The coal was hot. The crew were ready. On July 3rd, 1938, the 4468 Mallard, an A4-class steam locomotive, was performing an alleged brake test for its London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) owners.

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 ...

75 years ago Mallard set record for the fastest steam locomotive hurtling down the East Coast Main Line at 126mph Yesterday the iconic train was being towed by its sister loco the Union of South ...

Sadly, the anniversary was marred by a spat over whether sculptor Hazel Reeves’s design should feature a mallard duck, in reference to one of his most famous engines, the Class A4 locomotive Mallard.

World record-setting engine, the Mallard, was the "high point of achievement" for British steam locomotive industry, a campaigner has said. Henry Cleary, from the Mallard Grantham Partnership ...

Ms Reeves included a duck at the engineer’s feet to represent his greatest engineering achievement: the Mallard locomotive which hit speeds of 126mph in 1938, still a record for a steam engine.

The Mallard, the world's fastest steam locomotive's 75th anniversary. For no more than a couple of minutes on July 3 1938, Mallard thundered along at speeds that have remained unmatched by any ...

And yet, it was in this climate that Mallard, the world’s fastest steam locomotive, was created. Speed was not only seen as the ultimate sign of modernity during this era, but also a symbol of ...

The Mercury Train takes its visual cues from the iconic British Mallard train–perhaps one of the funkiest trains ever made. But here, the lines have been stretched and the nose cone has been ...