His Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to exceed 100mph in service, while the Mallard achieved ... Duddington and fireman Thomas Bray. When the train arrived at King's Cross ...

Duddington was known as a driver capable of piloting a steam train at sustained speed. Well-armed in that regard, the Mallard set off on that fateful July Sunday with additional crew (though not ...

Just over 75 years ago, the Mallard set the world record for the fastest ever steam locomotive when ... by Joseph Duddington and fireman Thomas Bray. When the train arrived at King's Cross ...

It beat Japan’s bullet train, India’s Rajadhani Express and the fastest-ever steam locomotive, Mallard ... Express sneaked in at number 25 and Thomas the Tank Engine was at number 11.

By the time the A4 Pacific No 4468 Mallard emerged from the LNER’s Doncaster works in the summer of 1938, a British record for steam of 114mph had been passed ... together with six coaches, until the ...

Mallard broke the world speed record for steam in 1938 at 126mph (203km/h). It came out of the National Railway Museum earlier to launch train operator LNER's new Azuma service from York ...

Mallard, the Doncaster-built steam legend, was regularly driven by Ron Birch. He recalled how he would get 165 tonnes of steam train cantering along at three-figure speeds. The record-breaking ...

Mallard broke the world speed record for steam in 1938 at 126mph (203km/h). It came out of the National Railway Museum earlier to launch train operator LNER's new Azuma service from York ...

Seventy five years ago a world record, still unmatched, was achieved by a steam engine called Mallard. For just a couple ... A4 Class steam engine Steam train takes the ferry.