TY - BOOK AU - Wragg David TI - The steam locomotive story SN - 9780752488066 U1 - 900 PY - 2013/// CY - UK PB - History Press, Stroud N2 - The steam locomotive was a British invention and even today, the world speed record for steam remains with a British locomotive, Mallard. Steam's first significant contribution to British industry was through powering pumping engines for mines. When steam was applied to the railways, the 'railway age' began ER -