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Tornado matches the Flying Scotsman - first steam loco to hit 100mph since the 1960's Options
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#1 Posted : 12 April 2017 18:31:24

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Is Mallard's 126mph world record going to fall?
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#2 Posted : 12 April 2017 18:39:15

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Cool.I read somewhere that the Scotsman pretty much reached the limit of speed for its class of train from an engineering standpoint.It was something about the wheel size that limited how fast these trains could go.

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