Deltic At Full Speed Through Northallerton

Royal Scots Grey 55022 horning her way through Northallerton at high speed. Followed by a silly re-do from CrossCountry's 43301 a few minutes later

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Autos & Vehicles

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• deltic
• speed
• royal
• scots
• grey
• northallerton

[MRT4472]

thanks; i have allways thought the difference you discribe was between mk2 and mk2a ....

sure this was written in the hornby catalogue that said a mk2d was a mk2a (the x airfix coaches) i am now going to look for my old catalogues in the loft to see if i am loosing the plot or not

many thanks

dave

[brchtr002]

@MRT4472 right, how about, before you spend a whole afternoon ruffling through old magazines, consulting wikipedia first :)

[MRT4472]

ok so anybody who knows anything about coaches can tell the differance between a mk1 mk2 and mk3

so excuse my ignorance but is there any noticable differance between a mk2a and a mk2d

please enlighten me if you could be so kind as i am curious

[brchtr002]

@MRT4472 happily: a Mk2A - like a Mk1 - comes with windows which can be opened and are slightly bigger, Mk2Ds are a bit like Mk3s, they are air conditioned and the windows are a bit smaller and can not be opened! Google them both to have an idea.

[MRT4472]

THE FIRST COACH IS A MK2 COMP/BRAKE

THE REST ARE MK2A;S

JUST TO CLARIFY

[brchtr002]

@MRT4472 All the remaining coaches are Mk2d's. Please read the description or any previous comments for reference. Thank you

[beeble2003]

Actually, it's only doing about 80mph. (From 0:26 to 0:33, 11 Mk3 coaches, which is 253metres of train, passes in 7 seconds.) Or is that as fast as they're allowed to go in preservation?

[MrFlavioValentino]

Those were Mark 2's not 3's my friend.

[37201xoim]

@thebismarkandthehood Sorry? I take it you don't mean generally? Both in BR service and in preservation 100mph cruising was what they were designed for and would be reached pretty much effortlessly with any normal load where the line profile would allow it, unless of course the loco were running on only one engine or otherwise faulty. I won't talk here about just how often they exceed(ed) the ton. 55022 is more than happy to run at 100mph with load 13 plus a dead spoon!

[irelandbloke]

Wonderful

[MAPFWH]

I was hauled by RSG in July from Doncaster to Devon... before the small fire, we were hitting 99.7 mph, and once the Duff went on the front, speed dropped due to missing our slot. On the return, double headed, we hit 99.8, and crested Lickey at around 30 mph with a good heavy rake on the rear. So no, there is no maximum permitted speed like 80, it would slow other traffic, and we would have made no progress.

[brchtr002]

@N330AA Did they? Poor you, why don't you send an angry reply back like I did! It usually does the trick.