Mallard was Britain’s answer to Germany’s rail speed claims in the tense years before World War II. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, the streamlined A4 locomotive used advanced aerodynamics, a powerful ...

Seventy-five years ago Mallard broke the world speed record for steam locomotives. Bob Gwynne, assistant curator of rail vehicles at York’s National Rail Museum, tells the story of the “secret” run ...

For no more than a couple of minutes on July 3 1938, Mallard thundered along at speeds that have remained unmatched by any steam locomotive for three-quarters of a century. A handful of men in ...

Steam locomotives are the closest thing humans have created to a living ‘thing’. They require finesse and careful attention to get the best out of them, need to be warmed up gently and then disposed ...

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