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IrCOm not sure how recent this is, and itrCOs not at all technical, but I found it quite interesting.

<https://youtube.com/shorts/Z68AMSWQ5cI>

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Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

IrCOm not sure how recent this is, and itrCOs not at all technical, but I found
it quite interesting.

<https://youtube.com/shorts/Z68AMSWQ5cI>

It was posted yesterday. Regular YT link if you don't want to watch it in
the annoying Shorts format:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z68AMSWQ5cI
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Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

IrCOm not sure how recent this is, and itrCOs not at all technical, but I found
it quite interesting.

<https://youtube.com/shorts/Z68AMSWQ5cI>

It was posted yesterday. Regular YT link if you don't want to watch it in the annoying Shorts format:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z68AMSWQ5cI

It made me feel old when he described the class 91 as rCyold technology with
a lot of characterrCO rCo it sounds positively quaint.

I remember them being promoted as the exciting new, high tech Electra
140mph IC225 locos, full of innovation.

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Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:

Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

IrCOm not sure how recent this is, and itrCOs not at all technical, but I found
it quite interesting.

<https://youtube.com/shorts/Z68AMSWQ5cI>

It was posted yesterday. Regular YT link if you don't want to watch it in >> the annoying Shorts format:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z68AMSWQ5cI

It made me feel old when he described the class 91 as rCyold technology with a lot of characterrCO rCo it sounds positively quaint.

I remember them being promoted as the exciting new, high tech Electra
140mph IC225 locos, full of innovation.

Yes, that! I remember someone (Uncle Roger?) writing about giving talks
and laying 8 pennies out on a table, representing the contact patch between wheels and rail after theyrCOd both deformed very slightly, and then telling people that a class 91 transferred 6000 hp through that area.

Sam
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Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:

Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

IrCOm not sure how recent this is, and itrCOs not at all technical, but I found
it quite interesting.

<https://youtube.com/shorts/Z68AMSWQ5cI>

It was posted yesterday. Regular YT link if you don't want to watch it in the annoying Shorts format:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z68AMSWQ5cI

It made me feel old when he described the class 91 as rCyold technology with a lot of characterrCO rCo it sounds positively quaint.

I remember them being promoted as the exciting new, high tech Electra
140mph IC225 locos, full of innovation.

As shown in this documentary, by Channel4's Equinox in 1988: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlgbgNfg40M

It's particularly interesting how they approached it from a business/project management perspective.

Theo
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On 14/05/2026 12:55, Recliner wrote:

Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

IrCOm not sure how recent this is, and itrCOs not at all technical, but I found
it quite interesting.

<https://youtube.com/shorts/Z68AMSWQ5cI>

It was posted yesterday. Regular YT link if you don't want to watch it in >> the annoying Shorts format:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z68AMSWQ5cI

It made me feel old when he described the class 91 as rCyold technology with a lot of characterrCO rCo it sounds positively quaint.

I remember them being promoted as the exciting new, high tech Electra
140mph IC225 locos, full of innovation.

As a teenager, I remember being very disappointed when I discovered that
they didn't have regenerative braking.
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