"Flying Scotsman Stakes The Flying Scotsman Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged two years old. It is run at Doncaster Racecourse over a distance of 7 furlongs and 6 yards (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. Prior to 2013 the race was known as the Frank Whittle Partnership Conditions Stakes, and amongst its earlier winners was Frankel in 2010. From 1983 to 1999 the race was known as the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Conditions Stakes. In 2013 it was upgraded to Listed status, replacing Goodwood's"
"William insisted that it should travel under its own steam. The route to Derby was lined with crowds. Sir William paid for the locomotive's restoration at Derby Works and two subsequent overhauls in the 23 years that he owned and ran it. Trial runs took place on the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway: of which Sir William was Chairman, in summer 1973, after which it was transferred to Steamtown (Carnforth), from where it steamed on regular tours. In December 1977, ""Flying Scotsman"" entered the Vickers Engineering Works, Barrow-in-Furness, for heavy repairs, including an unused replacement boiler. In October 1988, at"
"anniversary of the event, and the exact spot (between Aunby and Carlby) in Lincolnshire where The Mallard reached its highest speed. In 1933 a trial return run between London and Leeds was made with modified A1 locomotive number 4472, Flying Scotsman on the return trip with 6 coaches weighing 208 tons it attained 100 mph (160 km/h) just outside Little Bytham in Lincolnshire for just over 600 yards (550 m).[28] There were earlier claims to this speed, notably by the Great Western locomotive 3440 City of Truro, but this 1933 run is generally considered to be the first reliably recorded"
"corridor coaches. In 1891, 99 locomotives, 181 carriages and 1,493 wagons were built. Among the locomotives the works produced were the Stirling Singles, the Ivatt Atlantics and the Gresley Pacifics, including the world-famous ""Flying Scotsman"", the first locomotive to achieve 100 mph and also run from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley non-stop; and ""Mallard"" which achieved the top speed of 126 mph on 3 July 1938 to become the world's fastest steam locomotive, a record that she still holds to the present day. These have hauled such trains as the ""Flying Scotsman, Silver Jubilee, Coronation"" and the ""Elizabethan"". Doncaster"
"The Flying Scotsman (1929 film) The Flying Scotsman is a 1929 black and white part-silent film set on the Flying Scotsman train from London to Edinburgh, also featuring the famous locomotive LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman. Directed by Castleton Knight, the thriller is chiefly remembered for being the first acting role of Ray Milland, as well as for its daring stunts performed aboard the moving train. Engine driver Bob is due to retire from his job after years of distinguished service. On Bob's last day working aboard the famous Flying Scotsman, a disgruntled fireman, dismissed after being reported for"
"Flying Scotsman (train) The Flying Scotsman is an express passenger train service that has operated between Edinburgh and London, the capitals of Scotland and England, via the East Coast Main Line. The service began in 1862; the name was officially adopted in 1924. It is currently operated by London North Eastern Railway. The East Coast Main Line over which the ""Flying Scotsman"" runs was built in the 19th century by many small railway companies, but mergers and acquisitions led to only three companies controlling the route; the North British Railway (NBR), the North Eastern Railway (NER) and the Great Northern"
"hours 15 minutes. However, following valve gear modifications, the A1 locomotive's coal consumption was drastically reduced and it was thus found possible to run the service non-stop with a heavy train on one tender full of coal. Ten locomotives of classes A1 and A3, which were to be used on the service, were provided with corridor tenders; these avoided engine crew fatigue by enabling a replacement driver and fireman to take over halfway without stopping the train. During the General Strike on 11 May 1926, the Flying Scotsman was derailed by strikers near Newcastle. The A1 class locomotive 4472 ""Flying"
"1 May 1928, the ""Flying Scotsman"" service would run non-stop over the between and . The locomotives to be used were of that railway's class A1, and the schedule was for the journey to be completed in hours. This was too long to allow a single crew to handle the train without a rest; means were therefore sought by which the crew could be changed at approximately the half-way point. The LNER's locomotive design team, headed by Nigel Gresley, produced a new design of tender that was slightly longer than the old, but built as high and wide as possible"
"Scotsman"" was an extremely long and heavy train, especially in the days before road and air transport became common. As such, it has required very powerful locomotives. Locomotives used to haul (and in some cases, specifically designed to haul) the ""Flying Scotsman"" have included: Flying Scotsman (train) The Flying Scotsman is an express passenger train service that has operated between Edinburgh and London, the capitals of Scotland and England, via the East Coast Main Line. The service began in 1862; the name was officially adopted in 1924. It is currently operated by London North Eastern Railway. The East Coast Main"
"the Flying Scotsman, an LNER A3 class locomotive. In the book ""Enterprising Engines"", it is stated that the two engines are in fact brothers with the 2016 film """" also noting that the two are brothers. The Rev. Awdry elaborates upon this in . This companion volume to The Railway Series states that Gordon was built as a test locomotive for the Great Northern Railway. When the Great Northern Railway had finished with him, they sold him to the Fat Controller for a knockdown price. Gordon was rebuilt by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at Crewe Works with new"
"number of 4472. From then on it was commonly used for promotional purposes. With suitably modified valve gear, this locomotive was one of five Gresley Pacifics selected to haul the prestigious non-stop ""Flying Scotsman"" train service from London to Edinburgh, hauling the inaugural train on 1 May 1928. For this, the locomotives ran with a new version of the large eight-wheel tender which held nine long tons of coal. This and the usual facility for water replenishment from the water trough system enabled them to travel the from London to Edinburgh in eight hours non-stop. The tender included a corridor"
"1957, under British Railways ownership, it was allocated to Leicester Central shed on the Great Central Railway, running Nottingham Victoria to London Marylebone services via Leicester Central. All A3 Pacifics were subsequently fitted with a double Kylchap chimney to improve performance and economy. This caused soft exhaust and smoke drift that tended to obscure the driver's forward vision; the remedy was found in the German-type smoke deflectors fitted from 1960, which somewhat changed the locomotives' appearance. In 1962, British Railways announced that it would scrap ""Flying Scotsman"". No. 60103 ended service with its last scheduled run on 14 January 1963,"
"of five steam engines to be chosen to haul the Olympic torch on its journey around the UK. The others were 7812 Erlestoke Manor (SVR), 48624 (GCR), 75029 (Whitby - Grosmont, NYMR) and 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley (Grosmont - Pickering, NYMR). LMS Royal Scot Class 6115 Scots Guardsman London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Royal Scot Class 6115 (later 46115) Scots Guardsman is a preserved British steam locomotive. 6115 was built in 1927 by the North British Locomotive Company in Springburn, Glasgow. It was named ""Scots Guardsman"" in 1928 after the Scots Guards. After receiving smoke deflectors, it starred in"
"The Vermilion Sugar Company retired No. 216 in 1956. F. Nelson Blount, a resourceful and entrepreneurial New England seafood processor, bought the locomotive for his Steamtown, USA collection in 1957. To move the locomotive to Vermont on a flat car, it proved necessary in meeting height clearance requirements to cut off the roof of the steel cab, but Steamtown retained the cab roof, and moved it to Bellows Falls, Vermont. It was relocated in 1984 to the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad's Scranton Yards at Scranton, Pennsylvania under the auspices of the Steamtown Foundation. In 1970, Steamtown began an"
"then setting a record for the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive when it ran on 8 August 1989 while in Australia. Retired from regular service in 1963 after covering 2.08 million miles, ""Flying Scotsman"" gained considerable fame in preservation under the ownership of, successively, Alan Pegler, William McAlpine, Tony Marchington, and finally the National Railway Museum (NRM). As well as hauling enthusiast specials in the United Kingdom, the locomotive toured extensively in the United States and Canada from 1969 until 1973 and Australia in 1988/89. ""Flying Scotsman"" has been described as the world's most famous steam locomotive. In"
"LMS Royal Scot Class 6115 Scots Guardsman London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Royal Scot Class 6115 (later 46115) Scots Guardsman is a preserved British steam locomotive. 6115 was built in 1927 by the North British Locomotive Company in Springburn, Glasgow. It was named ""Scots Guardsman"" in 1928 after the Scots Guards. After receiving smoke deflectors, it starred in the 1936 film ""Night Mail"". 6115 was rebuilt in 1947 with a new tapered type 2A boiler, and was painted in LMS 1946-style black livery. It was the first of the rebuilt engines to receive smoke deflectors and the only one"
"1916–1918: Tanks are built by Brown Brothers in the city 1920: Edinburgh Extension Act: Leith, Colinton, Corstorphine, Cramond, Gilmerton, Liberton and Longstone incorporated into city 1921: Garrick Theatre in Grove Street burns down 1923: Edinburgh Corporation Tramways operates its last cable-hauled tram; last hanging takes place at the Calton Prison (executions continue at Saughton Prison) 1925: The National Library of Scotland is formed from the non-legal collections of the Advocates' Library; Murrayfield Stadium opens 1926: Calton Prison closes 1928: The inaugural non-stop Flying Scotsman train hauled by the Flying Scotsman locomotive – regular journey time between Edinburgh and London cut"
"time. William Barnes the poet also lived in Sturminster Newton. Douglas Adams and Robert Boyle lived in Stalbridge for part of their lives. Settlements in the vale include: A Southern Railway West Country class steam locomotive, built in 1946 at Brighton Works as no. 21C123, carries the name of the Vale. However, it currently carries the more unusual spelling ""Blackmoor Vale"", as it did when newly built. The locomotive is currently based at the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, where it is stored at awaiting a boiler overhaul since 2008, when cracks were found in the firebox causing it to be"
"the A3s and A1s is 4472 (60103) ""Flying Scotsman"". The locomotive was withdrawn from service with British Railways in 1963 and after being saved from scrap it was sold for preservation to Alan Pegler. After overhaul, ""Scotsman"" worked a number of railtours, including a non-stop London–Edinburgh run in 1968, the final year of steam traction on British Railways. After a much-publicised appeal in 2004, ""Flying Scotsman"" was purchased by the National Railway Museum in York and is now part of the National Collection. A spare A3 boiler that was fitted to 60041 ""Salmon Trout"" and 60097 ""Humorist"" survives at National"
"a 2015 poll which questioned people from four continents it was again ranked the most famous locomotive. The locomotive was completed in 1923, construction having been started under the auspices of the Great Northern Railway (GNR). It was built as an A1, initially carrying the GNR number 1472, because the LNER had not yet decided on a system-wide numbering scheme. ""Flying Scotsman"" was something of a flagship locomotive for the LNER. It represented the company at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park in 1924 and 1925. Before this event, in February 1924 it acquired its name and the new"
"model railway. The train was meant to travel seven miles from Barnstaple to Bideford, in North Devon and it failed early in the trip in Episode 6 but managed to complete it in ""The Great Train Race"" which took place on 16 April 2011. One of the specially produced £5 coins for the 2012 Summer Olympics featured an engraving of the ""Flying Scotsman"" on the back. ""Flying Scotsman"" is included as a locomotive in the PC simulation game ""Microsoft Train Simulator"". The locomotive was featured in the BBC4 documentary ""Flying Scotsman from the Footplate"" broadcast on 29 December 2016. ""Flying"
"locomotive to travel on the recently-built standard gauge Central Australia Railway. Other highlights included ""Flying Scotsman"" double-heading with New South Wales Government Railways Pacific locomotive 3801, a triple-parallel run alongside broad gauge Victorian Railways R class locomotives, and parallel runs alongside South Australian Railways locomotives 520 and 621. Its visit to Perth saw a reunion with GWR 4073 Class ""Pendennis Castle"", which had been exhibited alongside ""Flying Scotsman"" at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition. On 8 August 1989 ""Flying Scotsman"" set another record en route to Alice Springs from Melbourne, travelling from Parkes to Broken Hill non-stop, the longest such"
"Scotsman's"" regular use on the VSOE Pullman, in 2002, Marchington proposed a business plan, which included the construction of a 'Flying Scotsman Village' in Edinburgh, to create revenue from associated branding. After floating on OFEX as 'Flying Scotsman Plc.' in the same year, in 2003 Edinburgh City Council turned down the village plans, and in September 2003 Marchington was declared bankrupt. This resulted in the sale of most of the assets of the Buxworth Steam Group, including ""The Iron Maiden"" to Graeme Atkinson, who displays the engine alongside a collection of other engines and fair organs as part of the"
"run by a steam locomotive ever recorded. The same journey also saw ""Flying Scotsman"" set its own haulage record when it took a 735-ton train over the leg between Tarcoola and Alice Springs. ""Flying Scotsman"" returned to Britain in 1990 and continued working on the main line until its mainline certificate expired in 1993. 4472 then toured preserved railways. To please the crew who ran it, it was returned to BR condition with the refitting of the German-style smoke deflectors and double chimney, and repainting in BR Brunswick green. By 1995 it was in pieces at Southall Railway Centre in"
"a retiring engine driver. The film was shot with co-operation of the London and North Eastern Railway company, who allocated their flagship Class A1 locomotive, the eponymous 4472 ""Flying Scotsman"" along with use of the Hertford Loop Line for filming. This locomotive was extensively used by the LNER for promotional purposes, having been a star of the 1924 British Empire Exhibition and breaking a number of speed records. At the time of its appearance in this film, the locomotive is technically an A1 (only being rebuilt and classified ""A3"" in 1947). The locomotive is the only member of its class"
"three orders were completed by Sharp Stewart & Co. Clyde Locomotive Company The Clyde Locomotive Company was a firm of locomotive manufacturers in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland. The company was founded in 1884 by Walter Montgomerie Neilson, after he left the partnership of Neilson, Reid and Company in 1876 following a disagreement with James Reid. In 1886, the first locomotives were built; these were a class of eight 4-4-0s for the Highland Railway, known as the ""Clyde Bogies"". Two locomotives built in 1887, which had been ordered by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway, were delivered to that company's successor, the"
"Clyde Locomotive Company The Clyde Locomotive Company was a firm of locomotive manufacturers in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland. The company was founded in 1884 by Walter Montgomerie Neilson, after he left the partnership of Neilson, Reid and Company in 1876 following a disagreement with James Reid. In 1886, the first locomotives were built; these were a class of eight 4-4-0s for the Highland Railway, known as the ""Clyde Bogies"". Two locomotives built in 1887, which had been ordered by the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway, were delivered to that company's successor, the Ayrshire and Wigtownshire Railway. In 1888, the long established"
"which featured his first steam rally in the group, hosted at Lyme Park, and featured exhibits from names such as Fred Dibnah in addition to his current collection of a 1904 Fowler D2 steamroller and his pair of Fowler BB1 ploughing engines ('Fame' and 'Fortune') and was one of the largest rallies of its time. In 1996, Marchington bought the famous LNER steam locomotive Class A3 4472 ""Flying Scotsman"" at a cost of £1.5M. After a three-year restoration which cost an additional £1M, she returned to steam in 1999. She made an appearance on Peak Rail in summer 2000, together"
"It was the LNER which, in 1924, officially renamed the 10:00 ""Special Scotch Express"" linking Edinburgh and London in both directions as the ""Flying Scotsman"", its unofficial name since the 1870s. To further publicise the train, a recently built A1 Class locomotive was named after the service, and put on display at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition. Due to a long-standing agreement between the competing West Coast and East Coast Main Line routes since the famous railway races of 1888 and 1895, speeds of the Scotch expresses were limited, the time for the between the capitals being a pedestrian 8"
"and February as well as November for line and locomotive maintenance. The GWSR runs regular train services every weekend plus most weekdays from Easter to the end of October, and some weekends are used to host special events including steam and diesel galas, Day out with Thomas events (until 2018) and Santa Specials. The railway operates a wide variety of both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, as well as heritage DMUs. These have included the world-famous locomotive 4472 ""Flying Scotsman"" and equally famous 3440 ""City of Truro"", which in 1904 was the first engine to reach 100 mph. In 2016"
"it was proposed to use steam traction at similar service speeds with six carriages. A trial return run between London and Leeds was made with modified A1 locomotive number 4472, ""Flying Scotsman""; on the return trip with 6 coaches weighing it attained (160 km/h) just outside in Lincolnshire for just over . There were earlier claims to this speed, notably by the Great Western locomotive 3440 ""City of Truro"", but this 1933 run is generally considered to be the first reliably recorded instance. On a later trial run to Newcastle upon Tyne and back in 1935, A3 number 2750 ""Papyrus"""
"of its boiler ticket expiry due to a hole being discovered in one of its tubes. The NRM did state that they would repair the leaking tubes after they had restored 4472 ""Flying Scotsman"", but after examination it was found that the locomotive required more work than first thought and was unlikely to be operational in the foreseeable future. In late 2015, ""City of Truro"", along with 'King' No. 6000 ""King George V"", returned to STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway (located at the site of the old railway works in Swindon), and both were put on display"
"Norfolk and Western 2156 Norfolk & Western 2156 is the strongest-pulling extant steam locomotive in the world, although it is not operational. It is a four-cylinder compound articulated (Mallet) locomotive with a 2-8-8-2 (Whyte notation) wheel arrangement. The Norfolk & Western Railway built it in 1942 at its Roanoke Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, and it was part of the Norfolk & Western's Y6a class. It was retired from regular rail service in July 1959, and today it is owned by the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. In 2014, the St. Louis Museum of Transportation announced that a"