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See for yourself...
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Meh, you know the Germans always overdo things.
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Forgot about that train. Pretty cool looking:
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About as heavy as a Dodge Challenger?
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quite a bit i’m guessing
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There’s no need to fat-shame the poor Challengers - they’re just as Sergio made them.
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165 tons!!
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This is the U.K. version of DB. Close enough is back in the vocabulary.
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The Mallards is 102.95 British long tons/ 115.3 American short tons,
Overall 165 British long tons/184.8 American short tons.
I like that the Mallard’s sisters are the
4464 Bittern,
6007 Sir Nigel Gresley,
60009 Union of South Africa,
60008 Dw ight D. Eisenhower and the
60010 Do minion of Canada.
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CP.....the C8 will have more horsepower and weigh slightly less.
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I assumed that was the case, but presumably they still have Germans in the important roles, I can’t imagine they’d trust the Brits to be able to run a railroad on their own.
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Maybe, but still a good bit lighter than a UP Challenger
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They are the best looking steam trains ever. Nigel Grassley makes sense as he designed it , and Bittern makes sense, guessing the others were named after WWII.
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But does it come in two-tone blue?
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Maybe not, but you can order the VIN to say 4468M411 4 RD !
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I’ve seen the Mallard in person.
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I saw 4489 last week!I was impressed by it’s design, it’s very 30's. Maybe because it’s blue, but it kinda looks like it was made by Bugatti
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Yeah I always thought that the colors and lines were definitely inspired by Bugatti. Have no idea if it’s true, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
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Exactly EIGHTY-FIVE POUNDS.
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I think that’s kinda
like betting a $1 on the Price is Right
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Strategy!
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https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1978/113/gresleys-mallard
Per this, Bugatti’s cars could not have inspired it...
...but Bugatti’s petrol trains could have.
And about those: http://www.bugatti-trust.co.uk/trains-boats-planes/bugatti-trains/
Yes, he just used the engines out of the Royale.
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Thanks - I had always wondered about that, the train looks amazing.