As preparations proceed towards the reunion of the six remaining A4s at the National Railway Museum in July this year, the latest milestone is the repainting of 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower. This lo... (more)

Making rare appearances outside the National Railway Museum, LNER V2 4771 "Green Arrow" and World speed record holder 4468 "Mallard" are dragged to the Fab Four event at Barrow Hill Roundhouse by ... (more)

SNCF's CC 7100 class are part of a series of electric locomotives built by Alsthom. The prototype 'CC 7000' (7001 & 7002) were built in 1949 and the production series locomotives CC 7101-CC 7158 f... (more)

The BB 9003 and 9004 locomotives were built by the MTE group (Matériel de Traction Électrique) in 1952. Their innovative aesthetics emphasised their body with their aerodynamic shaped ends which... (more)

World Record Holder, A4 class no 4468 Mallard on display at Locomotion Museum in County Durham. It stands next to the prototype Deltic diesel locomotive. This site is owned by the National Railway... (more)

This train is the standard trainset after the World Speed Record. Both of these locomotives have been integrated on the TGV V150 trainset who have running at 574,8 Km/h on April 03, 2007. See here... (more)

A rare view inside the cab of World Record Holder, A4 class no 4468 Mallard on display at Locomation in County Durham, a site owned by the National Railway Museum. Mallard will be visiting Germany... (more)

The World Record holder of her time, with an unofficial speed of 112.5 mph, on May 10, 1893. No other wheeled vehicle had made it to the 100 mph mark, and didn't beat her record for another 10 ye... (more)

Here comes the next picture from the Timken archives. The Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive, designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935. The... (more)

At the Easter weekend rail exhibition at Bordeaux station - which was to celebrate the high speed records of 331 kms per hour in 1955. also present are BB9004 - and TGV325 - the record holder.

The German express locomotive, number 18 201 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany, appeared in 1960-61 at Meiningen repair shop as a conversion of the Henschel-Wegmann train locomotive 61 00... (more)

Having had a two day sojourn in July out in the Museum yard, 4468 Mallard, the fastest steam locomotive in the world is back in its usual display corner in the National Railway Museum at York. Dur... (more)

The TGV 4402 of the record of the world of speed (574.8Km / hour) makes its last running. On the LGV EST near Châlon-en-Champagne.