Which steam locomotive was the first to be recorded at 100 MPH?
The Great Western Railway's locomotive "City of Truro" was recorded, by the railway journalist Charles Rous-Marten, at over 102 MPH on 9th May 1904, whilst hauling an Ocean Mail train from Plymouth.
The London and North Eastern Railway claims the first authenticated 100 MPH run, over 30 years later, with it's A3 Pacific (4-6-2) "Flying Scotsman". That company also holds the world record for steam traction, 126 MPH, with the A4 Pacific "Mallard".
"Evening Star" was a 2-10-0 freight locomotive and was the last steam engine to be built by British Railways, although another Pacific "Tornado" (See photo) has recently been built by private enterprise.
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59 Comments
Pierre Poirier
This is the wrong answer. This was never authenticated as only one person recorded it. There was no one to confirm it. So, the questionis misleading.
Pierre Poirier
Pierre Poirier, no one else to confirm. So, this is not the official first.
Pierre Poirier
Once again, badly phrased question and bad revision.
Francis Brown
poorly posed question.offically Flying Scotsman was the first.
Don Storjord
A weakly done quiz , get the pun .The city of Truro record is up for debate and was not truly verified .
Joss Coverdale
Sources say it was the Flying Scotsman
Bob deRoos
Trick question. Got it.
Ken Putnam
Unconfirmed claims don't count as correct answers,dude
Boyd Tracy
Railroad buffs can argue for hours ..... I went with the controversial answer and won here.
Mitch Zemo
Flying scotsman. Bad question
mikemerr
Wrong answer The Flying Scotsman was the first according to https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/flying-scotsman-made-train-history-when-speedometer-hit-100-180961257/
John Wheat Jr
Terrible question, once again you must guess the OPINION of the author when there is two possible correct choices!
Cheryl McMeekin
Had no idea
gbluemoon
Flying Scotsman.1st.
d p catalano
I just noticed I am with the majority. Quizz Club needs someone to really review these Q. 😱
d p catalano
Thought it was the flying Scotsman. 😩
Kevin Coleman
The Flying Scotsman did it first. The other one claimed to do it but was never authenticated.
Stephen Weekly
Liz Blanco, The picture is NOT Flying Scotsman, if you read to the end of the explanation you will see that it is Tornado.
Stephen Weekly
Seems to me that most of you are misreading the question. It does not say anything about official, authenticated or verified, but asks Which was the first to be recorded. Rous Marten most certainly RECORDED a speed of 102.3 MPH, and later identified the locomotive. Whether or not this was authenticated it still happened.
John Nowak
the city of truro didn't have a second timer for verification so it should read the Flying scotsman