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No. 4472 - "Flying Scotsman" LNER A3 Pacific Locomotive, at one point, fastest steam engine in the World

Superseded by No. 4468 "Mallard" LNER A4 Pacific Locomotive, set world steam record of 126mph near Grantham, Lincolnshire in 1930s. Ironically the maximum permitted speed for trains at this point is 125mph.

No. 60163 - "Tornado" A1 Pacific Locomotive. Built over a period of roughly 20 years by committed volunteers, completed in 2008, it was the first new steam engine to be built in Britain fro 40 years.

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