Gresley’s experimental ‘Hush-Hush'

Gresley’s ‘W1’

In the quest for ever more efficient steam engines there have been some remarkable designs produced, some of which have been more successful than others. One of those that showed great promise, yet which failed to deliver, was the LNER’s ‘Hush-Hush’ 10000, as Evan Green-Hughes explains.

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