Category:Flying Scotsman (locomotive)

Flying Scotsman 4472 locomotive nameplate (artwork) [image info]

LNER 4472 Flying Scotsman, photo published in the mid-1930s [image info]

Cutaway diagram of the Flying Scotsman's locomotive class, with parts list [image info]

1928: LNER 4472 Flying Scotsman with new corridor tender [image info]

View from the cab, front cover of "The Wonder Book of Railways", circa ~1928(?) [image info]

Bassett-Lowke Flying Scotsman model, 1937 [image info]

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The Flying Scotsman is one of Britain's most famous steam locomotives, and was a favourite with toy manufacturers. It's usually depicted with LNER running number 4472, and green paintwork. It was named after the famous Flying Scotman express train service.

The Flying Scotsman locomotive

The LNER's "The Flying Scotsman" locomotive (running number 4472), was named in 1924. Construction was originally started by the Great Northern Railway (GNR), with the loco being completed in 1923.

The locomotive was a darling of the LNER's publicity department, and was exhibited at the 1924 and 1925 British Empire exhibitions, where it was displayed alongside "Castle-class" locomotives from GWR. The Scotsman set speed records, ran a special London-to-Edinburgh trip during the last year of general steam on the British Railways network, and then went on tour in the US and Australia, where it logged the longest noted non-stop steam train journey. It's the last surviving member of the Gresley 4-6-2 A1/A3 "Pacific" locomotives, and it currently resides in the National Railway Museum.

Corridor tenders

For the Scotsman's non-stop service (which commenced in 1928), the locomotive was coupled to a special "corridor tender" -- the coal-carrying section directly behind the locomotive was enlarged to carry an extra ton of coal, and to take a narrow corridor that allowed a relief driver to squirm though and reach the engine from the carriages behind, without having to stop the train.

Although this corridor wasn't visible from outside, these special tenders could be recognised by the carriage-style "concertina" connector fitted to their rear, which allowed a driver or fireman to walk from the rear of the tender to the front of the first coach.

Museum models

As well as conventional commercial locomotive models and toys of the Flying Scotsman, the Museum also has a large 2.5-scale model on display in a glass case upstairs in Brighton Station, set into the glass wall of the ticket office.

See also:

• Flying Scotsman (train)

External links

• About the Flying Scotsman, National Railway Museum (nrm.org.uk)
• The engine: Why is Flying Scotsman famous? (ingenious.org.uk)

• Full steam ahead as Flying Scotsman set to return to mainline by end of 2015 (theguardian.com)
• Restoration photos - August 2015 (nrm.org.uk)
• Damning Flying Scotsman report issued by National Railway Museum, April 2013 (rail.co.uk)

• 4472 Flying Scotsman. The worlds most famous Steam Locomotive. (youtube.com) – video