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BBC NEWS | UK | Steam train near completion

The first steam engine to be built in Britain for nearly half a century has gone on show at the National Railway Museum.
Tornado cost £3 million and was funded entirely from donations.

(Video mini-feature via the link.)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Jan 4th, 2009 at 03:18:14 PM EST
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I wish these guys would get to build theirs, too.

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by DoDo on Sun Jan 4th, 2009 at 03:44:40 PM EST
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Yes please, although I'd suggest that the 4-6-0 delivering 180 kph might have been okay in 2002, but is falling behind now. A 4-8-0 capable of 200/225 makes more sense now

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jan 4th, 2009 at 03:56:51 PM EST
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...and I wish some Germany- or France- ur US East Coast-based rivals would emerge who'd build a (2'B)(B2')...

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by DoDo on Sun Jan 4th, 2009 at 04:10:37 PM EST
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there was a half hour TV prog about the project broadcast over xmas. However, surely the painting of the engine in LNER livery is incorrect as the engines were delivered after Nationalisation and so would have initially been painted black before acquiring BR Express Passenger Green once it was decided upon {/pedant}

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jan 4th, 2009 at 03:51:06 PM EST
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This is an improved A1, thus a modern-day loco, so even BR colours would be incorrect.

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by DoDo on Sun Jan 4th, 2009 at 04:13:14 PM EST
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Yea, given as the improvements are internal and the outline is faithful, BR colours are the most legitimate. and if actual AIs were still running, they'd be more like Tornado than as built.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jan 4th, 2009 at 06:30:00 PM EST
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My Fathers main complaint was that there was no chosen colour, and it was all done in Undercoat.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jan 4th, 2009 at 07:53:23 PM EST
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It's a long UK tradition to run engines in with a grey livery. Most "official" photos of new steam engines were in grey.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jan 5th, 2009 at 06:09:21 AM EST
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I don't know if there is English terminology for this, but in German, the grey painting steam locos were delivered with was specifically called "Fotografieranstrich" = for-photography-paint. In black & white industrial photography, engine parts had better contrast that way.

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by DoDo on Mon Jan 5th, 2009 at 06:27:27 AM EST
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I know there is a british term and "photographic grey" rings a bell, but I'm not 100% sure.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jan 5th, 2009 at 07:35:33 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 5. January | 95 comments (95 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)