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The fastest steam locomotive in the world!Featured by here [link]
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My favourite locomotive. Hopefully they will dust the cobwebs off her before she hits 100 years old and get someone to run her. Hate seeing her sitting there without running.
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I'm afraid Mallard will never steam again
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Can never say never, especially with the NRM. The major work on her will be the boiler. Mechanically she should still be in great shape otherwise she would not have visited several places by being towed on the east coast main line.
Same could be said for Duchess of Hamilton as well as a few others.
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I'm afraid to get Mallard steaming would take a total rebuild, it's rotten inside. The Flying Scotsman has been in rebuild for years and it's all down to money.
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No chance it is rotten. She has been under cover in the museum. If she was rotten they wouldn't have towed her on Network Rail. So she cannot be that bad at all!
The boiler needs a lot of work. I know that for fact which was the reason she did limited runs during 1986 to 1988. But there is a spare boiler if they organised things properly.
And as for money she wouldn't be as big a money pit as Scotsman has been but then everyone had a piece of that and got something out of it. No wonder it has cost so much. But I will defend Scotsman due to the amount of work she has done in preservation.
As for overhauls they are a bit like rebuilds. You strip em down and start wheels up. I have just started one as I own my own loco.
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The money just isn't there now, and Scotsman has gone way over budget. 4 million it's cost!
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I know the money isn't there. And as for future overhauls no one should ever rely on York to ever fund another project again. The Friends of NRM no doubt would help and do a lot to support and fund raise but NRM would probably never put money forward. Not for some time.
Everyone who is a contractor and worked on Scotsman would have added so much to their bill. No bloody wonder it is over the £4m mark!
Same will be argued for Hamilton as well. No money in the pot and Green Arrow and Q1 and whatever else you would like to see run.
I would love to see all of them run but it just isn't going to happen unless my Euro ticket comes up.
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It was the worlds fastest locomotive, a long time ago, world famous
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Wikipedia is telling me exactly that
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there won't be another steam train i'm afraid
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what you mean? Theres a few new steam locos in the works now!
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Never heard of the Tornado?
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Err no, the new one built in my town in 2010!
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That took 20 years to build! And theres a few other engines lined up for building too.
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yes it is, makes it more special!
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She was impressive in her day!
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Good old girl Mallard Nice shot its going in my faves :-D
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It is very unfortunate!
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Thanks, and thanks for the fave!
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