Today is the 70th anniversary of Mallard's record breaking run down Stoke Bank.
The special run saw the LNER locomotive achieve a top speed of 126mph - a world speed record for a steam locomotive that remains unbroken today.
Seventy years later the top line speed on the East Coast Mainline is 125mph (providing the wires aren't down, cables haven't been nicked, points haven't failed, etc...).
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Grimsby and Back
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