It was a time, when there was an attitude on the railways, of hard nosed driving, to try and keep to time, and a certain amount, of turning a blind eye,
was done by management etc, as far as driving was concerned, and this had been the culture amongst drivers upto and including this era, with many stories of drivers, like Bill Hoole, Ted Hailstone, taking the latest and fastest steam engines up to very high speeds, or when the next fastest diesels etc came along, pushing them very hard and very fast, like when the HST’s came along, there was the un official 140mph club, which then transferred, over to the 91’s when they came onto the, ECML, with 135-140mph runs happening from time to time.
Cowley, I think the 75mph for Steam engines, came in fairly gradually, but don’t remember it being about wheel size, think was more to do with AWS etc, And eventually pretty much all steam engines on main line became 75mph, and there are now one or 2 steam engines which are passed for 90mph, but i have not heard much about it lately, and wether it will become wide spread, like 75mph with Steam engines.
was done by management etc, as far as driving was concerned, and this had been the culture amongst drivers upto and including this era, with many stories of drivers, like Bill Hoole, Ted Hailstone, taking the latest and fastest steam engines up to very high speeds, or when the next fastest diesels etc came along, pushing them very hard and very fast, like when the HST’s came along, there was the un official 140mph club, which then transferred, over to the 91’s when they came onto the, ECML, with 135-140mph runs happening from time to time.
Cowley, I think the 75mph for Steam engines, came in fairly gradually, but don’t remember it being about wheel size, think was more to do with AWS etc, And eventually pretty much all steam engines on main line became 75mph, and there are now one or 2 steam engines which are passed for 90mph, but i have not heard much about it lately, and wether it will become wide spread, like 75mph with Steam engines.