'Mallard' pulling a Friends of the National Railway Museum 10th anniversary special, 'The Scarborough Flyer', heading for Scarborough via the Harrogate-Leeds-York loop, 26 April 1987. The A4 Pacific class 'Mallard' was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley (1876-1941), the chief engineer of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER). On Sunday 3 July 1938, the 4-6-2 locomotive reached a speed of 126 mph (203 kph) on a straight stretch of track between Grantham and Peterborough, achieving a new world speed record for steam locomotives which remains unbroken to this day.

Photograph by John Click. This atmospheric picture shows a Class K3 2-6-0 locomotive

Steam trains going over the Ribblehead Viaduct, Settle and Carlisle line, c 1958

Bury station, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, 1915

'Aberdonian', steam locomotive, King's Cross Station, London, 1958

Coronation A4 Class steam locomotive crosses the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick-upon-Tweed

EWS Class 66 177 hauling a Merry-Go- Round train at Eggborough Power Station, 2000

Erecting shop at Horwich works, Lancashire, August 1919

'Flying Scotsman', near Grantham, Lincolnshire c.1931

Caledonian Railway's 4-6-0 locomotive No 903 'Cardean' at Glasgow Central

King's Cross station, London, Great Northern Railway

Droylsden Station, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1929

Locomotives at Derby motive power depot, 1910

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Coronation A4 Class steam locomotive crosses the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick-upon-Tweed

Coronation A4 Class steam locomotive crosses the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1937. The Coronation is crossing the bridge (opened by Queen Victoria, 1850) hauled by 'Dominion of Canada' No 4489. This engine was presented with a Canadian railway type bell by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1938, and was mounted in front of the chimney. The train consists of the summer formation of four articulated pairs of coaches and observation car.

British Railways-built Fairburn 2-6-4, 1959

Freight train on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, by Selwyn Pearce-Higgins

'Wylam Dilly', with its sister locomotive 'Puffing Billy', is the

Staff of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway demonstrating hand signals. Photograph

'King' Class 4-6-0 hauling a Taunton - Padd

City of Truro' 4-4-0 'City' class steam locomotive, No 3440, 1903. This

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City of Truro' 4-4-0 'City' class steam locomotive, No 3440, 1903. This

City of Truro' 4-4-0 'City' class steam locomotive, No 3440, 1903. This locomotive was designed by William Dean for the Great Western Railway and built at Swindon in 1903. It is reputed to be the first locomotive to travel at a speed of over 100 mph, reaching a speed of 102.3 mph at White Ball, Somerset, in 1904. The City of Truro was withdrawn from general service in 1931, but after full restoration in the 1950s, has been used to haul occasional special trains. Here, the locomotive is shown hauling a special excursion train on the York to Scarborough line, c 1970s.

Photograph by Cyril Herbert showing a steam locomotive pulling an express train in

Photograph by Cyril Herbert, showing a graphic high level view of railway tracks

King's Cross station, London, British Railways, c1949-1950

Looking north-west from loading bank to goods shed and goods enquiry office at Saffron

Horwich Mechanics Institute, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, 1900

Blackpool Talbot Road station, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway / London & North Western

Formby station, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, April 1913

Photograph of a British Railways diesel locomotive, taken during the British Transport

Patrolling the permanent way, Manningtree, Essex, May 1948

London Midland & Scotland (LMS) 4-6-2 locomotive no. 46236 'City of Bradford'

The London, Midland & Scottish Railway 5P5F class 4-6-0 locomotive number 5200 with

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