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You will prepare and submit a term paper on Comparison between Two Design of Trains in the UK. Your paper should be a minimum of 1750 words in length.
You will prepare and submit a term paper on Comparison between Two Design of Trains in the UK. Your paper should be a minimum of 1750 words in length. The Mallard comprised a group of Gresley Class A4 steam engines constructed by the London and North Eastern Railways in the 1930s to provide high-speed passenger transport along the East Coast from London to Edinburgh. The 4468 Mallard, designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, was built in 1938 at the Doncaster plant. The Mallard project sought to rival the LMS Silver Link, which had attained a speed of 114mph (185km/h) earlier on in 1938 on the West Coast from King’s Cross to Glasgow. Different from other steam engines, the Mallard design used aerodynamics on the body, which enabled it to reach speeds of over 100mph (160kph). Presently, the condition of the track or the top designed speeds of the engine determines the fastest speed commercial trains can attain (Yorkshirehistory.com, para1).
In the 1930s, there was no strict top speed hence steam engines could travel at the speed desired by either the driver or the fireman. Nowadays, engines have upper limits that are faster than their design speeds, and damage to the engine would be severe. Speeds above 100mph (160km/h) in service were ordinary, although services were usually scheduled based on a top speed of 90mph (145km/h). At this time, this was a tremendously fast rail service. The East Coast railway where the A4 group of locomotives passed underwent maintenance to allow for 90mph travel for vast portions in the mid 20th century.
This has resulted in the modern inter-city 225 trains reaching a speed of 112mph between London and York, fastest train service in the UK, and making the UK number six in terms of the fastest schedules in a country. This standard speed is also higher than average speeds in comparison to various high-speed lines (e.g. 103mph Firenze ->. Rome, Italy). An explanation for this speed today is the pre-existence of already fast trains (90-100mph (145km/h - 160km/h) way before the introduction of high-speed trains (125mph (200km/h).
