2017

SE5952 : Mallard; LNER 4468

taken 7 years ago, near to York, England

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Mallard; LNER 4468
Mallard; LNER 4468
Photographed in the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum, York, Mallard is the holder of the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph (203 km/h). The record was achieved on 3 July 1938 south of Grantham on the East Coast Main Line.
The National Railway Museum (NRM) :: SE5951

The National Railway Museum in York displays a collection of over 100 locomotives and nearly 300 other items of rolling stock, virtually all of which either ran on the railways of Great Britain or were built here.

The museum first opened in 1975, housed in the huge former steam locomotive depot at Leeman Road next to the East Coast Main Line, near York railway station and only 700m from York Minster. In 1990, the Station Hall opened in York’s former railway goods depot across Leeman Road, nearly doubling the size of the museum in the process. The former diesel depot adjacent to the Great Hall was added as a store and in 1999 this was rebuilt to become “The Works”, providing public access to the Museum’s collections stores and workshops and a viewing gallery overlooking York Station. Today, the NRM is one of Britain’s busiest museums and is possibly the most popular railway museum in the world, attracting 931,000 visitors in 2013 LinkExternal link .


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Public buildings and spaces Railways Place: York Locomotive: Mallard Image Buckets ?: Indoor Transport Primary Subject: Railway Locomotive other tags: National Railway Museum Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · National Railway Museum [83] · National Railway Museum York [52] · Steam Locomotive [27] ·
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SE5952, 1030 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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James Allan   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 22 August, 2017   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 3 September, 2017
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OSGB36: geotagged! SE 5938 5200 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:57.6411N 1:5.7886W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SE 5942 5197
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