Firing The Flying Scotsman And Other Great Locomotives
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Firing The Flying Scotsman And Other Great Locomotives
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Author : Ken Issitt
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-07-01
Firing The Flying Scotsman And Other Great Locomotives written by Ken Issitt and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Remembering the romance of a bygone era, with all the dirt, grime and risks the job entailed! Fast train fireman Ken Issitt worked on the footplate from the late 1940s to 1960, experiencing firing some of the greatest locomotives from the Flying Scotsman to Coltimore and Blink Bonney. The work was hard and conditions were tough but little did Ken know at the time that he was experiencing the last years of steam; he would never have imagined the romantic associations the period evokes today. Through a number of short accounts the past comes vividly to life, via short stories about train crashes, pea-soup fogs, and fires going out. From the beginning of a shift, donning overalls and making up a packing, and from shunting in the marshalling yard to flying along with an express train at 80mph, Ken Issitt describes what life on the footplate was like across the final years of steam, his tales beautifully brought to life by Chris Bates's charming pen and ink illustrations.
The Flying Scotsman
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Author : Bob Gwynne
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-08-20
The Flying Scotsman written by Bob Gwynne and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-20 with History categories.
The Flying Scotsman is probably the most famous railway locomotive in the world. It first caused a sensation for its beauty and its speed in 1923, and it soon became a national icon. The fastest and most comfortable way of travelling between London and Scotland, The Flying Scotsman only got faster and more luxurious as competition from other routes, airlines, and the motor car threatened. From 1928 it began running non-stop, an achievement that earned it yet more attention. This superbly illustrated book celebrates the much-loved locomotive, the train that shared its name, the route it took, and how it captured the imagination of the nation.
Flying Scotsman
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Author : Andrew Roden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Flying Scotsman written by Andrew Roden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Flying Scotsman (Locomotive) categories.
Written by Andrew Roden, this book tells the fascinating story of the world's most famous train - the Flying Scotsman.
The Flying Scotsman Pocket Book
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Author : R H N Hardy
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-06-11
The Flying Scotsman Pocket Book written by R H N Hardy and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-11 with Transportation categories.
The LNER Class A3 Pacific locomotive No. 4472 'Flying Scotsman' is one of the world's most iconic steam engines. It was built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works to a design by Nigel Gresley. Taking its name from the London to Edinburgh non-stop service on which it was employed, 'Flying Scotsman' worked many long-distance express trains in a career in which it covered more than 2,000,000 miles (3,200,000 km). This fascinating pocket-book tells the story of this distinguished locomotive through authentic period literature including LNER and BR service manuals, giving an insight into her construction and operation from the height of her fame in the 1930s through to the end of her BR service in 1963.
Flying Scotsman
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Author : Fred Kerr
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2016-11-30
Flying Scotsman written by Fred Kerr and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-30 with Transportation categories.
Built at Doncaster works in 1923 the Nigel Gresley designed then-A1 class Pacific (4-6-2) first entered service as No 1472. The new locomotive did not receive a name until it was sent for display at a Wembley exhibition in 1924, and then the name Fying Scotsman was chosen. The Legend was born. In 1928 the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) express steam locomotive hauled the first nonstop service from London to Edinburgh and in 1934 went on to break through the 100mph barrier.In addition to regularly hauling express trains for the LNER and later British Railways (BR), the Gresley steam icon has also traveled to, and worked passenger trains in, North America and Australia. Withdrawn by BR in January 1963 as BR No 60103, the locomotive was bought for preservation and soon became a regular sight on mainline specials and at preserved railways. The locomotives history in preservation is an interesting if not chequered one, however stability is now assured as Flying Scotsman has rightly become a part of the national collection administered by the National Railway Museum (NRM). The excitement which surrounded the return to steam of Flying Scotsman in 2016, and the ongoing celebrity status afforded to the famous Gresley designed engine, are perchance confirmation of the fact that it is The Worlds Most Famous Steam Locomotive. The most famous phrase entered into locomotive preservation folklore when first broadcast by John Noakes, a BBC TV Blue Peter presenter. A great many words have been written about the engineering specification and in service performance of Flying Scotsman. Accordingly, this keepsake publication simply uses carefully selected images, dating from the BR steam era to the present day, to celebrate the Return of the Legend. This publication includes a selection of QR Codes with links to items of film footage.
The Flying Scotsman
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Author : Brian Sharpe
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2009-01-01
The Flying Scotsman written by Brian Sharpe and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with History categories.
From hauling the first non-stop express from London to Edinburgh in 1928 and breaking the 100mph barrier in 1934, to being sold in 1963, and to its final home at the York National Railway Centre, The Flying Scotsman has a rich and, at times, controversial history.It has traveled across the USA and steamed across Australia, changed owners and color and sold for the highest price ever paid for a locomotive. Relive the great age of steam and follow the making of the legend that is apple green and called Flying Scotsman. An informative and highly illustrated account of British Steam engines and railways, which includes concise, appealing articles on locomotive development and industrial progress.
Flying Scotsman
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Author : BRIAN. SHARPE
language : en
Publisher: Gresley
Release Date : 2020-02-19
Flying Scotsman written by BRIAN. SHARPE and has been published by Gresley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-19 with categories.
Brian Sharpe tells the story of the legendary steam locomotive.
Flying Scotsman
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Author : Andrew Roden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Flying Scotsman written by Andrew Roden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Steam locomotives categories.
If ever there was a steam locomotive with nine lives, it is the Flying Scotsman. Preserved in the sixties when most steam locomotives were sent to the scrapyard, she has gone through a succession of owners who have taken her across the United States, Australia - even had her hauling the Orient Express - before being rescued for the nation at the eleventh hour by the National Railway Museum after an urgent appeal raised millions. Now she has been extensively overhauled again so that she may once again stem out into the main line.
Fired By Steam
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Author : Geoffrey Wheeler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Fired By Steam written by Geoffrey Wheeler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Children's literature categories.
Amazing And Curious Railway Tales
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Author : Colin G. Maggs
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2021-06-17
Amazing And Curious Railway Tales written by Colin G. Maggs and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-17 with Transportation categories.
Who won in a race between a train and a pigeon? How can you warn bats to leave a railway tunnel? Before the era of the car, which railway company carried the most prisoners? Colin G. Maggs has collected all of these answers – and more! – in Amazing and Curious Railway Tales, a compendium of stories, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.