Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Would you believe that I was in/on the Flying Scot in 1939 at the New York Worlds Fair? It was on exhibit at the British Pavilion. Impressive to a 10 year old from the ghetto I did get to see lots of steam locomotives in Yorkshire and Lancashire when I worked there in1992-94. Jerry Douglas Sharp wrote: > There is actually a dispute about the first to "run a ton", > > other sources say it was the "City of Truro" (also a preserved and > still running engine) 13 years earlier. > > The FS record was the first to be authenticated. > > Here's an interesting Wiki on rail speed records. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record_for_rail_vehicles#Steam > > Cheers > Douglas > > Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >> Beautiful picture, Doug. Did you know that the Flying Scotsman is >> older than >> the UR Leica or that it was the first steam locomotive to exceed 100 >> mph on >> a regularly scheduled run? Wikipedia has a very interesting piece on >> this >> example of mechanical pulchritude. Think of all you can learn by >> reading the >> LUG. Here is the start of the Wikipedia article. >> Larry Z >> >> The LNER <javascript:searchWiki(> Class A3 <javascript:searchWiki(> >> Pacific<javascript:searchWiki(> >> locomotive <javascript:searchWiki(> no. *4472 "Flying >> Scotsman"*(originally >> no. 1472) was built in 1923 <javascript:searchWiki(> for the London and >> North Eastern Railway <javascript:searchWiki(> (LNER) at Doncaster >> Works<javascript:searchWiki(>to a design of H.N. >> Gresley <javascript:searchWiki(>. It was employed on long-distance >> express >> trains on the LNER and its successors, British Railways Eastern and >> North-Eastern Regions, notably the 10am London to Edinburgh Flying >> Scotsman<javascript:searchWiki(>service >> after which this locomotive was named. In its career 4472 "Flying >> Scotsman" >> has travelled 2,000,000 miles (3,200,000 km). >> >> >> >>>> On 18 Aug 2009, at 09:25, Douglas Sharp wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Currently under repair and hopefully back in service in 2010. >>>>> >>>>> The Flying Scotsman in York Station pulling a special to Scarborough >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/111332-2/Flying_Scotsman_York.jpg >>>>> >>>>> A slide shot in 2007 >>>>> >>>>> Hope you like it >>>>> Douglas >>>>> >>>>> >> >> __