The Mallard's Sister at speed!

Alan S. Levy · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:35 pm

The thread a couple of weeks back about Historic ROW and excursion's at speed made me start thinking about the Mallard's record. I found this on YouTube tonight!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1lSYDbYrXIo

Turn up your sound!

jwallis · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:52 pm

WOW!!!

p51 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:38 am

WOW indeed. Thanks for sharing that with us!

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

p51 wrote:

WOW indeed. Thanks for sharing that with us!

How much is a ticket to England?

Randy Musselman · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:55 am

Hello,

Simply amazing. In the same theme, I found the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7mVOZk ... re=related

Again, turn up your volume!

With 12 cars, it appears the drawbar load is about right here. You can distictly hear the locomotive accelerating as is crests the summit. As a bonus with the local train passing the during the assault, you get a bit of the new with the old. Very impressive.

With Saint Pancras now open and once the Welsh Highland Project is finished, I would like to plan a trip. We would like to focus on the UK but with HS1, now we can include a day trip to Paris, since the TGV can get you from London to Paris in 2-1/4 hours!

Cheers!

Randy

fredstev · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:51 am

Goose bumps, anyone?

Alan S. Levy · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:37 am

Nice one Randy.

It was tough enough to organize the Strasburg Picnic last summer, but maybe an RYPN trip to the UK a year to two????

Anyone??? Anyone??

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nathansixchime · **Joined:** Tue Jan 25, 2005 4:03 pm **Posts:** 948

Alan S. Levy wrote:

The thread a couple of weeks back about Historic ROW and excursion's at speed made me start thinking about the Mallard's record. I found this on YouTube tonight!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1lSYDbYrXIo

Turn up your sound!

...and American steam locomotives around the country bowed their stacks in envy and sadness...

KL

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:58 pm

I rode behind this loco (masquerading for the month as sister 60027 "Merlin") on the North Wales Coast Line at speeds somewhere around 85-90 mph in September 1991--which seems to be about what she's doing here at Chippenham on the GWR. And, yes, you could still open the vestibule windows then. (Edit: YouTube comments has the poster saying that someone said they were doing 78 through the station......)

If you want something more frightful to think about, consider that these locos/trains ran day in and day out at speeds like this in the 1900s, with NO headlights--and darkened stations, etc. during blackouts in WW1 and WW2.

There are also similar videos at www.rail-videos.net .

Yes, this is "why we do it."

Kelly Anderson · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am **Posts:** 2477

Mr. Ed · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:27 pm

They are awesome!!!!

Later!
Mr. Ed

Dave · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:25 pm

Alan S. Levy wrote:

Nice one Randy.It was tough enough to organize the Strasburg Picnic last summer, but maybe an RYPN trip to the UK a year to two????Anyone??? Anyone??

I'd venture to suggest that if we were to gather a group of about 25 or so, our friends at the Ffestiniog travel agency could work up a very intensively steamy program for us. The weak dollar is a problem, however. How many of us can commit to dates in 2009?

dave

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:37 pm

Mark 1 and 2's: 20.4 meters.

Mark 3's: 23 meters.

Close enough. Between the speed and the shiny paint and "dark side", even I can't tell which they are.

Jim Livesey · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:50 pm **Posts:** 96

The coaches are Mark ones and twos.

The maximum PERMITTED speed for locos with drivers of 74" diameter and above is 75 mph. A4 driving wheels are 80" diameter.

bbunge · **Posted:** Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:43 pm

Kelly Anderson wrote:

Assuming the cars are 70' long, and with 12 cars passing in seven seconds, I get 81 MPH...through a station!!

I was stuck by how similar the coaches of a NEC train at 100+ sound - that sing-song screech. I had always figured that was a sound unique to Amfleet cars. Guess not. Thanks all for sharing.

There are some impressive vids of UP 844 on youtube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lOOSHrr7q8c

Bob