Documents the secret, overnight attempt to set a 100 mph record for the newly-built steam locomotive Tornado, between Newcastle and York on the East Coast Main Line, the first time that such a ...

However, these vehicles require huge batteries as it is. For heavier-duty applications like trucks and trains, batteries simply won’t cut the mustard. Normally, the solution for electrifying ...

"When I was young we had a book about steam trains ... was hauling a mail train from Plymouth to London in May 1904 when it reached a claimed top speed of just over 102 mph.