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timill ([personal profile] timill) wrote2008-07-03 10:47 am
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Seventy Years Ago

today, at about 4.30pm, LNER A4 locomotive 4468 Mallard set a rail steam speed record of 126 mph, which remains unbeaten to this day, despite other claims.
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[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2008-07-03 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
Somewhere in the last few days I'm pretty sure I've seen that a new land speed record for steam has been set - but for a car, not a train.
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[personal profile] timill 2008-07-03 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
www.steamcar.co.uk seem to have a bit of coverage recently, but they're taking a shot at it in August.

Maybe.

Tim

[identity profile] inamac.livejournal.com 2008-07-03 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
And her designers and engineers set something of a record for producing one of the most beautiful machines ever...

OT but since you posted...

[identity profile] surliminal.livejournal.com 2008-07-03 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
.. er you ARE going to let us see Dr Who at the barbie, right??!!
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Re: OT but since you posted...

[personal profile] timill 2008-07-03 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe...

Should be OK :-)
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