Flying Scotsman Just Passed By o/t
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 1:07 pmDon't worry it will be going back to its green livery with it's name plate once it gets the appropriate license.
Anyway Mark, you'll remember it in it's war time black livery.
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 2:00 pmIt was next door in Steamtown for years wasn't it.
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 2:26 pmhalftimeresults wrote:Don't worry it will be going back to its green livery with it's name plate once it gets the appropriate license.
Anyway Mark, you'll remember it in it's war time black livery.
Mrs A's dad would, and what's more, I believe he's actually driven the thing, and properly - he used to be a driver for too many years to say.
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 3:02 pmLooks like its on its test run. Due to pull a train up the West Coast main line from Carnforth to Carlisle on Saturday leaving at 11.20.
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 5:06 pmI had my dinner break in Carnforth today and noticed that some train was causing a bit of a stir on the platforms of the station. I had a wander over and quizzed a bloke making his way over to the station armed with lots of Cameras and recording equipment. He told me that this train is the worst train on the mainlines and has almost bankrupted everybody that has owned it. I rushed home and tried to wash the geekiness from my skin.
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 5:18 pmIt's not a train, it's a steam engine 
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 5:27 pmIs it named after Wee Willie Henderson?
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 6:35 pmhalftimeresults wrote:Don't worry it will be going back to its green livery with it's name plate once it gets the appropriate license.
Anyway Mark, you'll remember it in it's war time black livery.
Falklands?
Yes it was based at Steamtown, Which years memory man?
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:21 pmAKA Trigger's broom or the Flying Moneypit.
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:24 pmAKA "Trigger's broom" or the "Flying Moneypit". Popular with the media and public because it's often the only one people have heard about. But a lot of enthusiasts aren't impressed because it's cost more to restore than to build a completely new one from scratch (Tornado) and it's got virtually no original parts left on it - the argument is that there are other more historically important engines languishing in museums and engine sheds that could have been brought back to working order for a fraction of the cost.
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:30 pmmarky No.1 wrote:Yes it was based at Steamtown, Which years memory man?
I think it was there from 1978 (poss earlier) and was still there in 1986. Went to Vickers (now BAE) for a boiler refit in '79-'80.
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:39 pm.
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:46 pmSeasider9601 wrote:.
Which station is this seasider
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:50 pmVery much like Carnforth
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:51 pmVery much like Carnforth but no clock
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:51 pmThanks Marky 
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:23 pmYep, Carnforth today.
Platform 2. Leeds line.
(Clock is on platform 1)
Platform 2. Leeds line.
(Clock is on platform 1)
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:32 pmJack Poulton wrote:Looks like its on its test run. Due to pull a train up the West Coast main line from Carnforth to Carlisle on Saturday leaving at 11.20.
According to today's Westmorland Gazette It is running on the Settle to Carlisle line on Saturday. It may be the return journey. Details must be somewhere....,,
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:15 pmChristies Child wrote:Jack Poulton wrote:Looks like its on its test run. Due to pull a train up the West Coast main line from Carnforth to Carlisle on Saturday leaving at 11.20.
According to today's Westmorland Gazette It is running on the Settle to Carlisle line on Saturday. It may be the return journey. Details must be somewhere....,,
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P ... 4/advanced
Re: Flying Scotsman Just Passed By o/t
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:07 pmIt is travelling to Carlisle via Shap in the morning then back down the Settle line in the afternoon. Once again the Westmorland Gazette is less than thorough in its reporting.
See www.uksteam.info/tours
See www.uksteam.info/tours
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 12:47 pmNice to see all the train buffs coming out of the woodwork... saves me a job! 
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Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:00 pmThere's a programme later on ITV, Robson Green going through the rebuild process
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Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:39 pmDidn't know he had fallen to bits Marky
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Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:37 amShrimplythebest wrote:Didn't know he had fallen to bits Marky
Looks like he did