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Originally Posted by HM181
A class 31 at 100mph, is what nightmares are made of.
The ride at that speed would be like all the roll coasters in one go, some thing to avoid at all costs.
At 45mph these engines bounced about , so much so that it would make your tea splash out of the cup when it was just damp.
The only other bad riders was a Shark Ballast Brakevan coming down to Huddersfield from Standage Tunnel at 35mph.
It was so rough you had to wedge yourself into the seat and think of england.
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I think you will find that the class 31's were limited to a maximum speed of 90mph and the very early numbered ones to 80mph.Although I agree that they were very "bouncy" machines at speeds above about 50mph.At Saltley we used to work class 1 trains with them on a regular basis,usually Birmingham to Norwich and Norwich to Birmingham trains.