Czech rail records
The fastest steam locomotive
Locomotive 498.106 ČSD, nicknamed Albatross, reached top speed 162 km/h on railway test circuit Velim (August 27, 1964)
DRG Class 05
05 001 and 05 002 were mainly used for test runs from 1935 to 1936. Most of these runs were made on complete journeys between Hamburg and Berlin. On 7 June 1935 the 05 002 made a top speed of near Berlin. The same engine made six more runs with more than with trains up to weight. On 11 May 1936 it set the world speed record for steam locomotives after reaching on the Berlin–Hamburg line hauling a train. The engine power was more than ). This record was broken two years later by the British LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard engine on a slightly downhill line.