I had a friend [sadly died] who was a fireman on Bulleid Pacifics and he said that they regularly topped Mallards record between Tonbridge and Ashford but it doesn't count since there was no official measurement.

Those 6’2” driving wheels are spinning around over 7 and a half times PER SECOND.

Fantastic video. A Merchant Navy doing what it was designed for. Thanks for the share.👍

Best one u done yet looks most realistic so far nice one

Superbly edited, thanks, and believable because that's what they actually did and not so long ago. I understand the LNER A1 replica new build has been allowed to do it and of course that superbly maintained engine would do the ton easily. As a little GWR engine called City of Truro did it (or almost, definitely 99 in any event) in Edwardian years, I think 1904, it should not really be so surprising.

God, those wheels are really going at it

The Flyer. A pair of wings and she'd be airborne.

Flying Scotsman has been real quiet since this one dropped.

Superb video, I've stood on Grantham Station when I was a young lad in the 50's with steam actually doing 100mph, astonishing speed.

!!FIRST!! wow, what a sight, really beautiful locomotive... Great video, stay safe and take care :)

@That_Thicc_Cat

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you, it is quite beautiful

@Onthemainline

3 жыл бұрын

@@That_Thicc_Cat Totally

Thinking about it, just the simple volume of steam they'd have to produce to do this is astonishing - and may be one of the limiting factors on how fast they can go.

Brilliant :)

Very nice :)

I love watching steam locomotives at speed, unfortunately that doesn’t happen to often here in the USA because of an accident involving poorly maintained passenger cars in the 1980s

@horaciotomas7562

2 жыл бұрын

May be the reason is the same involved in THE Street Car Scandal of the fifties: steam machines are very simple and can burn Gas Petrol oil etc. May be the Oil industry does not like easy and cheap solutions to the transport system. Planes consume much more fuel , and with state money"support" people get apparently cheap tickets paid by lots of taxes with different labels. TrainS were casualy dismantled in several countries after WWII

Those connecting rods are getting a work out !

Just to think that this would have been a daily occurrence on the South Western Mainline between Waterloo and Southampton. The speed record for the class goes to 35003 Royal Mail at 106mph (now sadly scrapped).

Fast as F boi

Quality

Lumayan kencang Mr Inggris

Didn't think steam was so fast😲

@liamkrumnow8665

Жыл бұрын

​@rock_dinosaursteam can get that fast, but they are given speed limits

@sSteppingStones

Ай бұрын

@rock_dinosaur official speed limet for steam on main line is 75, but network rail give exceptions for certain rail tours in certain sections of track

Love the video. Slightly confused, 100mph? Aren’t steam trains limited to 75mph by Network Rail?

@UnknownGamer0604

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes they let them go over rarely though

@mattlander9119

7 ай бұрын

The video has been sped up

How does it even stay together? All that heavy steel is spinning so fast it looks like it should just fly apart

@vincentmusic09

3 жыл бұрын

Read the description

@AlphabetSoupABC

3 жыл бұрын

The description says that this locomotive used to travel at 100 mph, so his point still stands. It's amazing that anything like this can travel so fast and stay in one piece.

@callumhardy5098

3 жыл бұрын

Those large driving wheels are spinning at around 7and 1/2 times per second...

Clan lines real top speed is 108mph

I was on a Clan Line trip and we clocked her at 97 MPH by a sat nave, see my KZread on the farewell Trip Tuesday the 30th of June 2015,(OLDBOYSTEAMING).