Flying Scotsman Just Passed By o/t

[marky No.1]

Prefer it in green

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hprYN7-f3nQ

[halftimeresults]

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.

[Gone_Shrimping]

It was next door in Steamtown for years wasn't it.

[Phil Anderer]

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.

[Jack Poulton]

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.

[BerlinWaller]

I 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.

[halftimeresults]

It's not a train, it's a steam engine

[BerlinWaller]

Is it named after Wee Willie Henderson?

[marky No.1]

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?

[KenH]

AKA Trigger's broom or the Flying Moneypit.

[KenH]

AKA "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.

[Sakhalin Shrimp]

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.

[Seasider9601]

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[shrimpnsave]

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Which station is this seasider

[marky No.1]

Very much like Carnforth

[marky No.1]

Very much like Carnforth but no clock

[shrimpnsave]

Thanks Marky

[Seasider9601]

Yep, Carnforth today.

Platform 2. Leeds line.

(Clock is on platform 1)

[Christies Child]

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....,,

[marky No.1]

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

[Jack Poulton]

It 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

[John L]

Nice to see all the train buffs coming out of the woodwork... saves me a job!

[marky No.1]

There's a programme later on ITV, Robson Green going through the rebuild process

[Shrimplythebest]

Didn't know he had fallen to bits Marky

[marky No.1]

Didn't know he had fallen to bits Marky

Looks like he did