[size=+1]Mallard steam locomotive to return to Grantham[/size]
The world's fastest ever steam locomotive is to return to the district where it broke the record.
Mallard reached a top speed of 126mph (203km/h) after passing through Grantham, Lincolnshire, on 3 July 1938.
The locomotive will be displayed near Grantham station on 7 and 8 September, as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of the record being set.
It is normally kept at the National Railway Museum in York, and has not been in Grantham for 50 years.
Locomotive enthusiast Henry Cleary, who has been involved in organising the celebrations, said Mallard was a "national icon".
"It's still the world record and it will never be broken," he said. "It was the pinnacle of the express steam locomotive. It obviously looks very good. It looks beautiful."
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