Mallard: How the 'blue Streak' Broke the World Speed Record by Hale, Don

Mallard: How the 'blue Streak' Broke the World Speed Record (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780750991513)

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Format: Paperback
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Mallard: How the 'blue Streak' Broke the World Speed Record by Hale, Don

Mallard: How the 'blue Streak' Broke the World Speed Record

$33.95
Mallard: How the 'blue Streak' Broke the World Speed Record by Hale, Don

Mallard: How the 'blue Streak' Broke the World Speed Record

$33.95
Format: Paperback
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Just over 80years ago on the East Coast main line, the streamlined A4 Pacific locomotive Mallard reached a top speed of 126mph--a world record for steam locomotives that still stands. Since then, millions have seen this famous locomotive, resplendent in her blue livery, on display at the National Railway Museum in York. Here, Don Hale tells the full story of how the record was broken: from the 19th-century London-Scotland speed race and, surprisingly, traces Mallard's futuristic design back to the Bugatti car and the influence of Germany's nascent Third Reich, which propelled the train into an instrument of national prestige. He also celebrates Mallard's designer, Sir Nigel Gresley, one of Britain's most gifted engineers. Mallard is a wonderful tribute to one of British technology's finest hours.

Author: Don Hale
ISBN-10: 0750991518
ISBN-13: 9780750991513
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2020
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d
By Don Hale
By Don Hale
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Don Hale has worked for over 40 years as a journalist, editor and investigative journalist. He has taken part in several Channel 4 and BBC programs about railways. Three-time Journalist of the Year, he is the author of Murder in the Graveyard.

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