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0 o 601 Just how nimble are today's locos and units, and what's the quickest off the mark?

THE basic idea of our 0-60 series is to record how much time it takes for different types of train to hit 60mph from a standing start on level track. Last month we took a look at the 71 entries in the league table so far as listed by time, which identifies the quickest and slowest classes, but does not give the

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