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Tornado The 100mph Steam Engine
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1 hrDocumentary
Documents the secret overnight attempt to set a 100 mph record for the newlybuilt steam locomotive Tornado between Newcastle and York on the East Coast Main Line the first time that such a speed has been attempted in the UK by a steam locomotive since British Rail withdrew them in the 1960s