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S.A.C. Martin replied to the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
In that post I did make it quite clear that I have been speaking German since I was young. I am allowed to be rusty in my use of language, but the last few months I have become more confident again. I am grateful to everyone for their...
Sep 5, 2024 at 11:51 AM -
S.A.C. Martin liked Flying Phil's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
I'm glad that Simon is still with us and hope that he is still working on his Bulleid book....and the numerous high speeds that they achieved!
Sep 5, 2024 at 11:45 AM -
S.A.C. Martin liked LMS2968's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
I haven't always agreed with everything Simon has said but rational debate is rather the point of a forum such as this, and he has provided a lot of that and many good points too. It's refreshing to come across someone who understands what...
Sep 5, 2024 at 11:45 AM -
S.A.C. Martin liked 21B's post in the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
Give it a rest. When you’ve done your calculations come back and feel free to share what you found. Until then just stop harassing someone who has gone to great trouble to do those calculations as carefully as possible and been good enough to...
Sep 4, 2024 at 3:55 PM -
S.A.C. Martin replied to the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
Hermod, du hast keine Ahnung, wozu ich fahig bin. Die meiste zeit meiner teenager - und fruhen zwanzigerjahre habe ich in Wien verbracht. I am more than capable of reading German, danke… I have explained a number of times in this thread that...
Sep 4, 2024 at 3:55 PM -
S.A.C. Martin replied to the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
Sigh. I can’t in all good conscience ignore what’s being said, so to clarify: We actually covered the 05 002 speed run some months ago. I have a good copy of the only evidence we have of its run - a tracing of the speed versus the distance. We...
Sep 4, 2024 at 2:01 PM -
S.A.C. Martin replied to the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
Still here Victor? No change necessary from my part. I have said what I needed to say, I am content to disappear into the ether again. Sad that you are still singling me out despite this being raised to you before. Not necessary as you will...
Sep 4, 2024 at 10:17 AM -
S.A.C. Martin replied to the thread Steam speed records including City of Truro and Mallard.
I need to stop breaking my rule… The point I am making to you is that you need to open your mind up to the possibilities of research. If you think nothing can be “proved” then the work I did for Thompson shouldn’t have happened. I was told...
Sep 4, 2024 at 7:59 AM
