Brick Train

onyx(John)

onyx(John)

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"The piece celebrates the railway history of the town which formed one end of the famous Stockton to Darlington railway, the first public railway in the world to use steam locomotives. It depicts the record-breaking Mallard, which still holds the world record for a steam locomotive at 126 mph.

It was designed by David Mach and constructed from 185,000 bricks and 6,000 cubic feet (170 cubic meters) of concrete. Some 34 construction workers took 21 weeks to construct it. It is 23 feet high and 120 feet long. It weighs 15,000 tons and covers an area of 6,458 square feet (600 square meters). Its official name is just "Train" although "Brick Train" is, for obvious reasons, commonly used."Train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2840814.jpg
 
onyx(John) said:
"The piece celebrates the railway history of the town which formed one end of the famous Stockton to Darlington railway, the first public railway in the world to use steam locomotives. It depicts the record-breaking Mallard, which still holds the world record for a steam locomotive at 126 mph.

It was designed by David Mach and constructed from 185,000 bricks and 6,000 cubic feet (170 cubic meters) of concrete. Some 34 construction workers took 21 weeks to construct it. It is 23 feet high and 120 feet long. It weighs 15,000 tons and covers an area of 6,458 square feet (600 square meters). Its official name is just "Train" although "Brick Train" is, for obvious reasons, commonly used."View attachment 7980
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What a mess :fp:
 
Barrychuckle said:
...those bricks must weigh many tonnes!
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I'll say! A search of the average brick weight of 4.5 pounds (2kg) each would mean 185,000 bricks to be about 832,500 pounds or 376,000 kg or 416 tons!

The LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard locomotive weighs in around 185 tons per the Wiki. Saw two references to how much it could pull:
1) A speed run with seven-coach train weighing 240 tons. I'm guessing passenger mode since they said 'coach'.
2) In 1948 it pulled a load of 505 tons full (did not say if freight or passenger). Pretty flipping impressive. :D

If someone has better numbers on what it could pull please say, I'd like to know.
 
I remember seeing the Mallard at York on a school trip and being awestruck.
I do recall saying to the teacher it looks like something out of Thunderbirds and he (Deputy Head at the time) said Yes Mike it does and smiled. He was a cool Deputy Head, friendly and yet strict. No one messed with him but he was such a kind bloke. Bullies were scarce on his watch. Wow the Mallard was, is amazing.
 
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