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 ...

A recording from the footplate of engine BR 60022, the famous Mallard, as it steams its way ... was not always appreciated by suspicious railway staff and on one occasion he had coal thrown ...

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 ...

It achieved a top speed of 30 miles an hour… and kick-started a frenzy of railway building. Woman 2: Rocket inspired all future steam locomotives… and in just over 100 years, Mallard ...

A new exhibition celebrates the achievements of railway engineer Sir Nigel Gresley, whose Flying Scotsman and Mallard ...