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 ...

Mallard broke the world speed record for steam in 1938 at 126mph (203km/h) near Grantham, Lincolnshire The world's fastest steam locomotive has been moved onto the tracks at York station for the ...

The Mallard locomotive is reuniting with its five sister trains at the National Railway Museum in York this week to celebrate 75 years since the steam engine broke the world steam speed record in ...

Sir Nigel Gresley's Mallard steam locomotive is one of the great pieces of 20th century engineering. Jack Watkins tells its tale.

On July 3, 1938, Mallard billowed out smoke as it reached speeds of 126 mph – a little over 200 kmph. With that, Mallard became the world’s fastest steam locomotive, a record that it holds ...

Trainspotters were given a rare treat as the Mallard steam locomotive was hauled from its usual home to return to the scene of its record-breaking run 75 years ago.

The Great Reunion: 'once-in-a-lifetime celebration' marks Mallard steam speed record anniversary 75 years on, National Railway Museum gathers five surviving sister locomotives ...

The mallard Anas platyrhynchos : a species with high levels of forced copulations. Females have very elaborate vaginas (left) to counter males' phalluses (right). Some female ducks and geese have ...

Mallard broke the world speed record for steam in 1938 at 126mph (203km/h) near Grantham, Lincolnshire The world's fastest steam locomotive has been moved onto the tracks at York station for the ...

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 ...

Mallard broke the world speed record for steam in 1938 at 126mph (203km/h) near Grantham, Lincolnshire The world's fastest steam locomotive has been moved onto the tracks at York station for the ...