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Anniversary: Steam Locomotive speed record - BR60103 - 07-02-2013
April 3, 2013, marks the 75th anniversary of the world's speed record for a steam locomotive. Probably the longest a record has lasted and with no prospect of its being broken.
Mallard of the LNER achieved 125 or 126 mph on a "brake test" train. The train included a dynamometer car so there is a very good trace of what was accomplished. The railway claimed 125 mph, but later inspection of the recording showed a brief stretch at 126, which is on the plaque.
The crew felt they could have gone faster but they had a slow at the start and had to slow down for switches. As well, the middle big end (the bearing on the crankshaft between the frames) overheated.
I've been listening to a recording of Driver Duddington talking about the trip. (not on internet -- on an LP)
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Re: Anniversary: Steam Locomotive speed record - modelsof1900 - 07-03-2013
A great steam engine!
Re: Anniversary: Steam Locomotive speed record - Herc Driver - 07-03-2013
Amazingly fast...can you imagine what the countryside must have looked like to the crew as they flew past?
Re: Anniversary: Steam Locomotive speed record - MountainMan - 07-06-2013
Impressive!
Re: Anniversary: Steam Locomotive speed record - BR60103 - 07-06-2013
There are a lot of photos and a few videos on RMWeb of the half-dozen surviving members of the class all gathered in the museum at York (called the Grand Gathering). It includes Dominion of Canada and Dwight D Eisenhower which were re-imported and repainted (and a lot of sheet metal work as well).
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Re: Anniversary: Steam Locomotive speed record - Schraddel - 07-08-2013
If one steam engine will be claimed to be the really fastest steam engine of the world, then it must be this one:
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There was enough power to reach such world record speeds without the helping advantage of an downward gradient.
And there is another anniversary, rather quiet not so spectacular, speed world record on rails:
110 years ago they reached 210kph (app. 132mph):
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210kph was the absolute speed record on land, air, water and rail, never mankind has had reached this speed before.
Lutz