Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19

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Subject: [Leica] The Flying Scotsman
From: lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:46:42 -0400

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
> >>
>


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