How was Mallard's 126mph run recorded? | Curator with a Camera

Join curator Bob Gwynne as he shows you around an incredible railway carriage packed with fascinating equipment that was used to record the speed, power and other information about how a steam locomotive is running.

Situated behind Mallard in our museum's Great Hall, this dynamometer car is the fastest surviving steam-hauled railway carriage in the world. It documented two of the most important record-breaking moments in railway history—Mallard's never-beaten 126mph run in 1938 and Flying Scotsman's 100mph peak in 1934.

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00:00-00:21 Intro
00:21-01:54 Exterior details
01:55-02:48 Crew quarters
02:49-04:08 Measuring instruments
04:08-04:29 A fire show of hot coals
04:30-05:25 Paper trace
05:26-06:06 Electrical equipment
06:07-07:00 How was it connected?
07:01-07:42 How to record mileposts
07:43-08:50 Mallard's speed record
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