Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe you Jerry :-) must have been fascinating - and so totally different from big Baldwins and similar US locos where most of the pipes are on the outside. BTW: I'm rescanning some shots of Swaledale and Wensleydale that might interest you from your hiking days in Yorkshire, I'll let you know when they are up. Cheers Douglas Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Douglas, > > Would you believe that I was in/on the Flying Scot in 1939 at the New > York Worlds Fair? It > was on exhibit at the British Pavilion. Impressive to a 10 year old > from the ghetto > > I did get to see lots of steam locomotives in Yorkshire and Lancashire > when I worked there > in1992-94. > > Jerry > > > Douglas Sharp wrote: >> 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 >