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North American railroad museums to send steam locomotives to United Kingdom
Who stole the nameplate?
So PRR 7002’s 127.1 mph run on the Pennsylvania Special doesn’t count in speed records??
There’s some question about PRR 7002 being capable of making the speed claimed, and no speed recorder or dynamometer car tape evidence for inspection.
The first steam locomotive to exceed 100 mph - with supporting evidence - was numbered 6402, and the fastest speed ever maintained by a steam locomotive was probably achieved by a 4-4-2 numbered 1-4 or by a 4-6-4 numbered 100-105. The shame is that the records were not taken care of, and that no such locomotive was made available for preservation. So the fastest steam locomotive preserved in Wisconsin is either Burlington 4000 or the visitor from Britain.
I’d rather see the Green Bay museum sell the Eisenhower engine to York and use the proceeds to restore and display a US locomotive.
Would like to know when they will be in Halifax.It would be a chance to see these wonderful engines.
I’ll be in York in October, and hope to see both of these locomotives there (as well as the other equipment located there)!
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There is no evidence worth mentioning for the PRR 7002 claim - it’s unlikely it would have staiyed on the track at anything near that speed.
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Three of the UK preserved A4’s, all except Mallard herself, are in working order.
It’s a known fact that the Brit’s wanted these locos back for several years now. I only hope that they will come back to No. America in 2014. We “lost” the 4-4-0 “Repton” and I hope they do not have the attitude that "possession is 9/10’s of the law! Also, why don’t they send a “Britannia” class loco over here (or another 4-6-2) as a show of good faith to us?
Hey, maybe the Brits’ll get them running again while nobody’s lookin’!
I was thinking of going to the Green Bay museum.
“Also, why don’t they send a “Britannia” class loco over here (or another 4-6-2) as a show of good faith to us?”
Or, even better, “Tornado” or the “Duke”. Very powerful locomotives in compact packages.
" why don’t they send a “Britannia” class loco over here (or another 4-6-2) as a show of good faith to us?"
Or even better, Tornado or the “Duke”! Very powerful locomotives in compact packages to meet UK clearances.
It was a strange decision to send the locos over in the first place as the only connection they had with North America was their names. For some time now rail magazines/fans in Britain have been “bumping their gums” about getting the locos back from the USA and some were becoming a bit hot under the collar about it. Don’t know why we have plenty of A4s.
This sounds like a win-win for all. I can’t wait to see photos of all six engines posed at York!
Steve Mitchell
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By chance that if you dont want these locomotives back in North America we could find somwhere for them in Australia