A 75-year-old steam locomotive that still commands attention at modern stations



    by S30econdstoMars

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    1. Much-Instruction-807 on

      Cool story. China has built over 30,000 miles of high speed rail. The US has built 40 miles…

    2. Of course it does. They’re way more interesting that boring modern diesel locomotives

    3. sunkencathedral on

      That’s the 34067 Tangmere, a 1947 4-6-2 from the SR Battle of Britain class, one of my favourite classes! These were designed by Oliver Bulleid as a successor to the Merchant Navy 4-6-2s! The Tangmere is a great example of the class, it was damaged in a mechanical failure on 23rd November 2013, but is up and running again.

    4. DogmaSychroniser on

      Now imagine how that was every loco.

      Now imagine how fucking filthy everything was!

    5. I fucking hate the trend of speeding up videos to give the impression something is faster then it really is, or some physical skill is more impressive then it already is.

      Fuck that bullshit.

    6. Why are people saying the video sped up? Looks pretty normal to me, mainline steam often travels fast in the UK

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