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)
Milwaukee Road class F7
The Milwaukee F7s are accepted as the fastest steam locomotives by a different measure—scheduled speed between stations. In 1939, shortly after they were introduced into passenger service, the "Twin Cities Hiawatha" schedule was modified such that the engines would need to run the between Portage and Sparta, Wisconsin in 58 minutes—a start-to-stop average of .