How did the LNER Class A4 set the world speed record for steam trains? We break down the science, mechanics, and history behind this legendary locomotive. China reacts to Trump tariffs bombshell ...

He produced the A4 Pacific (a 4-6-2-wheel arrangement) and no. 2509 Silver Link was the first locomotive of this class to leave Doncaster Works in early September 1935. A4 Silver Link at Doncaster ...

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the iconic A4 Class steam engine is now rarely seen. But the locomotive has returned to the tracks and was pictured yesterday trundling along over the historic 43 arches of the Yarm Viaduct in ...

Designed by celebrated railway engineer Sir Nigel Gresley, Silver Link was the first of the Class A4 locomotives, a futuristic-looking family of engines that remain Britain’s fastest ever class of ...

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.

Sir Nigel Gresley is the only A4 class locomotive to be owned by a charitable trust, and it can be seen regularly running on mainline and heritage railways up and down the UK. These two iconic ...

Historic locomotives – representing steam, diesel and electric traction – were exhibited at Litchurch Lane on the eve of tickets going on sale, and which will appear at The Greatest Gathering in ...