Mallard BASIC
It was also optimised for speed it is named after the LNER A4 class 4468 Mallard locomotive, the fastest steam locomotive in the world, once again displaying the company's fondness for railway-oriented nomenclature. (For instance, see the company name itself.) In fact the Locomotive name came from the phrase "To run like a train" and it was this theme that was used to name Mallard BASIC no other Locomotive product was named after anything railway-oriented.
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.