"Silver Jubilee" Train Runs At 104 MPH
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- (30 Sep 1935) 'Silver Jubilee' train makes record run at 104 mph.
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Magnificent footage. I don't know where the newsreel got the 104 from - it was actually 112.5 (reached twice on the same run)!
marsvltor2 What's funny is that the driver didn't know he was doing 112. He thought he was doing the posted line speed of 90. Speedometers weren't standard in the cabs of these engines when they were first built so you would need to know your speed based on experience and how the engine was riding. The driver didn't know until Gresley himself entered the cab through the passage in the tender and said something like, "Ease up on it lad, don't you know you've hit 112 mph twice?" I don't remember the exact quote but it was something along the lines of that.
I was thinking about that too. Perhaps the newsreel was referring to average speed. Silver Link did manage to stay above 100 mph for several miles.
@@1987VCRProductions The speedometer was supposed to be fitted, however it did not arrive in time for the first run.
haha! Just reminded me of my 'Mallard' book I read a few weeks ago!
Brian said that
I wish that Silver Link would have been preserved
It's 112.5 MPH not only 104 MPH, then what's the difference between an A3 if it could only achieve that speed ? :/
That's the speed in a train game for starters.number 2 the mallard went 112.5
That twice is a sliver jubilee he's streamlined for steam era from roblox
OMG THE SLIVER JUBILIE FROM STEAM ERA
Silver Link had every right to be preserved but wasn't. What a shame...
Doncaster works kept the loco intact for some time after withdrawal in the hope that it would find a private buyer. Unfortunately, nobody seemed to want to spend a few thousands on this historic loco. BR had already saved Mallard from the same class, so they probably did not wish to put aside another. Silver Link was chosen for withdrawal, as it was high-mileage; it had been a regular on the Elizabethan in 1961. Sadly, of the A4 Pacifics withdrawn at the end of 1962, the first five, in fact, two had been immaculately turned out for the Duke of Kent's wedding in June, 1961, and the reserve loco followed early in 1963.
Billy Butlin wanted to buy Silver Link for preservation at his camp but the Eastern Region messed him and instead he bought Duchess of Hamilton and Duchess of Sutherland instead
That is amazing
awesome
Meanwhile at George Vs granddaughter’s silver jubilee a mere 42 years later they had fighter SEPECAT Jaguar jets capable of 1,040mph in the shape of the number 25 fly overhead
“Silver Jubilee” Train Runs At 104 MPH
Which train station is better? Kings Cross? or London?
I think King's Cross is in London
@@TheOnlyHollywood1 i think she means London paddington
The Jubilee train runs from King's Cross to the new castle. King's Cross is better.
0:24: *What up with this whistle?*
The original Crosby 3-chime the A4 carries pre-war.They were taken down during the war due to sounding too much alike air raid sirens.The post war chime they carried is a licensed production, albeit being a semitone higher in pitch.
Averaging 100+mph is not easy for a steam locomotive
Still think on the right track and with a decent crew on the footplate a Duchess could have beat any of them
I swear this train blew up on the first ride?
I'm not sure.
Nope. It didn't. But it did actually set the world speed record on it's first run.
Gadwall (4469) was bombed in 1941.
Gadwall was bombed in April 1942. I think the incident about a loco blowing up is the fate of Silver Fox in August 1936. It managed 113 mph, but the inside cylinder overheated. It still managed to reach London, though.
Even if it did run at 104 it still beat the city class