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Famous Flying Scotsman goes full steam aheadFlying Scotsman, one of the world's most famous locomotives, has returned to the West Coast mainline.Railway enthusiasts welcomed its return following a £4.2m restoration project, which lasted 10 years.
Impressive sight but not such a good vid.
The locomotive was completed in 1923, construction having been started under the auspices of the Great Northern Railway (GNR). It was built as an A1, initially carrying the GNR number 1472, because the LNER had not yet decided on a system-wide numbering scheme.Flying Scotsman was something of a flagship locomotive for the LNER... in February 1924 it acquired its name and the new number of 4472.Flying Scotsman emerged from Doncaster works on 4 January 1947 as an A3... By this time it had been renumbered twice: under Edward Thompson's comprehensive renumbering scheme for the LNER, it became No. 502 in January 1946; in May the same year, under an amendment to that plan, it become No. 103. Following nationalisation of the railways on 1 January 1948, almost all of the LNER locomotive numbers were increased by 60000; No. 103 became 60103 in December 1948.
Impressive sight but not such a good vid. Try the one that follows:Tony
Last time I was on a train pulled by Flying Scotsman was in 1958 on a British Railways scheduled service. In this video, I couldn't work out why the BR number 60103 is displayed on the boiler door and a number I didn't recognise on the cab. Pre Nationalization would have been 4472.
Quote from: Jolly Roger on Monday, 08 February, 2016 @ 20:36:02Last time I was on a train pulled by Flying Scotsman was in 1958 on a British Railways scheduled service. In this video, I couldn't work out why the BR number 60103 is displayed on the boiler door and a number I didn't recognise on the cab. Pre Nationalization would have been 4472.Rog you lucky man ! I only arrived one year later. But my dad used to take me to see the engines when I was a boy. Steam,oil,grease,the sound of thunder. Luv it