On 3 July 1938, the A4 class locomotive Mallard raced down Stoke Bank at 126mph to set a new steam locomotive world speed record. That record still stands.
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On 30 November 1934 his Flying Scotsman, an A1 Pacific, was the first steam locomotive to officially exceed 100mph in passenger service, a speed exceeded by the A4 Mallard on 3 July 1938 at 126mph, a record that still stands.
Certainly. One highspeed “light” train -meaning a single passenger coach, one baggage car, and dining/bar car - averaged about 45 MPH but one section of the run where the track was straight for many miles it would run 90 MPH and was timed at 96 on a few occasions.
It was on 30 November 1934 that Flying Scotsman achieved the first properly authenticated 100mph for a steam engine. This was while she was running between Leeds and London.
“There are only six of this type of train surviving in the world,” said George Muirhead, manager of Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon.
Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley and built for the LNER, the locomotive was named 'Flying Scotsman' in 1923 and continued in regular service until 1963 and then later in preservation. Today, it is owned by the National Railway Museum in York and is operated and maintained by Riley & Son (E) Ltd.
Faster inter-city trains: 1920–1941From 1900 to 1941, most long-distance travel in the United States was by rail. Rail transportation was not high-speed by modern standards but inter-city travel often averaged speeds between 40 and 65 miles per hour (64 and 105 km/h).
Two of the class are notable for setting world rail speed records: CC 7121 reaching 243 kilometres per hour (151 mph) on 21 February 1954, and CC 7107 reaching 331 kilometres per hour (206 mph) on 28/29 March 1955.
rather than pay for the expense of maintaining track to a higher standard, and having to maintain the additional cab signals, and having to outfit all locomotives that use the line with cab signals, or ATS, or ATC, the freight RRs simply place the speed limit at 79 mph, and use Automatic Block signal systems.
These are early Victorian rail carriages 1840. Not fast by modern standards (going on British standards here) - 40–60 mph on busier secondary & main lines and 25–35 mph on rural routes. You might have got up to 60–70 mph on long haul express routes, but not much more.