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Mallard
Hi Tony no we were not gods, just normal hard working men. I fired on several A4s on the ECML and I would usually give the spotters at Hitchin a blast on the old chime whistle as we raced through. You may well have watched us flying past on the ECML in the late 1950s or the early 1960s.
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hello LNER-nut and welcome to the forum. chuff chuff!
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Just a point which LocoJoe will confirm. It wasn't Mallard that did the 126mph it was 'Silver Fox' using 'Mallard's plates.
If you did give Alan a wave, he probably wouldn't have seen you, we was always too damn busy on them. I didn't fire to any A4 except to take one down the station from 'Top Shed', but I did fire all the other 'coal-scoffing' b,stards at Kings Cross. |
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Mallard
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Your right about the hard graft Dave especially on the climb to Potters Bar. not a lot of time for waving on that bit eh.
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