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.

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 Sir Nigel Gresley was withdrawn from service on 1st February 1966 and survives to this day in preservation.

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 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.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman with number 60103 as it would have been seen between 1961 and 1963. In 1954 it was converted to left hand drive with the vacuum exhaust ejector pipe and the reversing rod moved to the left-hand side from the right and painted in BR green. In 1959 the chimney was replaced with a double chimney and in 1961 the smoke deflectors were added. Flying Scotsman ended service with its last scheduled run on 14 January 1963.

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 colour artwork depicting the locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen Circa 1946 in wartime black. LNER passenger locomotives had always been painted Apple Green, but during the Second World War, in common with all railway stock, Flying Scotsman was repainted in wartime black and given a simplified livery reducing LNER to NE on the tender. In 1946 it was given a new number 103 after spending a short time as 502.

A colour artwork depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen Circa 1930 with LNER apple green livery. This is the classic image of Flying Scotsman with the letters LNER on the tender and 4472 on the cab. From 1928 to 1936 Flying Scotsman had a corridor tender giving the crew access to the locomotive from the train. This enabled it to travel from London to Edinburgh in eight hours changing the crew without stopping.

A collection of Sir Nigel Gresley designed record breakers. Flying Scotsman LNER number 4472 became the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 100 MPH in 1934. Silver Link LNER number 2509 the first steam locomotive to record 112 MPH in 1935. Mallard LNER number 4468 is the holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive at 126 mph in 1938 and 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley set a post-war steam speed record of 112mph in 1959.

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.

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.

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.

Mallard LNER number 4468 is the holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive at 126 mph achieved on 3 July 1938, recorded on a downward gradient between Little Bytham and Essendine near Grantham on the East Cost Main Line. Mallard was just four months old when it set the record ie broken-in to run freely, but not overly worn.

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.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen Circa 1930. This is the classic image of Flying Scotsman with the letters LNER on the tender and 4472 on the cab. From 1928 to 1936 Flying Scotsman had a corridor tender giving the crew access to the locomotive from the train. This enabled it to travel the 392 miles from London to Edinburgh in eight hours changing the crew without stopping. By 1936 the non-stop service was being carried out by the streamlined A4s and Flying Scotsman reverted to a non-corridor tender.

A digital drawing depicting the locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen Circa 1946. LNER passenger locomotives had always been painted Apple Green. But during the Second World War, in common with all railway stock, Flying Scotsman was repainted in wartime black and given a simplified livery reducing LNER to NE on the tender. In 1946 it was given a new number 103 after spending a short time as 502.

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 digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman with number 60103 as it would have been seen between 1961 and 1963. In 1954 it was converted to left hand drive with the vacuum exhaust ejector pipe and the reversing rod moved to the left-hand side from the right and painted in BR green. In 1959 the chimney was replaced with a double chimney and in 1961 the smoke deflectors were added. Flying Scotsman ended service with its last scheduled run on 14 January 1963.

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 Hall class locomotive 6990 Witherslack Hall on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway near Gothland, home of the TV series Heartbeat. Witherslack Hall was built by British Railways to a GWR design in 1948 and withdrawn in 1966.

A black and white image of King Edward II, an ex Great Western Railway (GWR) King Class locomotive number 6023 photographed on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway near Winchcombe with the Malvern Hills in the background.

A black and white image of Modified Hall Class 4-6-0 No. 7903 Foremarke Hall, built in March 1949 and withdrawn from British Rail service in 1964. Although this engine could be considered a GWR engine, it was built after nationalisation, hence was always a BR engine. Photographed here on a sunny autumn day on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway.

A black and white image of a damp misty autumn day on the North Yorkshire Moors as LMS Black 5 "Eric Treacy" leaves Goathland with a full head of steam! 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.

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 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.

A black and white image of a pair of Southern Railways locomotives double heading in the rain near Goathland on the North Yorkshire Moors in England. The locomotives are Schools class 926 Repton and S15 Class 825. The day had started out dry, however when this train came passed it was raining cats and dogs! I believe that the rain adds to the atmosphere of this nostalgic image.

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.

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!

A black and white image of British Railways standard class 9F railway engine 92134, photographed light engine (without a train) on a rainy day on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The 9F was designed for use on fast, heavy freight trains over long distances. It was one of the most powerful steam locomotive types ever constructed in Great Britain.

A black and white image of the picturesque Goathland Railway Station on the North Yorkshire Moors. Goathland was the home of the British TV program Heartbeat. The photograph has a British Railways Class 4MT locomotive arriving tender first with a train from Pickering.

A black and white image of BR Fairburn 4MT No. 42073 at Lakeside Railway Station, Windermere in the English Lake District. This Locomotive is on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway at the southern end of Lake Windermere, running along the Leven Valley. Only two Fairburn 4MT Locomotives have survived into preservation and they are both based on this railway!

A black and white image of K1 Class number 62005, a London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) designed locomotive, built in 1949 for British Railways. It's photographed here on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) near Goathland. Light Engine is a railway term for a locomotive operating without a train for relocation or operational reasons.

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!

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!

A black and white image of LMS Royal Scot photographed on the Severn Valley Railway at Arley in September 2015. This was her first appearance in steam since a major overhaul taking several years. 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.

A black and white image of 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.