Now earlier this month, I reported on discovering that 60163 (98863) Tornado had been recorded by the BBC as part of an epic race from Top Gear, with Jeremy Clarkson on board the train, being raced by James May in a Jaguar XK120 and Richard Hammond on a motorcycle… now I expected Jeremy to have been in the coaches but he was on the footplate shovelling coal, which I found utterly hilarious, he even commented on wheelspin produced by Tornado, and tried to fry some bacon in the fire which was just sucked in, and then an egg which didn’t taste particularly pleasant according to him, now I had high hopes and expectations that the train would win this……… but here’s how it turned out……
- Car
- Train
- Motorcycle
Yup… Tornado, the only Peppercorn A1 remaining, was beaten by a car driven by James “Captain Slow” May
Ah well, it’s still a great locomotive :)
