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Title: Locomotive speed records Post by: grahame on May 09, 2023, 09:26:06 Posting this into "on this day" about the first steam locomotive to exceed 100 m.p.h. - though different sources give different dates
4th May 1904 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_speed_record 9th May 1904 from http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r070.html and https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_speed_record Title: Re: Locomotive speed records Post by: stuving on May 09, 2023, 09:47:56 But even then the record for steam locomotives was of limited historical interest. The future was foretold in the Illustrated London News of 26 July 1902:
Quote The railway speed record has been broken on the little line between the suburbs of Berlin and Zossen by an electric car travelling at 110 miles per hour." OK, it was an experimental vehicle, but it did carry passengers. The motors were under the floor and the AC power supplied, of course, by overhead wires. 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 |