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19/07/09 at 08:57 A4 Locomotive Speeding Through

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ50
Exposure: 1/250 Sec
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 88.8mm
ISO Speed: 100
Original Size: 529px x 482px
Date Taken: April 10, 2006 at 11.31am BST

Steam special train arriving at Perth Scotland in 2006, hauled by 60009 ‘Union Of South Africa’. A great shot looking down the line as it arrives towards a green signal.

Source: Brian Forbes

Train Information

The Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive, designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935. Their streamlined design gave them high-speed capability as well as making them instantly recognizable, and one of the class, 4468 Mallard, still holds the record as the fastest steam locomotive in the world. 35 of the class were built to haul passenger express trains on the route from London Kings Cross to the north of England and to Scotland. They remained in service until the early 1960s when they were replaced by diesel locomotives.