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Post War, steam locomotives were aging and poorly maintained, hence the pre-war speeds were never attained. On the 23rd May 1959 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley set a post-war steam speed record of 112mph on Stoke Bank hauling a full passenger train. By the late 1950s, the age of steam traction was over and steam was being replaced by diesel power. Sir Nigel Gresley was withdrawn from service on 1st February 1966 and survives to this day in preservation.

The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Company by Motormaniac

A black and white image of Flying Scotsman on the Cathedrals Express rail tour from Bristol on 23rd May 2017. Flying Scotsman is the most famous locomotive in the world and this tour had crowds on every bridge waiting for a glimpse of this Icon. This photograph was taken at Severn Tunnel Junction.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen Circa 1925. The locomotive was built in 1923, numbered 1472 and had no name. It was renumbered 4472 and given the name "Flying Scotsman" just before it represented LNER as its flagship locomotive at the British Empire Exhibition, at Wembley Park in 1924. It represented LNER again at the 1925 exhibition and this artwork depicts Flying Scotsman as it would have appeared, with its number on the low sided tender and the LNER crest on the cab.

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Flying Scotsman LNER number 4472 became the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 100 MPH on the 30th November 1934 on a special test run. Unofficially the GWR locomotive 3440 City of Truro was timed at running in excess of 100 mph during a run from Plymouth to London in 1904.

A black and White image of 46100 Royal Scot photographed on the Severn Valley Railway at Highley Station in October 2015. The engine driver is offering the single track working token to the Signalman who is just out of shot. Without the relevant token the train can't proceed along the single track sections. Royal Scot was built in 1927 by London Midland & Scottish Railway for the express service from London to Birmingham, Manchester through to Glasgow. She was chosen to appear on behalf of Britain at the 1933 'Century of Progress' exhibition in the USA and toured the USA and Canada covering 11 194 miles.

The Seam Engine Tornado with a photograph of its nameplate too.

A black and white image of Great Western Railway Engine 2857 at Sunset. The engine driver is offering the single track working token to the Signalman who is just out of shot. Without the relevant token the train can't proceed along the single track sections. Engine 2857 was built in Swindon in 1918 and was in service until 1963. This class of engine (2800) was responsible for hauling most of the long distance heavy freight trains on the GWR / BR western region for almost 60 years!

A black and white image of 5428 LMS Class 5 or "Black Five" as the class is lovingly called. 5428 is a steam locomotive built in 1937 for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). In 1967 it was withdrawn from British Rail service, preserved and named Eric Treacy after the former Bishop of Wakefield, an eminent railway photographer. The Black Fives were a mixed traffic locomotive, a "do-anything go-anywhere" type, designed by William Stanier and several members of the class survived to the last day of steam on British Railways in 1968, with eighteen of the type making it into preservation. 5428 is photographed here on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway near Goathland.

A black and white image of LNER B1 Class 4-6-0 no 61306 Mayflower, built for the London & North Eastern Railway and is one of only two surviving B1 Class locomotives. In 2015 Mayflower started operating on the British main line for the first time in over twenty years. She carries the early British Railways apple green livery as originally delivered in 1948. Photographed here on the main Line near Lydney in Gloucestershire pulling the Cathedrals Express special from London Paddington to Cardiff on St David's Day 2015.

A black and white image of Flying Scotsman on the Cathedrals Express rail tour along the Severn Estuary on 19th May 2017. Flying Scotsman is the most famous locomotive in the world and this tour had crowds on every bridge waiting for a glimpse of this Icon. Photograph taken near Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire as the sun was setting.

Two Great Western Railway Class 4575 small prairies working together in the Royal Forest of Dean. Engine 5541 is a resident engine on the Dean Forest Railway with Engine 5521 as a visiting locomotive. 5521 is painted in London Transport colours and carries the number L150 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan line.

A black and white image of Great Western Railways Engine 2857 on the Severn Valley Railway at Highley Station in September 2018 celebrating her 100th birthday. Engine 2857 was built in Swindon in 1918 and was in service until 1963. This class of engine (2800) was responsible for hauling most of the long distance heavy freight trains on the GWR / BR western region for almost 60 years!

BR Standard Class 7 70013 Oliver Cromwell in a design incorporating its nameplate. Photographed here as the "Red Dragon". The Red Dragon was an express passenger train between London Paddington and Swansea in Wales. The 720 indicates this is the "Up" train, IE the return to London.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen between 1949 and 1954 in British Railways Express Blue with the number 60103. In 1947 it had been converted from Class A1 to A3 with a replacement boiler and the rounded steam collector replaced with the elongated "banjo" dome, it was also renumbered from 103 to 60103 in 1948. At this time it was allocated to Leicester Central shed running the Nottingham Victoria to London Marylebone services.

A black and white image of Southern Railways locomotive 34027 "Taw Valley" depicted pulling the boat train from London Waterloo to Southampton Ocean Terminal. The headboard indicates that the liner at Southampton Docks will be one of Holland American's fleet of liners. The photograph was taken at Arley Station on the Severn Valley Railway.

A black and white image of BR Standard Class 7 number 70013 Oliver Cromwell running as the "Red Dragon". The Red Dragon was an express passenger train between London Paddington and Swansea in Wales. The 720 indicates this is the "Up" train, IE the return to London. The BR Standard Class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class, is a class of 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive designed for mixed traffic duties.

London and North Eastern Railways (LNER) A4 Class 4-6-2 locomotive 60007 “Sir Nigel Gresley” (built in 1937) on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. This image was taken in 2012 near Goathland, home of the TV series heartbeat. The locomotive looking resplendent in the blue livery colour popped against this black and white image

On the 27th September 1935, a trial run of the new LNER streamlined express "The Silver Jubilee" was hauled by LNER number 2509 Silver Link, setting at the time, a new speed record of 112 MPH. Silver Link was one of four A4s built to work the Silver Jubilee between London King's Cross and Newcastle. The other 3 being 2510 Quicksilver, 2511 Silver King and 2512 Silver Fox all painted in a Silver and Grey Livery.

A black and white image of Great Western Prairie engine 2-6-2, number 5541 built in 1928 at Swindon and preserved on the Dean Forest Railway in Gloucestershire. This engine had undergone a nine year restoration and returned to service on the Dean Forest Railway on the 19th April 2014. Captured here on the first weekend in May in the spring sunshine, looking as good as the day she left the Swindon works over 85 years ago!

British Railways Class 42 (Warship Class) diesel-hydraulic locomotive Onslaught in a design incorporating the nameplate.

A black and white image of steam Dreams rail tour from Cardiff to London Paddington on 1st August 2019, pulled by B1 Mayflower and 44871 LMS Stanier Black Five. It's not often a steam tour is a double header. Mayflower, an LNER Thompson Class B1 as captured here at sunset as she passes through Gloucestershire.

London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley, in a design incorporating her nameplate. Sir Nigel Gresley is photographed here, preserved in British Railways express blue Livery.

Great Western Railway (GWR) locomotive King Edward the Second in a design incorporating the nameplate.

A black and white image of Repton, a Southern Railway "V Class" - better known as the "Schools Class" as all locomotives were named after English public schools. The class was the most powerful 4-4-0 ( wheel arrangement) ever built in Europe. Repton spent some time on the Cape Breton Steam Railway in Canada before returning to Great Britain. Photographed here near Goathland on the North Yorkshire Moors in England.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman as it went through changes in its appearance between 1925-1962. Starting life in 1923 as a Class A1 number 1472 in with a low sided tender, right-hand drive, rounded steam collector and single chimney. Finishing its service in January 1963 as a left-hand drive Class A3 with the elongated "banjo" dome, double chimney, smoke deflectors, streamlined tender and number 60103.

A black and white image of two Great Western Railway Class 4575 small prairies working together in the Royal Forest of Dean. Engine 5541 is a resident engine on the Dean Forest Railway with Engine 5521 as a visiting locomotive. 5521 is painted in London Transport colours and carries the number L150 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan line.

BR Standard Class 4, Swanage Railway, March 2019 An ex-British Railways Standard Class 4, 2-6-4 tank engine on the Swanage Railway (Dorset, England) steaming up the incline from Corfe Castle, next stop Harman's Cross. This locomotive is believed to have been renumbered from 80104 to 80126, and was built in Brighton in the mid-1950s. Date: 24th March 2019.

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A black and white photograph of GWR (Great Western Railway) King Class locomotive, King Edward the Second number 6023 double heading with Hall class locomotive, Foremarke Hall as they round Chicken Curve near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. Both engines are working hard on the wet track, on this atmospheric rainy day.

The flying Scotsman locomotive drawing.

Here we have a photograph of British Railways Standard Class 4MT steam locomotive number 76079 photographed in the autumn on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway with a rake of British Rail red coaches. This class of locomotive was designed for mixed traffic and would have been seen pulling either freight or passenger coaches.

Class 37 in action

Class 66 loco at signal night time

A colour artwork depicting Bittern LNER number 4464, the holder of the British Preserved speed record for a steam locomotive at 92.8 mph achieved on 29th June 2013. This was acheived near Arlesey, Bedfordshire on the first of its planned "high speed" runs, "The Ebor Streak" that ran from London King's Cross to York.