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 ...
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THE train arriving at Radley station yesterday morning looked rather different from the usual diet of Thames Turbo diesel commuter trains. Class A4 Pacific locomotive No 4464 Bittern, above, steamed ...
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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 ...
A HISTORIC locomotive has completed a 90 mile per hour run on the section of track where her sister engine Mallard set the record for fastest steam train 75 years ago. Bittern, a 1937 A4-class engine, ...
Rail enthusiasts were in for a treat as record breaking steam train Bittern arrived at the former Hornby site in Westwood. The locomotive is one of 35 trains and rolling stock coming to the isle after ...