Classic biker well Done perhaps Ian Savage should buy the lot as it is very hard for overseas members to get 6 pound cash to them
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It's me page 5 ( Bill Todd did work at Vincents for a short time was a very bright lad and was snapped up by De Havilland's so this is a typo) that's me 15 years of age building what might be your engine my leader opposite Stan Duddington. Stan left some months later and went to BRM's, did not like it there and when George Brown left Vincents he employed Stan. Stan's uncle was the driver of the Mallard when it broke the world speed record, 1938? just 8 Miles north of Vincents, the Arlesley straight.
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Flying Scotsman? Mallard surely?
I'm not blowing of steam but you could be right Thanks
At least it wasn't the Golden Arrow that's one Aerial I did not like....
(I am sure a UK train buff will explain)
I'm not a train anorak, but I think the Mallard pulled the Flying Scotsman "train". The Flying Scotsman "engine" pulled the first Flying Scotsman train giving it's name to the route/service.
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Confusion often arises between the locomotive "Flying Scotsman "and the title of the Kings Cross -Edinburgh service which dates from way before the loco was built. It could well be that Mallard was rostered to haul that express at some stage.
I'm not a train anorak either and I think Howard is correct in that the "Flying Scotsman" was both an individual locomotive and also the name of the service. I don't think "Mallard" was linked to this service when it started as it was not built until the late 30's.
Let us keep this thread on the rails and get back to "Works Photo."
Thanks Ed,
Perhaps we all need better training.
According to Google and my anorak boss, Mallard did 125 mph in 1938 on the Grantham mainline, setting an unbroken record.