Mallard broke the world speed record for steam in 1938 at 126mph (203km/h) near Grantham, Lincolnshire The world's fastest steam locomotive has been moved onto the tracks at York station for the first ...

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Thousands of pounds has been raised to mark the grave of the driver who set the world steam record with Mallard. The Doncaster-built locomotive hit 126 mph (203 km/h) in 1938, with Joseph Duddington ...

Legendary locomotives of the London North Eastern Railway will appear proudly alongside an LNER Azuma train at York and Darlington today ahead of Azuma passenger services launching later this week ...

Seventy-five years ago Mallard broke the world speed record for steam locomotives. Bob Gwynne, assistant curator of rail vehicles at York’s National Rail Museum, tells the story of the “secret” run ...

A 91-year-old former steam locomotive fireman has been reunited with the famous record-breaking engine he worked on when he was just 16. Len Lowther spent two years as part of the Mallard's crew in ...

Brian Childs, 74, keeps a framed photo of the Mallard, the world’s fastest steam locomotive, in his kitchen. One day he simply decided to reproduce it in a privet. Article continues below ...

A recording from the footplate of engine BR 60022, the famous Mallard, as it steams its way from Grantham to Peterborough. P. Ransome-Wallis holds on tightly as he records the engine picking up speed ...

WiHEN the National Railway Museum (NRM) announced the prize of its collection, the famous steam locomotive Mallard, would be leaving after 35 years, reaction was understandably mixed. Some people ...