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Title: High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall Post by: Chafford1 on June 01, 2013, 14:09:14 Last week A4 Pacific 'Bittern' was tested at 90mph on the GWML in advance of the three high speed runs on the ECML this summer as part of the 75th Anniversary of 'Mallard's' steam speed record:
Here are a couple of videos of the test run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycJkfaHAhEQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me1OfEEKk3I Title: Re: High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall Post by: Electric train on June 01, 2013, 20:32:37 Obviously Gods Wonderful Railway is the best place to test the reliability of the much inferior LNER Doncaster engineering ;D
Title: Re: High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall Post by: SandTEngineer on June 01, 2013, 20:47:13 ...and I hope its fitted with TPWS and ATP.... :P ::)
Title: Re: High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall Post by: Electric train on June 02, 2013, 08:58:18 ...and I hope its fitted with TPWS and ATP.... :P ::) Surely ATC ;DTitle: Re: High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 02, 2013, 18:07:22 See also, from the National Railway Museum website (http://www.nrm.org.uk/PlanaVisit/Events/mallard75.aspx?uid=UA-542777-8&utm_campaign=Dominion+of+Canada+arrival+29+May+2013&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NRM+Adult+Events):
Quote On 3 July 1938, A4 class locomotive Mallard raced down Stoke Bank at 126mph to set a new steam locomotive world speed record. That record still stands. In 2013, we're marking the 75th anniversary of Mallard's achievement with a series of commemorative events, including three spectacular opportunities to see the record breaker united with its five surviving sister locomotives: a family reunion on an international scale. We^re now counting down the days until our first ^Great Gathering, which is a free, non-ticketed event. Only six of the 35 A4 locomotives built survive. We've temporarily repatriated two of them from their home museums in Canada and the US: right now you can come and see the cosmetically restored Dwight D Eisenhower and Dominion of Canada alongside Mallard in the Great Hall at York. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |