Just wondering if any British train fans know when the LNER Flying Scotsman & LMS Princess Elizabeth were built and when they each went into service?
Thanks in advance.
Rob
Thanks in advance.
Rob
RailRon said:The LNER 'Flying Scotsman' #4472 (here is a picture) was built as a 3-cylinder Gresley A1 Pacific in 1923. 1934 she officially topped 100mph - and for this she became world famous. (However, 1935 another A3 #2750 'Papyrus' was even 5 mph faster, but this went by almost unnoticed!)
The LMS class 7P Pacific #6201 'Princess Elisabeth' (here's a picture, too) was built 1933.
Both engines are preserved. However, I don't know when and where they are (still) running (again)???
Ron
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LoudMusic said:Looking at those two engines it's easy to see where Thomas the Tank Engine came from. I always thought Thomas and his friends were a bit cartoonish and clowny, but that's the way the engines were really made in that part of the world.
60103 said:Mr Music: Gordon is the same class as Flying Scotsman. Awdry based all his engines on real ones, but his artists let him down. One artist didn't believe the loco as he drew it, so it came out differently. (Need to check details.) There was one (the same one?) who refused to go down to the station to see what they looked like. See the book The Thomas-the-Tank-Engine Man which is a biography of Awdry.
Robert: have you been buying more Tri-Ang?
RailRon said:Rob, I made a quick search on Amazon und found the reference here.
As you can see, the book is obviously out of print, and just as obvioulsy it is a much sought-after item. Thus the whopping second hand price of $132!
Perhaps you'll be luckier if you look for it at e-bay?
Ron
60103 said:Rob: I've had the bio for a number of years; itis a bg book and might have been $40 to 50.
Awdry based many of his stories on actual happenings; he always tried to make them possible. I think some of the recent additions have been a biy un-plausible.