March's 'Steam Railway' reports that the National Railway Museum is planning a 100 mph run on the East Coast Main Line in 2013 - the 75th...
One of my favourite clips: Tangmere sweeps through Brockenhurst - YouTube Pity the carriages weren't green though.
Looking at those pictures, it's difficult to imagine that the closure of the station would be announced less than 2 years later with the closure...
Yes, sadly the very attractive Templecombe signalbox is being demolished as part of the Salisbury - Exeter signalling upgrade. Templecombe is...
If you want to experience something like the ACE (with 'Braunton' up front), you're not going to get it on a preserved line. I'm a little puzzled...
The 'Timetable World' website has a Southern Region timetable from 1950 and a later Western Region timetable from 1965 which includes the Waterloo...
And back on topic! Deltic 55022 Royal Scots Grey at Offord 5-3-2011 - YouTube
Try this online timetable: Timetable World
Found a couple of interesting videos on 'You Tube' covering the last days of the Great Central in 1966...
Wasn' there a later Southern Counties Touring Society Waterloo - Exeter special on 26 June 1966 hauled by 34002 / 35023?
Last ACE was in September 1964 and the Budleigh Salterton branch closed in March 1967. Try Jim Clemens' excellent DVD 'The Withered Arm (The...
It would be wonderful if we could see 'Deltic' run again on the main line.
I've just purchased Jim Clemens' 'The Withered Arm' DVD - for those too young to remember the steam age, a revelation! Much of the video is shot...
Tangmere at its claggiest! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3puiSbV_v4
Would have made a very interesting race with the pre-war 6hr 'Coronation'! Incidentally, what is the fastest Kings X - Edinburgh time for steam?
Steam would have won in 1949 - fewer dual carriageways and water troughs available.
45mph+ over the speed limit in a Bulleid carriage over jointed rails - must have been a seat of the pants experience!
There's a letter in June's 'Steam Railway' magazine about a Bulleid Pacific that ran at 120mph between Salisbury and Waterloo with Driver Woofham...
Very impressive. Unfortunately, US high speed runs were not properly documented, so we'll never really know how fast. In contrast, this video...
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