PICTURE: The Sir Nigel Gresley, which holds the British post-war steam speed record of 112mph, and sister locomotive to the ...

The inspiration for the film’s North Pole also has ties to the American railroad through famed inventor and businessman George Pullman. Pullman was the creator of the Pullman Palace Car Company, which ...

It was a steam-powered locomotive and first used to carry wagons of coal ... China’s Shanghai Maglev currently holds the title of the fastest train in the world. Also known as the Shanghai Transrapid, ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...

The gleaming steam train is one of 35 A4 locomotives designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in the 1930s - which were the fastest ever built at the time - but only six now remain. Two made their way across ...

Lincolnshire The world's fastest steam locomotive has been moved onto the tracks at York station for the first time in 30 years. Mallard broke the world speed record for steam in 1938 at 126mph ...

Woman 2: Rocket inspired all future steam locomotives… and in just over 100 years, Mallard, the fastest steam engine in the world… reached 126 miles per hour in 1938. Woman 3: With diesel ...