"Andy Champ" wrote in message
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Jules wrote:

That's the 'new' one, isn't it? I was having this discussion with some
folk a few months ago as to whether
anyone could even build a steam engine any more (albeit stationary stuff,
not locos) simply because a lot of the information from the era (in
particular the "tricks of the trade" which would have been handed down by
word-of-mouth) has simply vanished.

I'm not convinced that this loco quite counts as proof - weren't all
sorts
of compromises made in the design and construction both on cost grounds
and to overcome various 'red tape' hurdles? (not that I'm in any way
saying it isn't a spectacular achievement! :-)


You might want to pull down the latest "Top Gear" from iPlayer. The race
was really a bit silly - all three vehicles were limited by speed limits,
not by capabilities - but they matched Tornado, an XK120, and a Vincent
Black Shadow from Kings Cross to Edinburgh...

It was a bit unfair..
it was supposed to be a race as it would have been in the past..
They let the car and bike use the dual carriageways which wouldn't have been
there..
but made the train stop to fill with water which it wouldn't have had to do
in the past.
Also the train would not have had a 75 mph limit on it then.


Jeremy was tired and filthy

Andy