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35B liked LMS2968's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
Personally, I'm not interested in the speed record claim; it was the general comment casting aspersions on the engineering abilities of great CME. And my user name should show where my allegiances lie and provide evidence of any lack of bias...
Dec 7, 2023 at 2:52 PM -
35B liked S.A.C. Martin's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
Gresley emphatically did not. Gresley was not involved in the decision making for the run's claims. He supported the 125mph claim, and 126mph was the revised record by post war, when the dynamometer roll was then looked at more closely. If...
Dec 7, 2023 at 1:39 PM -
35B replied to the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
As important, could traditional jointed track have coped with the hammering it would have received? And would the trains have stood up to those repeated impacts?
Dec 7, 2023 at 1:02 PM -
35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
A couple of thoughts / questions about high speed rail. What was the first train that needed to run at 130mph (or at least 125 …) as a routine operational matter to meet its defined schedule? In the UK, was that the Inter City 125 - did...
Dec 7, 2023 at 12:08 PM
