Now living in a care home in Knaresborough, Mr Lowther was taken to visit the A4 Pacific locomotive at the National Railway Museum in York. Mallard still holds the world steam speed record of ...
The 4464 Bittern is one of 35 A4 locomotives designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in the 1930s but only six now remain Gleaming steam train is pictured on a rare outing travelling over the 43 arches of ...
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 ...
On 3 July 1938 the Mallard broke the world speed record by reaching 126mph. Tornado, the new £3m Peppercorn class A1 pacific steam locomotive was built over almost 20 years by The A1 Steam ...