Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>>> >>>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >