http://www.railperf.org.uk/index/siteforum-app Postings from www.railperf.org.uk en 2012-02-08T06:56:13000:00 hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.railperf.org.uk/index/siteforum-post-action/id.769/title.re-a1-60163-tornado-top-gear-race Steam Dream's 'Christmas Coronation' on 20 November 2010 saw Tornado take 13 coaches from KX to Edinburgh in exactly 7 hr 54 ... Sean Emmett 1. General Discussion 2011-05-13 11:09:37 http://www.railperf.org.uk/index/siteforum-post-action/id.750/title.re-a1-60163-tornado-top-gear-race Thinking about the race, I'm unsure how good the A1 was in the day - but i'm pretty sure it wasnt dual carriageway as it is ... daveb0789 1. General Discussion 2011-04-18 17:04:39 http://www.railperf.org.uk/index/siteforum-post-action/id.285/title.re-a1-60163-tornado-top-gear-race Am I not right in thinking that the fastest steam loco's could do the run non-stop without taking on water? I also think that... baard 1. General Discussion 2009-06-23 19:39:54 http://www.railperf.org.uk/index/siteforum-post-action/id.284/title.re-a1-60163-tornado-top-gear-race True. The stated conclusion was that cars were better than trains even 60yrs ago. Pity they do not re-run the race with the ... heatonj 1. General Discussion 2009-06-23 19:05:45 http://www.railperf.org.uk/index/siteforum-post-action/id.283/title.a1-60163-tornado-top-gear-race "Sadly it appears that James May won the race in a Jaguar (without using any Motorways)." Surely James used the present day A... Geoffk 1. General Discussion 2009-06-23 13:22:46 http://www.railperf.org.uk/index/siteforum-post-action/id.237/title.re-a1-60163-tornado-london-to-edinburgh-top-gear-race-april-25th Unfortunately Tornado was not allowed to run up to 90mph, but it did achieve some long periods running in the low seventies ... 29002 1. General Discussion 2009-04-28 22:38:44 http://www.railperf.org.uk/index/siteforum-post-action/id.235/title.a1-60163-tornado-london-to-edinburgh-top-gear-race-april-25th Does anyone know what time Tornado achieved between Kings Cross and Edinburgh on this run, and more importantly, did it beat ... baard 1. General Discussion 2009-04-27 22:24:58