High Speed Steam between Didcot and Southall

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[Chafford1]

Last week A4 Pacific 'Bittern' was tested at 90mph on the GWML^▸ (Great Western Main Line) in advance of the three high speed runs on the ECML^▸ (East Coast Main Line) this summer as part of the 75th Anniversary of 'Mallard's' steam speed record:

Here are a couple of videos of the test run:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycJkfaHAhEQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me1OfEEKk3I

[Electric train]

Obviously Gods Wonderful Railway is the best place to test the reliability of the much inferior LNER^» (London North Eastern Railway - about) Doncaster engineering 

[SandTEngineer]

...and I hope its fitted with TPWS^▸ (Train Protection and Warning System) and ATP^▸ (Automatic Train Protection)....

[Electric train]

...and I hope its fitted with TPWS^▸ (Train Protection and Warning System) and ATP^▸ (Automatic Train Protection)....

Surely ATC^▸ (Automatic Train Control) 

[Chris from Nailsea]

See also, from the National Railway Museum website:

On 3 July 1938, A4 class locomotive Mallard raced down Stoke Bank at 126mph to set a new steam locomotive world speed record. That record still stands.

In 2013, we're marking the 75th anniversary of Mallard's achievement with a series of commemorative events, including three spectacular opportunities to see the record breaker united with its five surviving sister locomotives: a family reunion on an international scale. We^re now counting down the days until our first ^Great Gathering, which is a free, non-ticketed event.

Only six of the 35 A4 locomotives built survive. We've temporarily repatriated two of them from their home museums in Canada and the US: right now you can come and see the cosmetically restored Dwight D Eisenhower and Dominion of Canada alongside Mallard in the Great Hall at York.