LNER Class 4 engine broke the world speed record of 126mph along the East Coast Line new Grantham in July 1938 The locomotive has ... Gathering' to celebrate the Mallard's achievement is taking ...

Top topiarist Brian Childs' privit-themed bush is so convincing kids can even hitch a ride on the replica of the 1938 Mallard WACKY Brian Childs has cut his hedge into a 7ft-high replica of the ...

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 ...

The world's fastest ever steam locomotive is to return to the district where it broke the record. Mallard reached a top speed of 126mph (203km/h) after passing through Grantham, Lincolnshire ...

75 years ago today, a new world record was set deep in the English countryside. The steam locomotive Mallard reached 126 mph - faster than any other engine before her, or since. Mallard’s record ...

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 ...

Seventy five years ago a world record, still unmatched, was achieved by a steam engine called Mallard. For just a couple of minutes the locomotive thundered along at speeds of 126 miles per hour ...

They’ve been brought together at the National Railway Museum in York, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of 4468 Mallard breaking the world speed record for steam on Stoke Bank just south of ...

A statue of railway engineer Sir Nigel Gresley has ruffled a few feathers - because it did not include a duck at the designer's feet. A mallard was originally included as Sir Nigel enjoyed ...

THE sister of the world’s fastest steam locomotive Mallard has joined it on display at the National Railway Museum in York. The Dwight D Eisenhower has been undergoing cosmetic restoration work ...