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[Martin_1962]

9Fs at 90 actually it wasn't just a one off, Evening Star was used on express services to South Wales, at high speed, until told off

A 9F was officially clocked at 90 on ECML service

At 90 maybe, but as I stated not 100 mph in "everyday use"

More of a feat than 100 from an XP steam loco

[jereboam]

When I were a lad was a boy, we went on holiday to Cornwall.  We stayed in a cliff-top hotel, and there was a railway line below us.  There must have been a station nearby, because a friendly train driver let me and (I think) my little brother ride on the footplate.  I can't remember how far we went, in fact, I can't remember anything about it except that I absolutely hated every second of it.  It may have been every little boy's dream (it was the 1950s), but it was this little boy's nightmare.

Strange to say, I've never really seen the attraction of steam, although I don't think that has anything to do with my early experience of it.  Years ago, a friend who would go anywhere for the sight of a steam engine tried to get me enthused about it, but he failed.  After looking at a few of them, I got bored.

They just pull trains, and diesels do it better.