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SPEED
FROM FLYING SCOTSMAN AND MALLARD TO HS2
BRITAIN’S FASTEST TRAINS
UK £6.99
Speed
STEAM PIONEERS
HST
PENDOLINO
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Pioneer Class 43 HST
power car 43002
Sir
Kenneth Grange,
powers through
Twyford on June
1, 2019 heading
a GWR service for
Paddington. The
HST changed the
fortunes of British
Rail in the 1970s
and was the UK’s
first true high speed
rail service.
(Treflyn
Lloyd-Roberts)
S
peed has always enthralled people,
be it in cars, boats, aircra or
trains, but in practical terms it is
simply a means of getting somewhere
faster. Much of the UK’s Victorian railway
infrastructure doesn’t particularly lend
itself to speed much above 100mph,
particularly in urban areas, but Brunel’s
Great Western Main Line to Bristol
Parkway and a good proportion of the
East Coast Main Line certainly do.
Elsewhere innovation was needed to raise
speeds, with rst the Advanced Passenger
Train and then the Pendolino bringing
tilting trains to the West Coast Main
Line, a route rife with curves and speed
restrictions. High speed running is nost
bene cial over long distances, as it can
signi cantly reduce overall journey times,
but on short journeys the gains are only
the odd minute.
Britain’s rail passengers have
experienced huge leaps forward in
technology since the HST was introduced
in 1976, and while the top speed on the
national network is still 125mph, getting
up to it is now much quicker thanks
to the Pendolino and Hitachi’s new
InterCity Express Trains. Of course there
is also HS1, the UK’s rst truly ultra-high
speed line with a top speed of 186mph
(300km/h). In 2026 it is due to be joined
by Phase 1 of HS2, connecting initially
London and Birmingham, and later
Phase 2, adding Leeds and Manchester
and the ability to continue to Northern
England and Scotland on existing tracks.
is publication covers most of the UK
trains capable of exceeding 100mph and
tells the story of high speed in the UK,
from the steam pioneers right through to
the plans for HS2; I hope you enjoy it.
Mark Nicholls
Editor
SPEED
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COVER IMAGE:
LNER
IMAGE
Azuma 800103 passes
Gamston with an ECML
training run on April 10,
2019.
(Nick Green)
CONTENTS
3
Welcome
6
Steam Pioneers
– Braking
the ‘ton’
12
International High Speed
18
West Coast Main Line
24
The East Coast Deltic
Racetrack
30
Britain’s Advanced
Passenger Train
36
BR’s Saviour
– The High
Speed Train
54
Class 91
– Electrifying the
East Coast
62
Pendolino
– Tilting on the
West Coast
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68
Kent High Speed
Commuting
74
Eurostar and HS1
80
Hitachi’s UK Game
Changer
90
Digital Trains Advertorial
94
High Speed 2
– Creating
Capacity
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The
changing face of West
of England services
is illustrated by GWR
Class 802/1 802105 as
it passes Dawlish with
the 1A85 1049 Penzance
to Paddington service
on May 22, 2019.
(Nick
Edmonds)
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