First on rails
Records hall
Record holders
Oldest survivor
Oldest surviving steam locomotive
Puffing Billy, 1813Oldest working
Oldest steam locomotive still worked in preservation
Fairy Queen, 1855Steamed in 1981
Oldest locomotive operated under its own steam
John Bull, 1831Modern form
The locomotive that fixed the steam engine’s form
Stephenson's Rocket, 1829Claimed 100 mph
First claimed 100 mph by a steam locomotive
City of Truro, 1903Authenticated 100 mph
First authenticated 100 mph by steam
Flying Scotsman, 1923Fastest steam
World steam speed record
Mallard, 1938Heaviest steam
Heaviest reciprocating steam locomotive
C&O Allegheny, 1941Largest steam
Largest steam locomotive by length and total weight
Union Pacific Big Boy, 1941Strongest pull
Strongest pull in regular service
IORE, 2000Fastest diesel
World diesel speed record
BR Class 43 HST, 1976First high-speed
First commercial high-speed train
0 Series Shinkansen, 1964Fastest on wheels
Fastest conventional wheeled train
TGV V150, 2007Fastest commercial
Fastest train in commercial service
Shanghai Maglev, 2004Fastest maglev