The street light shines through the magnificent roof at York, as No. 91114 Durham Cathedral waits to leave on the rear of the 15.30 Edinburgh-Kings Cross on March 7, having just run in from Darlington. A start-to-stop average speed approaching 95mph is required for this part of the journey.
PAUL SENIOR/RCTS
WHEN the A1 Locomotive Trust’s Peppercorn ‘A1’ Pacific No. 60163 Tornado was permitted to undergo high-speed tests on the East Coast Main Line between Doncaster and Newcastle in April 2017 it became the first steam locomotive to be authentically recorded at 100mph for 50 years.