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LMS2968 liked Kylchap's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
The debate about whether or not Mallard achieved 126mph frequently comes down to minutiae of 0.1 seconds and rounding conventions. For how long did Mallard achieve its "instantaneous" top speed? One second? Are we really that bothered? I don't...
Dec 7, 2023 at 5:27 PM -
LMS2968 liked Ross Buchanan's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
Why don't YOU make a 'power in /power out description of the last two miles from the quoted speeds from roll five second averages'? You are trying to prove a point- do the work yourself. Don't expect someone else to do your research for you to...
Dec 7, 2023 at 3:14 PM -
LMS2968 replied to 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 2:41 PM -
LMS2968 liked Jimc's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
I rather think that all speed records consist of cherry picked happy moments!
Dec 7, 2023 at 2:33 PM -
LMS2968 replied to the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
I think you might have to justify that and I suggest you will struggle to do so. Nigel Gresley was a very gifted mechanical engineer in all senses, especially but not just steam locomotives.
Dec 7, 2023 at 1:04 PM -
LMS2968 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
I was being deliberately mischievous, but in pursuit of a wider point, which is that extremes of performance are generally of very little practical benefit. What matters is the level of performance you can extract day-in, day-out - since that is...
Dec 7, 2023 at 8:14 AM -
LMS2968 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
Indeed. At least the one thing you can say for the German loco is that within a few days, it was (as recounted by Holcroft) again running at over 100mph. Which is more than can be said for Mallard! Being less combative, I'm sure there is an...
Dec 7, 2023 at 6:47 AM -
LMS2968 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
No, and Maj Pringle did calculations that an L12 (involved in the accident) would tip over at 67mph. The loco involved on 23 April 1904 was a T9 with a lower centre of gravity, and might just have scraped round at the speed Rous-Marten implied to...
Dec 4, 2023 at 11:37 AM -
LMS2968 liked S.A.C. Martin's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
Rous Marten gets criticised frequently by writers. I personally don’t put much, if any stock, in him.
Dec 4, 2023 at 9:12 AM -
LMS2968 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
I don't believe that racing was the cause of the Salisbury accident. There was a brief outbreak of racing between the GWR and the LSWR about two years earlier in April 1904; however, there had been subsequent very firm management action by the...
Dec 4, 2023 at 9:12 AM -
LMS2968 liked Matt37401's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
Very biased but I do like the Stanier mogul. Whatever it’s number is :)
Dec 3, 2023 at 6:49 AM -
LMS2968 liked kieranhardy's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
According to SVR live only next weekend, 16th is 4930, 17th is 43106. 2968 then does the remaining two on the 23rd & 24th. 2968 looking amazing today.... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Dec 3, 2023 at 6:47 AM
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LMS2968 liked Sheff's post in the thread Tornado.
Ok but not subject to driving wheels flinging water and debris off the rail head into there - hence splashes over driving wheels. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Dec 2, 2023 at 10:11 AM -
LMS2968 replied to the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.
I've been calling her twenty nine-sixty eight for almost 54 years. I can't see it changing now!
Dec 2, 2023 at 6:59 AM
