Friday, December 18, 2020

Friday Night Steam

 Tonight, we're going 'across the Pond'!

Put your feet up, grab a cold one (or a cuppa) and enjoy! 




Flying Scotsman
Kentford - 60103 climbing towards Minehead.JPG
Flying Scotsman on the West Somerset Railway on 11 September 2017 in BR green livery with prominent German-style smoke deflectors and double chimney.

Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerNigel Gresley
BuilderDoncaster Works
Build dateFebruary 1923
Websitewww.flyingscotsman.org.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-6-2
Gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.80 in (2,032 mm) diameter
Length70 ft (21.34 m)
Height13 ft (3.96 m)
Loco weight96.25 long tons (97.79 t; 107.80 short tons)
Cylinders3

Performance figures
Tractive effort
  • as built: 29,835 lbf (132.71 kN)
  • as A3: 32,910 lbf (146.39 kN)

Career
OperatorsLondon and North Eastern Railway, British Railways
ClassA3
Numbers
  • 1472 (to February 1924)
  • 4472 (February 1924 – January 1946)
  • 502 (January–May 1946)
  • 103 (May 1946–December 1948)
  • 60103 (December 1948 on)
Official nameFlying Scotsman
Retired15 January 1963
Restored1968, 1996, 2016
Current ownerNational Railway Museum

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3 comments:

  1. John in PhillyDecember 19, 2020 at 6:49 PM

    I saw her in the late sixties when she passed through Philadelphia.
    That trip didn't end so well, and she sat on the West Coast for a while before being sold.
    It's great that they brought her back.

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  2. indyjonesouthereDecember 21, 2020 at 7:17 PM

    It would have been great to see Sean Connery taking a ride on the Scotsman...perhaps in the cab.

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