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Tornado The 100mph Steam Engine

Audience Score
80
Tornado The 100mph Steam Engine
NR 1 hrDocumentary
Documents the secret, overnight attempt to set a 100 mph record for the newly-built 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.

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire