Mallard in 1963

[@MGlen2009]

Priceless footage - thanks for sharing it.

[@WickedMuis]

1 month before withdrawn from service? So must have been shot in December 1963. Wow, priceless footage. Thanks for sharing!

[@jeffreyhodge5564]

Fantastic acceleration ,happy memories at the end of platforms at Kings cross ,late 50’s early 60’s

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

This loco is now numbered 4468 and it’s on display in York

[@Tomlan2007]

Terrific video... many thanks for posting it.

[@ronaldpollard9098]

lovely, pity no route notes?

[@JimTLonW6]

Thanks very much, a glorious sight!

[@andrewharveyofficial]

mallard is my favourite a4

[@crazyh0rse]

Excellent stuff, and a nice crimson/cream Mk1 in the sidings at Westbury in 1963.

[@hstman14]

Wonderful video! Thoroughly enjoyable, great to see the prestigious engine around the South West. I live in Bath, and seeing Newton St Loe as one of the shots was just terrific. Not quite the same these days, although it is great seeing A4s in the area, memorably Bittern back in December.

[@Tomlan2007]

Not only was it pinched from a DVD but the sound has been dubbed. Count the beats to the wheel revolutions - only 4 and should be six!

[@robinsummerhill102]

Bristol Temple Meads - Sunday 17th March 1963. I was a ten year old lad in the crowd that morning!

[@chansfor]

Pure Magic, thanks.

[@JimTLonW6]

Very nice video and a portrait of British Railways as they were before modernisation and the disappearance of most freight really kicked in. I liked the boy in the navy blue gabardine raincoat; they were ubiquitous at that time!

[@busyboy85]

Excellent footage. A treasure.

[@jammyhartley]

She certainly looks a thoroughbred - she moves so effortlessly !

[@Isochest]

Great to see all and sundry on the tracks to photo this. this is how it should be on low speed lines in my view! :-))))

[@leach1527]

what a beautiful beast .. hissing, roaring, snorting a wonderful era for rail transport gone foreever

[@MorrisManDanceMan]

l was born then in 1963 good video thanks for putting it on

[@beatrizgomez4501]

its a long time

[@MrEgeJones]

My Grandad was a stoker/fireman on "The Mallard" He was the steam raiser on the day it broke the speed record.

[@trainmaster844]

I liked her in LNER blue. BTW her original umber was 4468. Did the whistle have a cord or was it blown by itself?

[@JimTLonW6]

Good to see this engine at work (as she should be again!).

[@PatrioticandProud73]

Good footage!

[@edwardianeccentric]

The whistle was operated by rods from a lever in the cab.

[@hornbytrainsets]

he is right. In 1938, Mallard broke the world steam engine speed record of 126 MPH and this record has never been beaten

[@Britishrailwaystories]

Is that King George V adjacent to Mallard at 3:00? The american bell on the running plate is present, so I think it could be.

[@nyshortline]

The whistle reminds me of the 5-chimes Burlington had.

[@benjokazooie]

when the railways all became british rail, the numbers were changed the mallard was 022, the flying scotsman changed too from 4472 to 103. all the LNER locomotives were prefixed with 60. so they were 60022 nd 60103.

[@3NUNS]

Gotta say it ! This is really fine stuff !

[@Lytton333]

Does anyone think it looks rather like a model on a particularly good layout of Temple Meads at 1:27-36 secs?

[@Dinosorable]

Did you film this?

[@waldenhouse]

What happened at 1.06 ? There's a squirt of steam from the side of the boiler casing, near the handrail.

[@Quarkman0]

I think you might be referring to one of my uploaded clips called "Silver Jubilee" Record Run. Have a look anyway!

[@dodchorn]

Funny how there were nostalgic events like this going on when the southern region were still using the Battle of Britain's for their expresses.

[@TallboyDave]

It's amazing, isn't it? A big express engine, and she's making it look absolutely effortless, as if saying, "Come on then, this is too easy!"

[@TheSteamdriver]

yes it changed to br green not sure what month though but it's a beautiful machine but it looks much more better with the valencers and in garter blue

[@ptopedro]

question: why is the number on the mallard 60022? I though its 4468.

[@Owentheguitarist666]

Great Vid thanks =) nice work

[@gainsbourg66]

Professional quality filming makes such a difference. Amateurs please notice - zero zoom and no 2 way panning.

[@kenjohnxiv]

What happened to Mallards Tender, was it Scrapped?

[@jimusgrimus]

Hoping to have seen a glimpse of hydraulic locs there.....Westbury in 1963

[@Quarkman0]

OK Tom, while I'll admit that it was copied from a DVD (for everyone's viewing pleasure!), the soundtrack is the original - overdubbed or not! :)

[@charlottejohnson8085]

Hi there, I am trying to get hold of you regarding using this footage and copyright. Be good to chat to you about this. thanks Charlotte

[@DocSponk]

Yes but 60022 is based on the Mallard's LNER WW2 number of 22.

[@NickRatnieks]

I expect as there are so many comments somebody else has noted Mallard with KGV-at 3.00. KGV would have been withdrawn but had been rolled out of the shed for the occasion. Is the absence of any slipping because it was Western men on the footplate?

[@gainsbourg66]

That is amazing about 9Fs! i never knew that.

[@Dinosorable]

@Quarkman0 Oh.

[@imnothear]

very cool

[@dmanlewis]

@Kenta19191919 It was this loco, 126mph about that.

[@MrMoorkey]

This exact engine.

[@trainlover658]

In the end... she was just another A4 to the engine men of BR...

[@Quarkman0]

@Dinosorable Unfortunately not!

[@denisxx61]

Yes, Mallard did indeed reach 126mph a record which has never been beaten - BUT - The 9F 2-10-0 was, in my humble opinion, the greatest of them all. On any given day any one of the 250 9F's could achieve over 90mph. With 5 foot drivers the piston and rotational speeds were equivalent to those of Mallard on her record run. She only did that speed once - the 9F, 90mph on any given day. How sad their life span was so short.

[@hornbytrainsets]

what do you mean proved?

[@Anarchemitis]

Great thing is; 126mph, runs on.... water, no less.

[@jamienwr]

@Kenta19191919 I know this is 2 years after your orginal quiestion but yes "Mallard" holds the world speed record for a steam locomotive of 126MPH,

[@regentv980]

not bad for a kettle,good footage

[@thegoldenarrow1995]

@burnley5960 Obviously you haven't seen 6024 up hatton bank then!

[@CrisisOnACanoe]

This is the engine that did it.

[@Quarkman0]

OK guv! It's a fair cop!

[@TimEaston]

Wit steam leaking from her she didnt seem in that good nick. Nice video.

[@Femmenition]

@Kenta19191919 This loco holds the record.

[@kindvideo2]

Look,it´s Spencer,the sliver engine!....

[@jamesik84]

I didn't notice this huge speed nowhere at all....

[@EastMidlandsSteam]

No they just removed the corridor...

[@ptopedro]

cool thanks, thought thats what it was.

[@regentv980]

125 actually,been proved,plus never the same after

[@TheSteamdriver]

@MrEgeJones i'm jealouse

[@Femmenition]

It's not "The Mallard", mate. It's just "Mallard".

[@BritanniaPacific]

0:25 that sounded like an american whistle

[@dm3830]

Tomlan, sounds like 3/4 time to me, what's your problem? I Kenta, not one of these type, THIS one. Google is your friend.

[@MusicPredominates]

squaaaak!

[@WBDE]

I know I am committing heresy by saying this, but to my American ears that whistle sounds awful