Smudge617
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Good Morning, it's 6.00 am. still dark here and 39F
Here is a photo of 2 Loco's you may have heard of, and a quick potted history for those interested.
Both these loco's are actually the same one, Flying Scotsman. "The" Flying Scotsman actually refers to the train, not the engine itself. Some of you may well have seen her in 1969 when she did a near ill fated tour of the U.S. with the then owner Alan Pegler, (he bought her from British Rail for the princely sum of £3000). The one to the rear is the A1 class loco, as she was when she first entered service in 1923. After several upgrades including new boiler, piston valves, and smoke stacks, she was re-classed, (which is the loco in the foreground), as an A3, which is how she is preserved today at the National Steam Museum in York. She cost £7944.00 to build (£32600 in todays money) Was bought by the British steam museum for £2.3m who spent a further £4.5m to overhaul her, making her one of the most expensive steam locomotives in the world.
She still holds the record for the longest non stop run by a steam locomotive of 422miles while in Australia.
She holds the title for the first steam locomotive to reach 100mph, and the first locomotive to circumnavigate the world.
She has had several well known owners, among which are Sir William McAlpine and Pete Waterman.
Here is a photo of 2 Loco's you may have heard of, and a quick potted history for those interested.
Both these loco's are actually the same one, Flying Scotsman. "The" Flying Scotsman actually refers to the train, not the engine itself. Some of you may well have seen her in 1969 when she did a near ill fated tour of the U.S. with the then owner Alan Pegler, (he bought her from British Rail for the princely sum of £3000). The one to the rear is the A1 class loco, as she was when she first entered service in 1923. After several upgrades including new boiler, piston valves, and smoke stacks, she was re-classed, (which is the loco in the foreground), as an A3, which is how she is preserved today at the National Steam Museum in York. She cost £7944.00 to build (£32600 in todays money) Was bought by the British steam museum for £2.3m who spent a further £4.5m to overhaul her, making her one of the most expensive steam locomotives in the world.
She still holds the record for the longest non stop run by a steam locomotive of 422miles while in Australia.
She holds the title for the first steam locomotive to reach 100mph, and the first locomotive to circumnavigate the world.
She has had several well known owners, among which are Sir William McAlpine and Pete Waterman.
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