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It has already started it's trials for main line working. If all goes well (and it certainly seems to have so far) then it will be rated up to 90mph. The intention is to work it most days during the holiday season and weekends etc. Being modern, it should be far more reliable than the usual elderly steam (and diesel I suppose) locos, and so more plans can be made for it. Most of it was made with modern production techniques (laser cutting, cnc etc) and the boiler is proving to be considerably more efficient than the original locos. So much so that when they were testing the boiler, they nearly ran out of water for it and had to call the fire brigade to top it up.
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