Chuck Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 WOW! I viewed this on another forum and thought I'd post it here! The 71000 Duke of Gloucester...Those folks in the UK don't mess around when it comes to running mainline steam! They must have the thing running 90 mph because around the 8:30 mark the "driver" says he applies the brakes to bring the speed down to 75 mph! FB page https://www.facebook.com/dukeofgloucester?sk=wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Robinson Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 He probably braked because the official speed limit for approved steam here in the U.K. is 75MPH. It isn't unknown for it to be raised on very special occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoles Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 You can't have steam specials clogging up the national system, Chuck! 40-50 MPH is not going to cut it when you have intercity trains running 125-150 MPH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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