Tornado The 100mph Steam Engine (2017)

Name: Tornado The 100mph Steam Engine
Released: 2017-05-15
Rating: 8
Cast: Tom Ingall, Huw Parker, Graeme Bunker, Anthony Coulls, Tony Streeter

Documentary

60 min

Plot Summary

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.