None of you got it right last time when I asked a similar question with the same answer.........
2006-10-02 01:50:29 · 5 answers · asked by "Call me Dave" 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Rail
Hi Thunderstruck, yep 6220 Coronation 114 mph approaching Crewe, but she was a streamliner.
I needed to know the fastest GWR loco last week and could not find it on the internet, no one answered my question right so I had to go to the library.
It also turned out to be the fastest recorded speed by a non streamliner and possibly the fastest speed by an ordinary scheduled steam hauled train in the uk.
6015 King Richard III on 29th march 1955 on the Cornish Riviera Express near Athelney approaching Taunton 108.5 mph, half a mile per hour faster than Gresleys Papyrus, the next fastest non streamliner.
6015 was being tested in ordinary service to test the benefits of a double chimney.
the fastest uk non streamlines steam loco unless someone out there knows different.
2006-10-02 13:36:46 · update #1
Flying Scotsman,or streamlined was The Mallard.
2006-10-02 01:59:02 · answer #1 · answered by Francis7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flying Scotsman on the Peterbourgh straights
2006-10-03 04:35:11 · answer #2 · answered by Ian Mac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you're not happy with the flying Scotsman?
How about the Gresley Pacific?
http://www.gresley.org.uk/mainpage.htm
2006-10-02 08:58:22 · answer #3 · answered by trebs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't a LMS Coronation hit well over the ton in the 30's just south of Crewe (can't remember the name or number, sorry).
Just a guess.
2006-10-02 12:39:29 · answer #4 · answered by Thunderstruck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
City of Truro?
But if you know the answer - why are you asking us?
2006-10-02 10:31:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋