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Announcements => News Articles => Topic started by: WWWombat on February 25, 2016, 10:25:48 AM
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Century-old superfast technology connecting London with York...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-35653416
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With the benefit of hindsight it's obvious they should have built two in 1922. It would have saved a fortune, £7900 instead of £4m.
I see the Flying Scotsman took 8 hours from London to Edinburgh. These days it takes 4.5.
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Century-old superfast technology connecting London with York...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-35653416
Yes, just had a wander down to see it go through the village.
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With the benefit of hindsight it's obvious they should have built two in 1922. It would have saved a fortune, £7900 instead of £4m.
I see the Flying Scotsman took 8 hours from London to Edinburgh. These days it takes 4.5.
On the Today programme I think I heard it was limited to 45 m.p.h. Did it havel a 'just in case' diesel banker Iwonder.
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On the Today programme I think I heard it was limited to 45 m.p.h. Did it havel a 'just in case' diesel banker Iwonder.
Nope, not when it went past here.
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On the Today programme I think I heard it was limited to 45 m.p.h.
It's limited to 75 mph, nowadays. (Sorry to be an anorak).