90 MPH U.K Steam Speed Test

BEAUTIFUL!!!

Now everyone can start complaining, "Why can't we do THAT here in the U.S.A.?".

Thanks for posting.

I'll start, on a different note.

90?  That's slow! MALLARD went over 120!

I read some where that up fef could run up to 130 mph.I like uk runing trains that fast.But don,t forget that we had some pretty fast steamers here in the usa.

Nice video...she is moving.

I seem to remember Hotwater that you relayed a story you had heard from a retired UP engineer regarding testing that was done with the FEF's and there speed some time back?....

Chris  

Same loco--not the high speed runs, but is that a slip I hear at 0:11 into this video?

Also, check out the three-cylinder exhaust on departure following a brief stop at 3:40.

---PCJ

Sure sounded like it to me, plus that is probably why the safety lifted (Driver had to shut off the regulator).

Hot Water posted:

Now everyone can start complaining, "Why can't we do THAT here in the U.S.A.?".

Well I won't.  Back in the late 70's I chased 8444 (844) with no added power, from Carr, Colorado to Greely.  I had a 1967 Volvo Wagon which was about 10 years old.  From the time the train passed unit I reached Greely, I had the pedal to the floor.  I had to catch the train at Greely because my passenger was getting a cab ride from Greely to Denver.  I have no idea who that guy was and I would guess he also tells the story of that wild chase down US 85.  He and I tried to figure out how fast the train was traveling, our best guess was at least 80 MPH based on how fast we were traveling.  When we arrived in Greely, the train had stopped and seemed to have been there for a while.

Magnificent!  And, so very, very wonderfully British!!

WaxingNostalgicBear

May I suggest you look at Elizabethan Express on Youtube, where the A4 class were put onto a decent non-stop train 60 years ago to celebrate the Coronation of Elizabeth II?  There are some lovely pacing shots there, and the music of the 3 cylinder Gresley-beat comes over well.

If you like that one, take a look at Night Mail, which shows the rival London Scotland LMS route, and the Down Postal Special - probably the most exiting train film ever and some memorable poetry too.  It dates from 1936, the Centenery of the Travelling Post Office.  Continuity errors are many but don't matter.....