High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall

Chafford1

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High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall

« 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


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Re: High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall

« Reply #1 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 Grin


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Re: High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall

« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2013, 20:47:13 »

...and I hope its fitted with TPWS^▸ and ATP^▸ .... Tongue


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Re: High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall

« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2013, 08:58:18 »

Quote from: SandTEngineer on June 01, 2013, 20:47:13

...and I hope its fitted with TPWS^▸ and ATP^▸ .... Tongue

Surely ATC^▸ Grin


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Chris from Nailsea

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Re: High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall

« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2013, 18:07:22 »

See also, from the National Railway Museum website:

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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.


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