V2 4771 Green Arrow to return?

Get that streamlined duchess on the ecml they always said that might of done it on the right side of the country

 

I agree that there is absolutely no chance of seeing Mallard run close to 100mph in the future. But as a restoration candidate for more modest mainline and heritage line running, I can see a considerable opportunity in having the loco operational in 2038 - if the vision is there.

Tom

 

I’m sure if you paid the NRM a couple of million quid they would consider it. The WCML is more appropriate for a Duchess

 

Well it had a pretty good go in its last ticket did it not..

 

And when the Americans take the record Mallard becomes the ex World Record Holder. Not so precious and valuable then.

 

That's a big assumption.

 

Assumption? No, that is the aim and intention. And the progress towards the outcome continues apace. You can hope that the established railway history narrative remains intact. It won’t. Records are not established on a basis of being unchallengeable. They are supposed to inspire a challenge and if anyone sits on a record imagining that no challenge will come then disappointment will eventually rear its head.

 

Without wishing to divert another bl**dy thread into records, my namesake's record* didn't save it from the cutter's torch

As for the T-1, have the Yanks even got a bit of track suitable for those speeds? Americans really hate not being first, don't they?

On a personal note, I'm very fond of 4771/60800, having seen it operational in both those guises but maybe it's better off on display.

*125mph down Stoke Bank, whilst regularly exceeding 110mph elsewhere.

 

And the reality is that Mallard’s status will remain pretty unchallenged because of the gulf between 1938 and today. In just the same way that other previous record holders status remains unchallenged, despite subsequent advances - Bluebird being a prime example.