| Re: Locomotive speed records Posted by stuving at 09:47, 9th May 2023 |      |
But even then the record for steam locomotives was of limited historical interest. The future was foretold in the Illustrated London News of 26 July 1902:
The railway speed record has been broken on the little line between the suburbs of Berlin and Zossen by an electric car travelling at 110 miles per hour."
OK, it was an experimental vehicle, but it did carry passengers. The motors were under the floor and the AC power supplied, of course, by overhead wires.
| Locomotive speed records Posted by grahame at 09:26, 9th May 2023 | |
Posting this into "on this day" about the first steam locomotive to exceed 100 m.p.h. - though different sources give different dates
4th May 1904 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_speed_record
9th May 1904 from http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r070.html and https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_speed_record
