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Rail enthusiasts have descended on Grantham for the arrival of the world-famous mallard steam locomotive. The record-breaking Pacific class engine is in the town for the first time in 50 years as part of this weekend's Story of Speed festival. It was THE world’s fastest steam locomotive is to receive a coveted engineering heritage award. Mallard, based at the National Railway Museum in York, will be presented with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ (IMechE) Engineering Heritage Award at a A transatlantic trip of two "sisters" to the legendary A4 Mallard - the fastest steam locomotive in the world - has reached Liverpool. The Dominion of Canada and the Dwight D Eisenhower steam locomotives have travelled a staggering 2,527 miles from Halifax The Engineering Heritage Award from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers was presented to Tim Godfrey on the anniversary of the death of Sir Nigel Gresley and in the 75th anniversary year of Mallard speed record for a steam locomotive of 126mph. On June 22 to mark Mallard’s historic departure from the National Railway Museum in York to its sister site Locomotion in Shildon, the steam giant will be displayed alongside the first steam locomotive to be built in Britain for 50 years, A1 Peppercorn Hurtling down Stoke Bank, near Grantham, on July 3 1938, the No 4468 Mallard became the fastest train in the world, hitting 126mph on the East Coast Main Line to narrowly eclipse the existing German record of 124mph, set two years previously. Today, on the .

But on July 3rd, 1938, a steam-powered locomotive called the Mallard hit 125.88 MPH in England, and it's still the fastest steam locomotive in the world. The 126 MPH run was achieved by the Mallard as it passed through Grantham, Lincolnshire just 75 years ago. The Engineering Heritage Award from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers came on the anniversary of the death of the locomotive’s designer and in the 75th anniversary year of Mallard setting a still unbroken speed record for a steam locomotive of 126mph. The mechanical engineer was also known for rearing mallard ducks at his pre-war home locomotives - and the articulated railway carriage. The steam locomotive LNER Class A4 4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ was named for its designer as it was the 100th Organisers Locomotive Services Ltd say it will be the fastest a coal-burning locomotive has travelled since steam was phased out in the late 1960s. Bittern and Mallard are two of 35 A4s designed by renowned engineer Sir Nigel Gresley and built for LNER in .

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