Railway viaduct at Little Bytham, near Bourne, Lincolnshire
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Railway viaduct at Little Bytham, near Bourne, Lincolnshire
Image: © Rex Needle Taken: 9 Sep 1999
The village of Little Bytham can be found on the B1176 four miles south west of Bourne, nestling around two grand Victorian viaducts, one of them disused and the other carrying the main east coast line between London and Scotland. It was on this stretch of track between Grantham and Peterborough on 3rd July 1938 that the LNER locomotive Mallard achieved the highest speed ever ratified for a steam locomotive of 126 mph that has not been beaten and the village has since been a popular call for visiting railway buffs.
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Image Location
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52.746995
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-0.494223