapelon. The real and original inventor was Ilkka Kylälä - a railwayman from Finland who invented the system. French Chapelon tuned it later. It is awesome that the loco was filmed here on the beautiful line.
Last week I went to see Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 at Union Station in Ogden Utah. It was on its Headin' Home tour to Cheyenne, Wyoming where it will spend the next 5 years being restored to full working order.
Even more special than the 1988 footage is the pre-war stuff. The Silver Jubilee press run was special, but the footage of the Coronation was miraculous. I've never, ever seen that footage before. Thank you so much (even though this is a very late post!)
marsvltor2 Glad you like the pre-war stuff 👍 So do I actually, though what fascinated me even more was during around the 12:25 to 13:42 mark as it showed what appeared to be rare footage taken of Mallard's overhaul during 1984 to 1985 🚂😮
Well...now... Southern Pacific 4449 and Norfolk 644 in the US may fuss about that...and then there are the Big Boys..but those two you mention are sweet, indeed. Just registering from over here. Cheers !
OK Britfolk..I can suffer that observation..opinion.. We yahks call our baseball series winners "World Champions" in a two nation contest..so, tit for tat. and the two are beautiful...Wheel speed is amazing..
Fantastic train, scenery and video from a time when Britain was British. Why would one want to go any faster for, with so much to see and enjoy? It's great to see people enjoying each other and the train experience, long before the hideous mobile phones, ubiquitous TV screens, obverbearing piped music, and just general ignorance of one another. I hope Mallard runs again instead of sitting in a museum.
The Pennsylvania RR T1 locomotives routinely touched 120mph, to the extent that their logs would include entries such as "rear truck rides rough above 120".
@@davidantoniocamposbarros7528 There was not official record, that's true. But records of the T1's speed are more than speculation. Its speedometer maxed at 120 mph and there are driver records reporting effects "above 120". And observations recorded by the Frankling company (who made the valves): _Beyond the wheel slip, the valves began to fail in an unpredictable manner. Franklin had guaranteed the valves for continuous operation at 100 mph (161 km/h) and short bursts up to 125 mph (201 km/h). After inspecting every valve and scrutinizing numerous maintenance records, Franklin was no closer to discovering what was causing the failures. However, the majority of the valve failures occurred over a high-speed section of rail between Crestline, Ohio and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Franklin sent an observer to secretly ride the route for a month and document the train’s activity. The observer’s log detailed some remarkable findings; the T1s were often operated in excess of 130 mph (209 km/h) to make up time. One train was clocked at 142 mph (229 km/h) over several miles. Even if this one calculation was done in error, the numerous times the T1 was calculated at over 130 mph (209 km/h) could not all be mistakes. The speedometer in the cab of the locomotive stopped at 120 mph (193 km/h)._
Mallard wasn't totally free of problems. Just after the speed record was in the bag she ran a big end bearing on her middle cylinder and had to be shopped. The bearing was so troublesome that it was fitted with an aniseed "stink bomb" so if it overheated the crew would know about it.
And it wasn't uncommon for the crew to cook their breakfast of bacon, sausages, eggs and toast on a cleaned firebox shovel. That is speaking for we commoners from the Antipodes.
I personally think that LNER 4468 will steam again one day I think the pressure will get to the museum so bad that they will finally give in I know for her to run again she will need a heavy overhaul but it will be so worth it! People will come out by the hundreds to see her!
Well with the 100th anniversary of both 4468's speed record & its entry to service only 18 years away now (2038), maybe a return could happen? They say she's mechanically sound & that it's the boiler that needs most work doing. Fingers crossed!
@@doodlecheesebug2 she is mechanically sound? Awesome! How long has she been sitting and static display? Since 1987? That was a year after I was born in 86 How I would love to wake her up!
@@rudycarlson8245 Since 1988 she's been on display. Her last trip was a southbound run over the Settle-Carlisle in August of that year - just a month after the trips shown in this documentary.
Really I am enjoying this Steam Engine vedio this is our historic Railway system introduced in Asia Like Pakistan and India by Birtish GOVERNMENT in earliest 1850 .
The Gresly 3-cylinder A4 pacifics used the Gresley/Holcroft conjugated valve gear to control steam admission to the inside cylinder, using lever action to derive the valve motion from the valve motion of the outside cylinders. The geometry of this system was imperfect and this factor, together with expansion problems as the cylinders heated up, meant that the inside cylinder produced more power than the outside ones. This caused excessive load on the inside big end bearing on the crank axle, which could and did lead to bearing failure. This problem was exacerbated in the 126 mph run when Driver Duddington flogged the locomotive by increasing the steam cut-off in the cylinders instead of the normal practice of reducing it. This increase in steam flow gave a temporary increase in power but caused the inside big end to fail. The engine had to be detached from the train and taken for repairs after the speed burst and before the end of the journey. In British Railways days this problem was solved by an engineer called, I think, Cooke, who was a Great Western man who improved the design of the inside big end and its lubrication.
I have quite a few steam docs on tape recorded from the late 80s and early 90s, but don't seem to recall watching or taping this programme, no idea why as my dad was a big steam loco enthusiast and would've known about this being on TV.
Thank you kindly for that informative comment 👍🏻 This was only ever shown once (at 3.35pm on BBC1 on Monday 10th July 1989), so it really is a rare one when it comes to steam documentaries 🚂 Admittedly, it's not quite a full recording as the very start got accidentally recorded over - but it was still stopped just in time for near completion.
@@Embracing01 You're welcome, and yes, I often wonder that as well. Would be nice if BBC Four showed it one day, especially as the likes of The Train Now Departing is on iPlayer & even The Seaside Trains series had repeat showings in September 1991 & March 1993 🚂
@@doodlecheesebug2 I never knew The Train Now Departing was on iPlayer. I have that series on tape from when it was repeated in about 1991; I think I have two of the same eps on different tapes, one of em maybe from the original 1988 broadcast. I don't remember the Seaside Trains series you mentioned, though I have alot of those rail docs which were shown during the Going Loco season on Channel 4 in Sept 1990. You don't know when ITV showed "On the Settle and Carlisle" documentary in about 1990?. Reason I ask is the recording I have at the very end there's an ITV logo shown which doesn't appear on the uploads I've seen on youtube (the youtube uploads I've seen seem to have come from a BBC broadcast). Apparently that documentary is from about 1983 and in the shown in the Border region, but strangely it was only until the early-mid 90s that it was shown on BBC1. Same with another rail programme, or rather a film, which was called "Fred the Steam Fugitive" which apparently was actually filmed in 1983 but oddly was only broadcast (as far as I know) for the first time during the Channel 4 Going Loco season. Apparently one of the actors who one of the engine died not long after it was made, so maybe that's the reason it took so long to be broadcast.
@@doodlecheesebug2 Never knew The Train Now Departing was on iPlayer. I don't remember the Seaside Trains series. You don't know when ITV showed Steam on the Settle and Carlisle documentary by any chance do you?. Reason I ask is I have this programme on tape which appears to have been shown on ITV, though it appears it was broadcast on the BBC twice during the mid 90s, but the recording I have on tape has an ITV logo at the very end which isn't shown on the uploads I've seen on youtube. Can't be from the Going Loco season as that was Channel 4. Abit odd for ITV to show a steam rail documentary.
In the past we were taken to London from Wakefield Kirkgate, on arrival at Kings Cross I was hoping to maybe see 'Mallard',and did not knowing until we got to the front of the train that in fact it had pulled us all the way. Also present were 'Sir Nigel Gresley and Sir Ralph Wedgewood'.
It's good to see American Tourist enjoying are Buitifull Mallard, "World Speed Record steam Engine'" "One Guy said it has three Cylinders & a unique sound." By a strange coincidence My 900 cc Motorcycle has Three Cylinders it to has a unique sound aswell, TRIUMPH, 😊😊, Anyway. Love seeing these Magnificent engine's on the Main Line aswell, Just to keep those Pipes clean,? 😊 😊😊😊.
10:35 I've Saw The A4 Preserved Engine Mallard From The National Railway Museum In York In Yorkshire This Year And It Was Super Awesome Fantastic Steam Locomotive In The World. Thanks Mate. X 🚂🚂🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚂
I wonder how many steam enthusiasts know that Mallard (and Nigel Gresley) up until the mid 1960s where both painted green?. Most people just assume they have always been blue. I have an A4 book which shows Mallard at Doncaster in 1962 in a dark green colour, but searching for photos of Mallard and Gresley online in their green liveries seems to draw a blank for some reason, maybe the photos that exist are copyrighted and are in a private collection. Another photo in this book shows Gresley at Crewe painted green on the 4th Aug 1966, 6 months after being withdrawn from British Railways. Most people seem to have an image of these locos running on the east coast line during the late 1960s when they watch shows like Heartbeat, but in reality hardly any steam loco would've been running during the latter half of the 60s on that line, but let's not spoil our sense of nostalgia hey? lol
Years back, the scotsman did a Tour of North America.. I realise the value keeps rising but these trains were meant to run.. would love to see Mallard, The Flying Scotsman & Nigel Gresley & others do a 2020 or 2021 or even 2022 or later.. Museums serve a purpose but if these engines don’t get out and breathe then museums become mausoleums..
Why do we need to freight in a British engine when we have plenty of our own. N&W 611 could keep pace with Mallard up until the very top end of her throttle, being designed to run 100+ MPH as well. And we also have Nickel Plate 765, UP 844, UP 4014 "Big Boy" - the largest operational steam locomotive in the world, among many others if you want to see steam at speed.
Mallard was withdrawn & put back on display in York after her last run in August 1988 & hasn't run since. She'd need another overhaul to running order for her to return to steam.
Oh ,I see we have some Aussie Tourist aswell, Gud on Ya Mate ,😉 I hope you're Holliday & Being a Passenger on the Mallard has been to your satisfaction? Anyway, God Bless All the Tourist hope your stay was fine,?
mallard & union of south africa, should be rebuilt & if needed..given new boiler,s, i would much rather see these engine,s out on the lines all over the uk, & doing what they were built for, than sitting silent all polished up in some museum, the past generation (our ancestors) left us all sorts of marvelous machinery etc, & also lovely buildings, & all we have to do is maintain & look after them, but most of the time we fail to do just that.
I stayed in Harrogate, I am from Melbourne, Gippsland to the East is not unlike that country . I saw the line didn’t realise what its significance was.As with many places you go to you don’t realise the signifance of the line to UA-cam shows the Steam Engines there. It’s 1 of my favourite parts of England.I remember the water scoop on the Dad’s Army comedy show, young Frank Pyke telling Captain Mainwerring “ we are going to get wet” & they did. Never seen them before that.
I would love to see that I once asked a staff member in the NRM about it and he said chances of it happening are slim to none since there are 3 functioning A4s already in the UK. :(
They're already working on Sir Nigel Gresley (which can be seen in one of my videos), Bittern is being overhauled at Crewe and Union of South Africa is the only one running and will be withdrawn next year when the boiler ticket expires. The other 3 (Mallard, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Dominion of Canada) are static displays. Maybe the NRM will work on Mallard once Sir Nige has been done. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the speed record.
Parknest I really really hope so. It was amazing seeing her being moved on the main line during the great gathering but it was also sad that she wasnt in steam, She does deserve an overhaul.
Steve if you have a look at UA-cam you will see that older locos of NSWGR have a similar appearance to GWR locos. This is because the chief mechanical engineer E E Lucy was an engineer with GWR prior to taking up the position with NSWGR in 1910. Most of the larger engines from 1930 onwards had an American flavour.
To be pedantic the German DRG class steam engine could maintain a faster speed than the Mallard (115 mph as opposed to Mallard's design speed of 105 mph). However they caned it in 1938 for the speed record knowing the big end to the middle cylinder would fail. The big end was 'bombed' with aniseed oil during the successful world record attempt, and as anticipated it did fail with the engine needing a tow at the end of the run. Nevertheless magnificent engineering and fantastic to watch. Britain did lead the way for steam. Also one must remember that in the 1930s with air passenger flight in its infancy and those lucky enough to have a car which not go much faster than 50 on a public road, 100 mph was FAST.
Would love to see the flying Scotsman (in her LNER livery) and Mallard to do a double header from Scotland 🏴 down to Cornwall in one last big hurrah and let them run no diesel pushing them
hi,folks,i drove the mighty "mallard"over the Settle to Carlsle railway on 13/08/1988,,i was one of her last drivers before she was put to sleep in York museum,,john Anthony.
Must've been a delight! How many of us long to drive an A4!
God do I wish that she could be woken up from her sleep
Now I wouldn’t believe you because anyone can make that claim but however, you have other videos that were in the late 80s and you have 4468 as your profile picture.
Wow you are so lucky
And i thought i did well being allowed in the cab in Peterboro 1956. She was on an up stopper. Makes you wander how must is left on Mallard from new. Could be like Triggers broom Kudos to you John .
One of the most beautiful trains ever made, in my eyes. Such wonderful form and a gorgeous livery.
the best locomotive in the world mallard is
Every time I see the Mallard I am reminded forcibly of my darling husband who loved it. Thank you.
As a small boy in 1957 I remember being pulled from York To Peterborough by 60022 Mallard.It was taken off the train there and replaced by 60033 Seagull.I shall never forget that day.We all had tea in the Restaurant car as a special treat with my Granny !!!
To have ridden on the train behind Mallard up to Carlisle must have been a fantastic journey. It is a beautiful ride on the service run from Leeds to Carlisle. My German Shepard Sheba loved it, bless her. She could not stand road journeys but enjoyed travelling by rail.
Thanks for posting this. My Grandad was part of the team that built her in Doncaster. He was a riveter, pinning everything together. Unfortunately I never saw Mallard run but seen her a couple of times at the Railway Museum in York.
I once met the Mallard in person, close to the track as she glided along in the summer evening sun at Monckton Road, Wakefield. A very emotional moment. But how sad that so many other A4s were discarded and wrecked - terrible.
This echoes a time when everything you held in your hand had a human touch. Things fit together and moved in unison from machines to people. There was still some mystery to the world but it was possible to learn of even distant lands from your own slice of the world. The shrill cry of the steam whistle is emblematic of that time where much of the world was explored but you had to go there for yourself and blaze a trail others had tread to truly understand for yourself. A journey for knowledge sake is much less justified now with internet, but perhaps there was some wisdom lost with the removal of stepping off the front step in the quest for knowledge
Your describing youth, not an age.
She holds the record that can NEVER be taken away from her!😊🇬🇧She is the Goddess of steam, she should be allowed out on the mainline more often so younger generations can see what true BRITISH ENGINEERING used to build......when we actually had heavy industry and innovation in the UK. When we joined Europe that was the end of the line for our industry. HURRAY for Mallard!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
What a lovely locomotive, well worth the cost to keep it operational.
But Mallard Is not operational. It hasn’t been steamed for over thirty years.
@@mredwardward she deserves a heavy overhaul in order to return her to operation! She Has to be One of the most love steam locomotives of all time!
This is a very powerful locomotive even by American standards (we are more into pulling long freight trains up steep hills rather than speed) and yet it is all hand fired. What's that coal miner's song, '16 tons', that about what the fireman had to shovel to get this beauty to where it was going. A hard days work, and you had to come back tomorrow and do it all again.
@@Tolpuddle581 The driver gets the glory, but the fireman keeps the boiler from exploding.
These days there are a few A4 Pacifics running regular service , which is good . They are proberably all capable of the 125mph mark , thats what they were built for .
Having a bad day or feeling down? Just watch this! A great piece of history and filming (apart from the pop up cricket score...). It tells you what makes all Gricers tick. Even the characters are there. But it's Mallard and the S&C with sight and sount that does it. Superb...
. . . Australia went on to win by 210 runs making it 1-0 in the Ashes series.They went on to win the series 4-0 and retained the Ashes until 2005.
Just in case anyone was wondering . . .
It was day 4 of the 4th test at Edgbaston, which Australia won by 9 wickets
Crikey! I saw that! But , who were Australia playing? hope all is well where you are in OZ as I write.
@@ctmcollins4160 It is on fire. the east coast is on fire, there are fires bigger than sydney city itself, everything is burning, the air is filled with smoke.
I enjoyed this very much. At the time I lived in Leeds, and I went to see Mallard arrive in York from Marylebone at the end of her last run, before being 'put to sleep'. The light was stunning, am still very proud of one of my photos.
This video shows how much times have changed - all those 35mm SLR cameras, these days it would be larger D-SLRs and phones. There would be tiny video cameras all over the engine, but there would still be the people (mostly chaps) recoding every milepost, though they might be using GPS these days.
If I had known Mallard was running on the S&C I would have been one of the people watching up there. No Internet in those days either, to spread the word.
This has to be the Rolls Royce of the steam engines
If you were to compare an A4 Pacific to a car, it's the Jaguar E Type if you're classic, and the Bugatti Veyron if you're modern.
... sorry for the Bugatti. :P
More like the Cheyron
What a lovely film, thank you.
its 100 years on now... let it rest in peace
A beautiful machine.
No work of art can compare.
In the TV series "NCIS", Dr Mallard has a model of "the Mallard" on his shelf, HO I am guessing. Kind of an Easter Egg.
Beautiful. The line is very attractive to travel on in any ordinary train as well, let alone steam. Simply amazing scenery, friendly staff, well maintained stations, access to beautiful countryside. :)
It's a shame that Mallard is no longer in her operating days anymore... She's was and still is a brilliant creation by the London Northeastern Railway company along with the other five surviving A4's. I enjoyed watching this.
@@jmtrainz2582 What on earth, that is anything but preservation. Concrete is caustic and any moisture getting in there would cause it to brutally attack the boiler steel. Where did you hear about this? Because the only masonry at all would be the firebox arch, which Mallard would have originally had present and should still have in storage if not in its supports in the firebox.
One year earlier (1987); America’s Mallard was built. Of course in 1987, she was painted in a “greyhound graphite grey” in 2023, she would be bought by a Floridian, and driven from her previous home in Springfield TN, all to the way to a small city in northwest Florida. Three months after being brought to her new permanent home in Florida, America’s Mallard would receive the world famous Garter Blue coat. Now proudly owned by me, she is given loving care, she’s one of a kind, she is my baby.
The way he keeps thundering on relentlessly- uphill!
An absolutely incredible locomotive on a fantastic line, what could possibly be better!!
This is what they were built for.......not dead static museum exhibits. A steam engine is alive.....look, sound, smell.......complete beauty in motion.
Absolutely. Built by engineering genius using slide rules and paper. And you can see it work. You can feel the power.
Yeah, so much for national heritage these days. Some of us are trying feebly to do so on the west side of the pond. I noticed that the speed record is in mph. My heritage meets up with yours nearly 300 years ago. But, I'm aware and thankful.
Btw, our American railroad history museums are quite speed limited except for a couple UP steamers that are less limited with a modern diesel electric double heading.
It's nice to see a steamer allowed to really stretch its legs without diesel assist.
Thank you for posting! just got back from a gig where the steam train (Jessie) whistles in beside the market and drops off some passengers for a couple of hours...I grew up with the sound and the smell of steam...I love it it.....and strangely enough folks..it would appear that many others do the same! People not on the train, rush out to see the choo choo!! Red beans and rice from Kaapstad.
One important reason for Mallard to be the fastest is the perfect design of it. And an important detail is the Kylchap exhaust system. Kylchap comes from Kylälä Chapelon. The real and original inventor was Ilkka Kylälä - a railwayman from Finland who invented the system. French Chapelon tuned it later. It is awesome that the loco was filmed here on the beautiful line.
Last week I went to see Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 at Union Station in Ogden Utah. It was on its Headin' Home tour to Cheyenne, Wyoming where it will spend the next 5 years being restored to full working order.
Andrew Jackson. What the hell has that got to do with this video?
I bet all of us want her back in steam so bad
Even more special than the 1988 footage is the pre-war stuff. The Silver Jubilee press run was special, but the footage of the Coronation was miraculous. I've never, ever seen that footage before. Thank you so much (even though this is a very late post!)
marsvltor2 Glad you like the pre-war stuff 👍 So do I actually, though what fascinated me even more was during around the 12:25 to 13:42 mark as it showed what appeared to be rare footage taken of Mallard's overhaul during 1984 to 1985 🚂😮
Wonderful video ! Thank you very much-Ilove it
I have travelled on Concorde but Mallard would truly be an exceptional experience. I have noted the mention of 2088!
think the Mallard and the Flying Scotsman are the most famous steam engines in the world.
Well...now... Southern Pacific 4449 and Norfolk 644 in the US may fuss about that...and then there are the Big Boys..but those two you mention are sweet, indeed. Just registering from over here. Cheers !
That's probably true for the older UK population.
Ask the next lot of kids you meet.
How many Train Spotters?
OK Britfolk..I can suffer that observation..opinion.. We yahks call our baseball series winners "World Champions" in a two nation contest..so, tit for tat. and the two are beautiful...Wheel speed is amazing..
Forgot to mention TORNADO??
And what about Duchess of Hamilton that went to the US?
Very nice to see and hear Bert Hooker describing his connection to Mallard!
Bert 'Nine Elms' Hooker himself! A wonderful character.
Oh happy days, not a mobile phone to be seen 😃😃!!
Fantastic train, scenery and video from a time when Britain was British. Why would one want to go any faster for, with so much to see and enjoy? It's great to see people enjoying each other and the train experience, long before the hideous mobile phones, ubiquitous TV screens, obverbearing piped music, and just general ignorance of one another. I hope Mallard runs again instead of sitting in a museum.
Hell yeah, 2 special iconic steam locomotives, Mallard and Flying Scotsman. I sat in the drivers seat of Mallard, on my one off visit to the museum.
They should get her out again, a star 🌟
The Pennsylvania RR T1 locomotives routinely touched 120mph, to the extent that their logs would include entries such as "rear truck rides rough above 120".
Sure, but we have the official record, and I doubt the new T1 will be allowed to try and break it
Since there's no OFICIAL recording of PRR T1 going at 120 MPH,it's up to speculation to ever they did ir not,similar to City Of Truro
@@davidantoniocamposbarros7528 There was not official record, that's true. But records of the T1's speed are more than speculation. Its speedometer maxed at 120 mph and there are driver records reporting effects "above 120". And observations recorded by the Frankling company (who made the valves):
_Beyond the wheel slip, the valves began to fail in an unpredictable manner. Franklin had guaranteed the valves for continuous operation at 100 mph (161 km/h) and short bursts up to 125 mph (201 km/h). After inspecting every valve and scrutinizing numerous maintenance records, Franklin was no closer to discovering what was causing the failures. However, the majority of the valve failures occurred over a high-speed section of rail between Crestline, Ohio and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Franklin sent an observer to secretly ride the route for a month and document the train’s activity. The observer’s log detailed some remarkable findings; the T1s were often operated in excess of 130 mph (209 km/h) to make up time. One train was clocked at 142 mph (229 km/h) over several miles. Even if this one calculation was done in error, the numerous times the T1 was calculated at over 130 mph (209 km/h) could not all be mistakes. The speedometer in the cab of the locomotive stopped at 120 mph (193 km/h)._
Mallard wasn't totally free of problems. Just after the speed record was in the bag she ran a big end bearing on her middle cylinder and had to be shopped. The bearing was so troublesome that it was fitted with an aniseed "stink bomb" so if it overheated the crew would know about it.
2509 Silver Link hauling the Silver Jubilee on September 1935
Its a shame this will probably never happen again :(
I like mallard that's why she is my favourite a4
Nice touch. They left a little shelf over the firebox for the crews "cuppa."
I thought it was for a Sat nav
And it wasn't uncommon for the crew to cook their breakfast of bacon, sausages, eggs and toast on a cleaned firebox shovel. That is speaking for we commoners from the Antipodes.
Wow! Just fabulous. Thank you so much for this. I will be back again and again!!
Although the BRITS ruled us over 200 years but still no match for their railways . I would love to see her(mallard) back in action .
I personally think that LNER 4468 will steam again one day I think the pressure will get to the museum so bad that they will finally give in I know for her to run again she will need a heavy overhaul but it will be so worth it! People will come out by the hundreds to see her!
Well with the 100th anniversary of both 4468's speed record & its entry to service only 18 years away now (2038), maybe a return could happen? They say she's mechanically sound & that it's the boiler that needs most work doing. Fingers crossed!
@@doodlecheesebug2 she is mechanically sound? Awesome! How long has she been sitting and static display? Since 1987? That was a year after I was born in 86 How I would love to wake her up!
@@rudycarlson8245 Since 1988 she's been on display. Her last trip was a southbound run over the Settle-Carlisle in August of that year - just a month after the trips shown in this documentary.
@@doodlecheesebug2 thanks here’s hoping she will return soon
But the NRM considers considers Mallard to precious to ever steam under her own power
5 more years for nrm to get this thing running again for its 100th birthday
Mallard is so beautiful!
I remember being one of these railtours when I was 7!
75 th Anniversary rememberd at Carlisle in 2013. Gresley Pacific Union of South Africa. representing the Class. Talk about crowds.
Thank God some predictions don’t come right. Closing the Settle - Carlisle and the ending of full speed mainline steam operation. Phew!
Really I am enjoying this Steam Engine vedio this is our historic Railway system introduced in Asia Like Pakistan and India by Birtish GOVERNMENT in earliest 1850 .
Loving the cricket score at 12:22 lol
jonnyp841 Haha! Indeed! I guess that was probably a channel transmission error as the Ashes was live over on BBC2 at the same time that day.
This video is a long time a go. LNER 4468 Mallard, the iconic A4 will never steam again.
Just beautiful
The Gresly 3-cylinder A4 pacifics used the Gresley/Holcroft conjugated valve gear to control steam admission to the inside cylinder, using lever action to derive the valve motion from the valve motion of the outside cylinders. The geometry of this system was imperfect and this factor, together with expansion problems as the cylinders heated up, meant that the inside cylinder produced more power than the outside ones. This caused excessive load on the inside big end bearing on the crank axle, which could and did lead to bearing failure.
This problem was exacerbated in the 126 mph run when Driver Duddington flogged the locomotive by increasing the steam cut-off in the cylinders instead of the normal practice of reducing it. This increase in steam flow gave a temporary increase in power but caused the inside big end to fail. The engine had to be detached from the train and taken for repairs after the speed burst and before the end of the journey.
In British Railways days this problem was solved by an engineer called, I think, Cooke, who was a Great Western man who improved the design of the inside big end and its lubrication.
I have quite a few steam docs on tape recorded from the late 80s and early 90s, but don't seem to recall watching or taping this programme, no idea why as my dad was a big steam loco enthusiast and would've known about this being on TV.
Thank you kindly for that informative comment 👍🏻
This was only ever shown once (at 3.35pm on BBC1 on Monday 10th July 1989), so it really is a rare one when it comes to steam documentaries 🚂
Admittedly, it's not quite a full recording as the very start got accidentally recorded over - but it was still stopped just in time for near completion.
@@doodlecheesebug2 Thanks for that. I wonder why it has never been repeated.
@@Embracing01 You're welcome, and yes, I often wonder that as well. Would be nice if BBC Four showed it one day, especially as the likes of The Train Now Departing is on iPlayer & even The Seaside Trains series had repeat showings in September 1991 & March 1993 🚂
@@doodlecheesebug2 I never knew The Train Now Departing was on iPlayer. I have that series on tape from when it was repeated in about 1991; I think I have two of the same eps on different tapes, one of em maybe from the original 1988 broadcast. I don't remember the Seaside Trains series you mentioned, though I have alot of those rail docs which were shown during the Going Loco season on Channel 4 in Sept 1990. You don't know when ITV showed "On the Settle and Carlisle" documentary in about 1990?. Reason I ask is the recording I have at the very end there's an ITV logo shown which doesn't appear on the uploads I've seen on youtube (the youtube uploads I've seen seem to have come from a BBC broadcast). Apparently that documentary is from about 1983 and in the shown in the Border region, but strangely it was only until the early-mid 90s that it was shown on BBC1. Same with another rail programme, or rather a film, which was called "Fred the Steam Fugitive" which apparently was actually filmed in 1983 but oddly was only broadcast (as far as I know) for the first time during the Channel 4 Going Loco season. Apparently one of the actors who one of the engine died not long after it was made, so maybe that's the reason it took so long to be broadcast.
@@doodlecheesebug2 Never knew The Train Now Departing was on iPlayer. I don't remember the Seaside Trains series. You don't know when ITV showed Steam on the Settle and Carlisle documentary by any chance do you?. Reason I ask is I have this programme on tape which appears to have been shown on ITV, though it appears it was broadcast on the BBC twice during the mid 90s, but the recording I have on tape has an ITV logo at the very end which isn't shown on the uploads I've seen on youtube. Can't be from the Going Loco season as that was Channel 4. Abit odd for ITV to show a steam rail documentary.
One of the most drawn objects of modern times.
12:22 England 42/2 against the Aussies, hopefully Botham can rack up a good score!
In the past we were taken to London from Wakefield Kirkgate, on arrival at Kings Cross I was hoping to maybe see 'Mallard',and did not knowing until we got to the front of the train that in fact it had pulled us all the way. Also present were 'Sir Nigel Gresley and Sir Ralph Wedgewood'.
Fantastic footage of Mallard,brings back so. many memories of the great days of steam, A4's are my favourite locomotives, wasted in the NRM.
Sir Nigel Gresley is making a comeback in this year
Thank you .
never to old to learn ... 21:25 ... re the water troughs ...slooping up water ,,, holy crap ...wow wow wow
It's good to see American Tourist enjoying are Buitifull Mallard, "World Speed Record steam Engine'"
"One Guy said it has three Cylinders & a unique sound." By a strange coincidence My 900 cc Motorcycle has Three Cylinders it to has a unique sound aswell, TRIUMPH,
😊😊, Anyway. Love seeing these Magnificent engine's on the Main Line aswell, Just to keep those Pipes clean,? 😊
😊😊😊.
10:35 I've Saw The A4 Preserved Engine Mallard From The National Railway Museum In York In Yorkshire This Year And It Was Super Awesome Fantastic Steam Locomotive In The World. Thanks Mate. X 🚂🚂🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚈🚂
Nice film but that bloody music! The only music needed is Mallard's Kylchap beat and her chime.
Spamcan81 My thoughts exactly.
What's the song called which starts at 15:35?
Peter Cork - Hitting The High Spots - Studio G - LPSG 4009
I wonder how many steam enthusiasts know that Mallard (and Nigel Gresley) up until the mid 1960s where both painted green?. Most people just assume they have always been blue. I have an A4 book which shows Mallard at Doncaster in 1962 in a dark green colour, but searching for photos of Mallard and Gresley online in their green liveries seems to draw a blank for some reason, maybe the photos that exist are copyrighted and are in a private collection. Another photo in this book shows Gresley at Crewe painted green on the 4th Aug 1966, 6 months after being withdrawn from British Railways. Most people seem to have an image of these locos running on the east coast line during the late 1960s when they watch shows like Heartbeat, but in reality hardly any steam loco would've been running during the latter half of the 60s on that line, but let's not spoil our sense of nostalgia hey? lol
This it's wonderful it's marvelous !!!!
Did malard ever pull the royal scott
Years back, the scotsman did a Tour of North America.. I realise the value keeps rising but these trains were meant to run.. would love to see Mallard, The Flying Scotsman & Nigel Gresley & others do a 2020 or 2021 or even 2022 or later.. Museums serve a purpose but if these engines don’t get out and breathe then museums become mausoleums..
Well you do have Dwight Eisenhower...……..
Why do we need to freight in a British engine when we have plenty of our own. N&W 611 could keep pace with Mallard up until the very top end of her throttle, being designed to run 100+ MPH as well.
And we also have Nickel Plate 765, UP 844, UP 4014 "Big Boy" - the largest operational steam locomotive in the world, among many others if you want to see steam at speed.
Superb film
but why mallard doesnt run today? (I was searching on wikipedia and i didnt find anything)
Mallard was withdrawn & put back on display in York after her last run in August 1988 & hasn't run since. She'd need another overhaul to running order for her to return to steam.
Her boiler certificate got expired
Oh ,I see we have some Aussie Tourist aswell, Gud on Ya Mate ,😉 I hope you're Holliday & Being a Passenger on the Mallard has been to your satisfaction?
Anyway, God Bless All the Tourist hope your stay was fine,?
........."it's a steam engine--and I'm a steam engine man. Nuf said!!
Yes Tornado should be able to do over 100 mph given the space to do on rail track metals
Beautiful. Thanks lots for sharing. :D
Remarkable.
david lancey what a great video
Not a mobile phone in sight!
This was filmed in '89, not many of those around them and they were kinda large.
What a Great looking Loco, 4-6-2 Pacific Steam Baby.
mallard & union of south africa, should be rebuilt & if needed..given new boiler,s, i would much rather see these engine,s out on the lines all over the uk, & doing what they were built for, than sitting silent all polished up in some museum, the past generation (our ancestors) left us all sorts of marvelous machinery etc, & also lovely buildings, & all we have to do is maintain & look after them, but most of the time we fail to do just that.
It's doing what it's meant to do.
Nice!
The Mallard is very nice locomotive! Steam up!
I stayed in Harrogate, I am from Melbourne, Gippsland to the East is not unlike that country . I saw the line didn’t realise what its significance was.As with many places you go to you don’t realise the signifance of the line to UA-cam shows the Steam Engines there. It’s 1 of my favourite parts of England.I remember the water scoop on the Dad’s Army comedy show, young Frank Pyke telling Captain Mainwerring “ we are going to get wet” & they did. Never seen them before that.
Brilliant John, she is truly a treasure
Great
The NRM should restore Mallard to mainline condition. She's been out of action for nearly 30 years.
I would love to see that I once asked a staff member in the NRM about it and he said chances of it happening are slim to none since there are 3 functioning A4s already in the UK. :(
They're already working on Sir Nigel Gresley (which can be seen in one of my videos), Bittern is being overhauled at Crewe and Union of South Africa is the only one running and will be withdrawn next year when the boiler ticket expires. The other 3 (Mallard, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Dominion of Canada) are static displays. Maybe the NRM will work on Mallard once Sir Nige has been done. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the speed record.
Parknest I really really hope so. It was amazing seeing her being moved on the main line during the great gathering but it was also sad that she wasnt in steam, She does deserve an overhaul.
They should but A4 Sir Nigel Gresley is in the works
Because there aren't enough "mainline condition" scrapyard rejects in the UK already?
Steve if you have a look at UA-cam you will see that older locos of NSWGR have a similar appearance to GWR locos. This is because the chief mechanical engineer E E Lucy was an engineer with GWR prior to taking up the position with NSWGR in 1910. Most of the larger engines from 1930 onwards had an American flavour.
21:52 that’s the original footage at the beginning of the video
Well spotted!
Great old video tipical someone tried videoing the cricket over the top lol so wish I could see mallard in steam
I wouldn't want to be the Fireman on an A4 when the Engineer has the Regulator pinned to the back wall of the Cab.
It's spencer
To be pedantic the German DRG class steam engine could maintain a faster speed than the Mallard (115 mph as opposed to Mallard's design speed of 105 mph). However they caned it in 1938 for the speed record knowing the big end to the middle cylinder would fail. The big end was 'bombed' with aniseed oil during the successful world record attempt, and as anticipated it did fail with the engine needing a tow at the end of the run. Nevertheless magnificent engineering and fantastic to watch. Britain did lead the way for steam. Also one must remember that in the 1930s with air passenger flight in its infancy and those lucky enough to have a car which not go much faster than 50 on a public road, 100 mph was FAST.
112 or so was the 'natural' top speed of the A4...
that middle-end bearing I can make so it does not overheat and better lubrication
Would love to see the flying Scotsman (in her LNER livery) and Mallard to do a double header from Scotland 🏴 down to Cornwall in one last big hurrah and let them run no diesel pushing them
Smashing