European Railroad Discussion > Northwest England

 

1. LNER Green Arrow on the Settle and Carlise.
2. Green Arrow at Dent, England.
3. Shap Grade

Bob Wilcox
Charlottesville, VA
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/28/21 05:16 by bobwilcox.

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Very nice shots, I like 2 and 3 in particular. No. 3 looks like a 'roarer'/class 85.

exhaustED Wrote:
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> Very nice shots, I like 2 and 3 in particular. No.
> 3 looks like a 'roarer'/class 85.

Which is interesting. I wonder if it replaced a failed 87 given the train is Mk3 stock (110mph) but the loco is only 100mph and much less powerful (3,200hp vs 5,000hp).

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Hexagon789 Wrote:
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> exhaustED Wrote:
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> > Very nice shots, I like 2 and 3 in particular.
> No.
> > 3 looks like a 'roarer'/class 85.
>
> Which is interesting. I wonder if it replaced a
> failed 87 given the train is Mk3 stock (110mph)
> but the loco is only 100mph and much less powerful
> (3,200hp vs 5,000hp).
>

Good point, you may well be right there... I'm no passenger train expert but I assume if it was a passenger train actually booked for an 85/81 it wouldn't have been mk 3 stock.