JD
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14 years ago
....or so I was told! :shock:
Saw this at Heilbronn railway museum, where I went for a small VW meeting.

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Eat your heart out Buckminster Fuller!

I was allowed to climb up onto the footplate and was more than a little impressed at the sheer size and power of this old dinosaur.
Weight with tender 170 tons.
2000hp and it would pull 2000 tonnes!
Unfortunately it was in need of a new MOT, which will cost half a million euros for the chassis and another half mill for the boiler!
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55Kab
14 years ago

I was allowed to climb up onto the footplate and was more than a little impressed at the sheer size and power of this old dinosaur

JD wrote:



Come on James, you should be supporting the home team as our efforts were much better engineered, far better looking and Mallard still hold's the World Record for the world's fastest passenger steam train...

https://www.sirnigelgresley.co.uk/ 

JD
  • JD
  • pre67vw Junkie Topic Starter
14 years ago

Come on James, you should be supporting the home team as our efforts were much better engineered, far better looking and Mallard still hold's the World Record for the world's fastest passenger steam train...

https://www.sirnigelgresley.co.uk/ 

55Kab wrote:



Oh don´t get me wrong, the Mallard is awesome, but a) it wasn´t there and b) it has no tenuous link to VWs.
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