6233 Duchess of Sutherland doing 100mph!

Just a little bit of fun. Did a couple of (rough) calculations and worked out that this is how 6233 Duchess of Sutherland, A beautiful LMS Coronation engine known in steam days as the Duchesses, would be like if she was doing 100mph in steam days. The Duchesses were built between 1937 and 1948 by the CME of the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway in the name of Sir William Stanier. These engines worked the fast express passenger services between London Euston to Glasgow up in Scotland. Duchess of Sutherland has been putting on some brilliant performances since her return to steam in 2018 and thought it would be fun to see what Duchess of Sutherland would look like doing 100mph.
The locations you see are filmed from a safe distance and I wasn't trespassing at all in any way shape or form, so any remarks about this issue are not necessary for this video. Anyway here are the locations included:
Tibberton - • 6233 Duchess of Suther...
Huntspill Bridge - • 6233 Duchess of Suther...
Pugham Farm - • 6233 Duchess of Suther...
Burlescombe - • 6233 Duchess of Suther...
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[@argonaut6386]

My grandad got my brother and I the Hornby Duchess of Southerland one Christmas around 1980 and we were thrilled to bits...Happy Days.

[@levelcrossing150]

Speeded up it is, but close to how they really were. I've seen black 5's at great speed with the cab swaying from side to side, great memories

[@martinsims1273]

I had an audio recording (by a well known & respected recordist) of a Black Five (light engine) doing 90 mph on a main line. Amazing how it stormed past, it sounded almost like a machine gun. Pity it wasn't also on video.

[@paulcasini4759]

I'm sure she could top the 100 mph very easily and hold it for mile on end The sight of one of fine Locomotives besting Shap takes me back to the early 1960s grand

[@Volcano-Man]

One did brakes off Lancaster Castle, to brakes on at Carlisle Citadel - 69 miles in 69 minutes. Given the up gradient through the Lune Gorge, and Shap, she must have fairly stormed down to Carlisle. Would love to have seen it or better still been on that run!

[@tubelectron1667]

Superb !

[@MichealRandall-q2x]

To be fair there were speed restrictions everywhere,either for maintenance or replacement of track,signaling etc,it doesn’t really matter how fast a train can go if it’s limited anyway

[@WCML730]

So that's what the Dutchess Of Sutherland was like in the past... Nice!

[@italoduarte2509]

This is good

[@sonnie55]

Beautiful!

[@mutantthegreat7963]

Nice camera angles.

[@BorisLu]

Awesome video!

[@maverick9530]

ya know something in the uk steam locos have been restricted to 75mph on their mainlines. im not trying to be rude anything im just stating a fact i mean i could be wrong aswell if i am please do correct me.

[@robw7676]

They do - this has been sped up for demonstration purposes. A couple have been run faster - I think one of the LNER A4 Pacifics was cleared to run at 90mph for a bit in preservation, and Tornado was taken out to hit 100mph and get a 90mph clearance, but it didn't do her a lot of good and I think they stick to 75. You can see amazing 1937 aerial footage of Coronation in streamlined trim on her debut running at well over 75mph here, it was the same day she raised the speed record to 114mph... kzbin.info/www/bejne/naG0qXeJqNB_rrMsi=waZ09VKW6I18JRqr

[@swearingkevo]

Looks like all those vids were speeded up

[@thewelshtraingeek4895]

Look in description

[@sprinterofficial8457]

It looks to it’s very limits tbf How it managed to do 114mph then do a return journey

[@martinsims1273]

On the inaugural run of the LMSR streamlined "Coronation Scot" high speed train in the late 1930's, they actually achieved 118 mph, the highest speed in the British commonwealth. (1938 I think). Also, in BR days, a "Dutchess" was deliberately pushed to its limits on test on the WCML, and produced the highest sustained power output of any British passenger locomotive ever recorded.

[@sprinterofficial8457]

@@martinsims1273 it’s true, Stanier built way better built locos then gresley did Duchesses weren’t the most powerful passenger loco sadly, that reward goes to the LNER P2

[@SimonTog]

Nice fast train :)

[@GeneralLiuofBoston1911]

0:31 nice shot!

[@omegadavids6362]

Duchess actually have a corridor tender

[@farric1]

No, they don't have this feature which was mostly used by the LNER.

[@martinsims1273]

​@@farric1the LMSR actually did have a corridor tender, but there was only one. It was used for test purposes.

[@nigelterry9299]

If only.....

[@Skelly19930]

Sorry but the Dutches would never reach up to 100 miles n hour that just sucks in sped up you should just recorded in normal the Dutches would normally go around say 75 or 90 miles n hour

[@zangryomani1257]

Aren't the Dutchess just Un streamlined coronations

[@EastMidlandsTrainspotting]

The max speed for the Duchess is 75mph

[@britishgypsum4347]

Duchesses did reach 100 mph in service. Not always for long periods. 6220 hit 114mph on a press run when it first came into service.

[@duncanhinchley6805]

Unofficially the Duchess of Hamilton wasn't far off 100mph on her last Mainline run descending Shap towards Carlisle. Unofficially..............

[@Volcano-Man]

Duchess of Abercrombie unofficially actually exceeded the Mallards 125 MPH approaching 130!

[@Ivartshiva]

Sped up - c'mon man that stinks!

[@1977ajax]

You didn't bother to read the description.