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Great!

Even better, this steam-powered train, reaching 126 mph (203 km/h) in year 1938! [0]

Why do I know about this? Because I played Railroad Tycoon as a teenager in ~1990, and got fascinated by trains.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard



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