'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.

'Flying Scotsman' A3 Class steam locomotive leaving Leeds station, 1956

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

Halifax St Paul's station, Halifax High Level Railway / Great Northern Railway

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

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

King's Cross station, London, British Rail, January 1988

Bury station, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, 1915

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

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

York North locomotive depot, London & North Eastern Railway, 29 April 1942

King's Cross station, London, Great Northern Railway

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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 The City of Truro was withdrawn from general service in 1931, but after full restoration in the 1950s, has been used to haul occasional special trains.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.

Formby station, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, April 1913

Locomotives at Derby motive power depot, 1910

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

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

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

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

Erecting shop at Horwich works, Lancashire, August 1919

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

This Great Northern Railway locomotive was designed by Ivatt

Bristol & Exeter Railway locomotive, 1910

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Castle' Class 4-6-0 locomotive, No.4094

Castle' Class 4-6-0 locomotive, No.4094 'Dynevor Castle', hauling the Ocean Liner Express from Plymouth Millbay to Paddington. The three leading vehicles are 70ft 'Ocean Mails' storage vans, although they appear to have been demoted as there is no legend on the lower panels, and they are probably conveying passengers' luggage. This view was taken at Sonning Cutting, Maurice Early's favorite location. The bridge in the distance carries the A4.

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

York station, North Eastern Railway, August 1906

York station, London & North Eastern Railway

York, locomotive signal box in locomotive yard

York, Holgate Bridge, London and North Eastern Railway. 1937

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

Droylsden Station, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1929

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