Invention and Engineering

LMS 6399 Fury

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) No. 6399 Fury was an unsuccessful British experimental express passenger locomotive. The intention was to save fuel by using high-pressure steam, which is thermodynamically more efficient than low-pressure steam.

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• ▸History of wind power
• ▸History of Japanese Americans
• ▸Blickensderfer typewriter

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