Travel Bug Dog Tag Mallard TB

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Released:
Saturday, August 26, 2006
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United Kingdom
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My aim is to visit the closed and abandoned railways (tracks, tunnels, bridges, stations, viaducts -- anything!) of Britain, learning about them along the way.

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Mallard TB

Mallard TB is a model of the famous 'A4' class steam locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for the LNER (London & North Eastern Railway). It set the world speed record for steam locomotives at 126 mph in 1938, and continued in service until 1963. It was returned to steam in 1988 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its record.

The 'real' Mallard is now in the National Railway Museum at York.

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Tracking History (1668.1mi) View Map

Dropped Off 10/29/2006 The Wellington Boots placed it in Wellington Park & Walk United Kingdom - 71.89 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/5/2006 The Wellington Boots retrieved it from Thames Path - Ewen Southern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Picked up and taken home to Somerset. Will move on soon.
Dropped Off 9/25/2006 Gralorn placed it in Thames Path - Ewen Southern England, United Kingdom - 44.31 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/12/2006 Gralorn retrieved it from Strawberry Tunnel Vision South West England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Picked up the Mallard to move along to another Beecham Special somewhere!

  • Great train, great name!!
Dropped Off 9/11/2006 Al & Tracy Smith placed it in Strawberry Tunnel Vision South West England, United Kingdom - 17.81 miles  Visit Log

The Bristol Exeter Railway Company built the Cheddar Valley Railway in 1869-70, which became known as “The Strawberry Line”, which finally closed in 1965. It was used to export the world famous Cheddar strawberries grown on the southern slopes of the Mendip Hills.

  • Strawberry Line Tunnel - near Winscombe Hill
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/6/2006 Al & Tracy Smith retrieved it from NCN NR4 - CC6 Bitton to Bath South West England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Lovely TB, will take care of it and take it to a suitable cache soon. Although I don’t think it will get chance to reach its to speed!
Dropped Off 8/28/2006 gjp23 placed it in NCN NR4 - CC6 Bitton to Bath South West England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Placed Mallard TB to start its journey alongside the route of the former Midland Railway betweem Bath (Green Park) and Bristol. The railway was built in 1869 and closed in the 1970s. Since the early 1980s the trackbed has formed the Bristol to Bath cycle path, National Cycle Route (NCR) 4.
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