man and machine have to work in harmony to extract the best performance from the locomotive. Here we take a leaf through the history books and recount the fastest steam locomotives ever.

43159 arrived at the Great Central Railway by road, rather than rail A record-breaking diesel locomotive is being brought back into service after sitting in storage for two years. In its glory ...

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 ...