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Later this year there will be a DVD issued with archive film of the development of the CM5T, its testing at MIRA, where it was the first large vehicle to be allowed to use the outside track on the banked course and also film taken on the CM5T on the journey from both in and out. Incredible as it may seem in these H & S days, there is an interview with a technician who travelled to London in the boot to find out, why there was a water leak.
When developing these vehicles Midland Red contacted Greyhound and German coach companies running on Autobahns, only to find the maximum speed these companies attained was 55mph!
Incidentally on Sunday,26 April, BBC Radio WM are going to be featuring Midland Red memories, for a hour from 10-11am on Professor Carl Chinn's radio show. They have a listen online feature on the BBCWM website.
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