Once the pride of Britain's railways, the iconic A4 Class steam engine is now rarely seen. But the locomotive has returned to the tracks and was pictured yesterday trundling along over the historic 43 ...

The A4 locomotive, which is the sister of the famous Mallard, has arrived in North Yorkshire for the start of the Swaledale festival. More than 1,100 people were there to see it on the Wensleydale ...

Polished, oiled and gleaming in the dark this is the magnificent sight of six of the greatest steam engines ever - reunited for the last time. Two of the Class A4 locomotives, which each weigh more ...

Bittern is one of the six surviving locos designed by Sir Nigel Gresley A 1937 steam locomotive has run along the section of track where a another locomotive set an unbeaten world record 75 years ago.

Dozens of people visited Eaglescliffe Station today to see Bittern pass through on its way to York. Onlookers included Dave Pearson, from Ingleby Barwick, who was one of tens of thousands of people ...

A historic locomotive will mark a rail milestone on Saturday as it blasts up the East Coast Mainline at the fastest speed travelled by a steam train in almost half a century. Bittern, an A4-class ...

Bittern's arrival in North Yorkshire is down to the Artistic Director of the Swaledale Festival, Malcolm Creese, who had a conversation in a pub with one of the bosses of the company that owns the ...

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Trainspotters across the country got a treat today, as a historic steam locomotive hit the highest speed for a train of its type in almost half a century. Bittern, an A4-class engine which was built ...

A 1937 steam locomotive has run along the section of track where a another locomotive set an unbeaten world record 75 years ago. Bittern, an A4-class engine, a contemporary of Mallard, the world's ...

Bittern is one of the six surviving locos designed by Sir Nigel Gresley A 1937 steam locomotive has run along the section of track where a another locomotive set an unbeaten world record 75 years ago.

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