Stoke Bank
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Stoke Bank is a stretch of high-speed railway in England renowned as the downhill section where the LNER locomotive Mallard set the world steam speed record in 1938.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway gradient
ⓘ
railway location ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| hasRailwayGradient |
downhill
ⓘ
falling southbound from Stoke Summit ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
iconic location in British railway history
ⓘ
important in steam locomotive performance trials ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Mallard world steam speed record run NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high‑speed railway running
ⓘ
site of Mallard world steam speed record ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Lincolnshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Grantham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | East Coast Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature | Stoke Summit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | London and North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | East Coast Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfRouteBetween | Grantham and Peterborough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayDirectionOfRecordRun | southbound ⓘ |
| railwayLineUsage | high‑speed passenger services ⓘ |
| railwaySectionCharacter | downhill high‑speed section ⓘ |
| usedBy |
LNER express services
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modern high‑speed services on East Coast Main Line ⓘ |
| worldRecordDate | 3 July 1938 ⓘ |
| worldRecordLocomotive | LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldRecordOperator | London and North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldRecordSpeed |
126 mph
ⓘ
203 km/h ⓘ |
| worldRecordTrainType | steam‑hauled express train ⓘ |
| worldRecordType | steam locomotive speed record ⓘ |
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