Events in
Local History

The
Fastest Engine.

1891

Fast Work.

On December the 10th, 1891 a group of 85 men, workers at the Great Eastern Railway Works - once a major employer in Stratford - set a record for building, from scratch, a complete six-wheeled steam locomotive (and tender)

The engine - No. 930. was built and completed in 9 hours and 47 minutes. and went on to work for 43 years, travelling 1,127,750 miles before finally being scrapped in 1935. The record beat all previous and was never surpassed.

The record 'team' at around 9 a.m. on the morning of the record attempt

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