Mallard & the A4's Great Gathering, July 3rd 2013

[@johnwalton6642]

Very emotive. Many thanks for posting national treasures.

[@hurleyfunbags]

Great footage. I visited on the 6th July. Great to see them all together at last.

[@deakonswatta297]

Well that’s 1 epic family of a4s and mallard seems glad to see his 2 sisters come from the USA and visit him

[@Shark30006]

Only six A4s were saved for preservation and only one member of the class: 60014 Silver Link was the subject of an unsuccessful preservation attempt by Sir Billy Butlin

[@Shark30006]

60014 Silver Link was not preserved at all after it was withdrawn from service in 1962 when the Class 55 Deltics took the work over on the East Coast Mainline. There was a preservation attempt by Sir Billy Butlin who wanted to preserve Silver Link at his camp but the preservation attempt failed and was unsuccessful due to the Eastern Region not being interested in preserving it

[@joshslater2426]

I went to see this when I was little, and absolutely loved it. Quite a shame that it will probably never happen again.

[@LeodisTrainSpotter]

We never know, we will see what the 100th anniversary brings us

[@Shark30006]

It’s ashamed that none of the four Silver Jubilee engines were preserved for the Great Gathering and the four Silver Jubilee engines were 2509 Silver Link, 2510 Quicksilver, 2511 Silver King and 2512 Silver Fox. Those four A4s look great in their careers and it’s too bad that they’re not preserved for this event.