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Gresley A4 Locomotives at Speed : A video compendium for Mallard 75.

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  1. green five

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    As a bit of fun and a way of celebrating this very special year for Gresley's magnificent design I thought we could post up some of the best videos from YouTube showing A4's at speed. No doubt there will be some new videos of 4464 at 90mph from the three upcoming runs but here are some to kick off this thread starting with the recent 90mph test runs. If you know of any please post them:
     
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    4464 90mph test runs:


     
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    60009 Union of South Africa:
    Here is the famous run in the West Country from 1995:











     
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    60007 Sir Nigel Gresley:

    Starting with 86mph run down Stoke Bank:


    And a shot to raise the hairs on your neck...............




     
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    60019 Bittern:






    4464 Bittern:

     
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    4492 Dominion of New Zealand (60019):







     
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    4468 Mallard:

    A rare documentary from 1989:
    Part 1:

    Part 2:





     
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    Love this! Need to get in contact with the owners of those videos and compile them all into one incredible film of a4s At speed.....
     
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    Glad you like it campainr. Don't forget if you find any other videos I missed post them on this thread.
     
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    Here is another video of 60009:


    And one without speed but a wonderful reminder of the last Gathering at York with three A4's whistling:
     
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    Here's a great video of N0.9 from yesterday:
     
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    And at the same location from a different angle:

     
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    And one showing that the A4's are pretty good hill climbers too:
     
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    Not half! :)

    Thanks for taking the time to dig these out.
     
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    One of my favourites, it sound great on board too.

     
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    A great find! Raises the hairs on the back of neck that one.......... Thanks for posting it.
     
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    Nice find and welcome to the Forum.
     
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    OMG!!! No wonder they were called Streaks!!!

    Well chosen clips and very entertaining.

    Chime whistles should have been obligatory fittings on all of our express locomotives, that soulful wail has so much presence and impact, especially compared to the asthmatic wheezing hooters that those those big Pacifics on the other side of the country where afflicted with. Thanks for this compendium of speed!!

    Cheers

    Alan
     
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