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The LNER Mallard was built in the 1930s as Britain’s answer to Germany’s record breaking steam locomotives, which had become ...

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 ...

We take a close look at some of the world’s most iconic locomotives ...

Legendary locomotives of the London North Eastern Railway will appear proudly alongside an LNER Azuma train at York and Darlington today ahead of Azuma passenger services launching later this week ...

A 91-year-old former steam locomotive fireman has been reunited with the famous record-breaking engine he worked on when he was just 16. Len Lowther spent two years as part of the Mallard's crew in ...

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