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The Cheltenham Flyer

本贴由 Ben Vintage-Trains 于 2013-03-25 发布. 版块名称: What's Going On

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  1. david1984

    david1984 Resident of Nat Pres

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    I know some of the Broad Gauge loco's were more than happy at 60MPH, but even so 33mins is flying for something like that!.
     
    david1984, 2013-05-18
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  2. Steamage

    Steamage Part of the furniture

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    That 1848 run rather puts things into perspective, doesn't it?
     
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  3. david1984

    david1984 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Not really, no other railway at that time was hitting anything like those kind of speeds.
     
    david1984, 2013-05-18
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  4. bob.meanley

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    Making allowance for the slow start out of Paddington and the slowing to negotiate the junctions and platform speed restrictions at Reading, this 31 minutes was about the net time on Saturday. What you also have to make allowance for in all of this discussion is that the Bristolian in the late 50's would have had 7 standard Mark 1's for a tare weight of around 245 tons compared with the 385 tons AND 75 mph restriction which 5043 had last Saturday. I would have thought that the timers of the 50's would have been somewhat excited by that!

    Regards
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    bob.meanley, 2013-05-18
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  5. Courier

    Courier New Member

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    Yes indeed.

    BTW thanks for keeping the GWR flag flying.
     
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