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      Speed record holder 91 110 'Battle of Britain Memorial Flight' propels out of Leeds, 20/3/25 #feature

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      • Well how fast can it go

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        • @Mike_Ashworth Wikipedia tells me that 91 110 reached 161.7mph on the 17th of September 1989; This was on the same stretch of line north of Peterborough on the ECML, Stoke Bank, where ‘Mallard’ set her 126mph steam speed record on the 3rd of July 1938.

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