Mart Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 60103 Flying Scotsman visits the NYMR in resplendent BR Brunswick Green The world’s most famous steam locomotive, the legendary Flying Scotsman, is coming back into service following a £4.2 million overhaul, be running on the world’s busiest heritage railway, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Travel on 12. to 20. March 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baimor Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 She is a thing of the utmost beauty!!! If ever there was man made perfection then this is it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I wonder if she will spend any time at Locomotion in Shildon? That's an extension of NRM and much closer to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baimor Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 There really ought to be somewhere in Doncaster for these pieces of history as lots of these engines where built there and they really should be back home! Plus it would be closer to me for visiting then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Unless plans have changed it was going to be running along the S&C hauling the Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express on 23rd January 2016 as part of it's testing following restoration. See report on the FOSCL website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 yes still on the test run The train will be hauled by locomotive No. 60103 “Flying Scotsman”, for a journey over the spectacular route through the Cumbrian Fells. This will be Flying Scotsman’s first scheduled mainline passenger run, before it's official completion and return with the inaugural run in February, it will still be in it's black base coat and not numbered at this stage, should for any reason the locomotive not be ready Black V’s 44871 and 45407 will haul the train double headed. The destination is Carlisle with time to explore the Border City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussietmrail Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 This is really confusing, I don't know a lot of British locos, but I always thought there was only on streamy with the Flying Scotsman name being the 4472, is the 60103 the same class or a different class. My favourite loco Is the Flying Scot 4472 and I own the one that has the water tender, so I decided to cheat a little, and came up on how to do it, we all know that the tender drive locos can only pull five coaches up a grade. This is what I came up with, one other person on this forum has done it as well by putting a motor in the water tender, both motors had to have matching poles, mine are both 5pole motors, to my surprise it worked and can pull 16 coaches with ease, to this day still shock other members in my club when Irun 4472. Now I am trying a draw bar between the two tenders to get them closer, not that easy, the coaches I am using are having issues with derailing because of the couplers, going to modify them to the body of the coach, especially those coaches from your model railway village, my train has 11 coaches, planning 5 more. Tony from down under Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 The LNER Class A3 Pacific steam locomotive No. 4472 Flying Scotsman (originally No. 1472 The locomotive having been started under the auspices of the Great Northern Railway (GNR).) was built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of H.N. Gresley. In 1962, British Railways announced that they would scrap Flying Scotsman. Number 60103 ended service with its last scheduled run on 14 January 1963. "The loco has been changed so often over the past 90 years that it is now practically impossible to present it in a wholly historically accurate appearance. As well as the currently most well-known guises of the apple green 4472 and the BR green 60103, Flying Scotsman has also been numbered 1472, 103, and 502. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Just wondered if anyone had ventured out to catch of glimpse of Flying Scotsman on it's recent outings? Does anyone have any photos they could post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaung75 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) I took the boy on his first train from Sleaford over to Grantham to see it as it was supposed to stop for water there. I don't know what I was expecting, but so much quieter than I thought. b7BXeQoX9Us Edited February 27, 2016 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Well it certainly didn't look like it was stopping for water. Great bit of footage and something for the little one to look back upon although by the time he understands what all the fuss was about I reckon Scotsman will be in need of another overhaul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Well i did start to venture out on my way to york when the car gave up so missed everything not happy thank god for the news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 What car do you own? - if it's an A3 then it'll probably need an overhaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 it was my vw beetle 2.0 the little peroda the mrs had that she was at work it was the timing belt had a new one fitted but i still missed the Fm run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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