How did the LNER Class A4 set the world speed record for steam trains? We break down the science, mechanics, and history ...

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 ...

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 ...

McGonigal described it best in Trains ' June 1995 issue ... The origins of articulated steam locomotives can be traced as far back as the 1860s to Scottish engineer Robert Francis Fairlie.

AUSTIN, Texas — A craze swept America around the beginning of the 20th century: Inviting spectators to watch two steam locomotives running at high speeds crash into each other head-on.

‘Tornado’, the fastest steam engine to run since the 1960s, is also set to hit the tracks. Owned by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, it made headlines in 2008 as it steamed for the first ...