Tornado The 100mph Steam Engine

Name: Tornado The 100mph Steam Engine
Rating: 8.0

Not Rated Documentary

Starring: Tom Ingall, Huw Parker, Graeme Bunker, Anthony Coulls, Tony Streeter

Writer: N/A

Release Date:
May 15, 2017

Ratings:
8.0 / 10

Director:
N/A

Companies:
BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Overview

Documents the secret, overnight attempt to set a 100 mph record for the newly-built steam locomotive Tornado, between Newcastle and York on the East Coast Main Line, the first time that such a speed has been attempted in the UK by a steam locomotive since British Rail withdrew them in the 1960s.

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