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[Req] City of Truro

Posted: 12 Aug 2006 18:33
by Train-a-Mania
I think that it would be cool to have another record-setting locomotive for LoMo. It is available for MSTS.

Would anyone be willing to make it?

Posted: 14 Aug 2006 14:39
by DavidM
Remember it was never confirmed to go over 100mph.

David

Posted: 14 Aug 2006 18:39
by DJC
Record breaker or not, it's still a beautiful locomotive.

Posted: 14 Aug 2006 20:31
by Train-a-Mania
Well, here's what Wiki says.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_truro

Posted: 14 Aug 2006 22:21
by DavidM
Well done - but spot one word.

It was reputedly the first steam locomotive in Europe to travel in excess of 100 mph

No conclusive evidence exists that it did ;)

Agreed - a nice loco, but to put it simply, to reach its claimed speed it would have to have been creating 3000hp or more.....which is just under that of a Deltic - I hardly think a GWR 4-4-0 could be capable of that.

David

Posted: 15 Aug 2006 02:12
by Train-a-Mania
You never know (maybe divine intervention).