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Flying Scotsman
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Flying Scotsman
World famous Flying Scotsman locomotive to pass through Hemel, Berkhamsted and Tring this evening
May 18
Hemel Today
The steam train will be making a flying visit
May 18
Hemel Today
The steam train will be making a flying visit
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Re: Flying Scotsman
See where it is in (nearly) real-time:
5V44 1010 Carnforth Steamtown - Southall WCR (WR)
https://www.opentraintimes.com/schedule ... 2021-05-18
5V44 1010 Carnforth Steamtown - Southall WCR (WR)
https://www.opentraintimes.com/schedule ... 2021-05-18
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Re: Flying Scotsman
If anyone in the southern part of its journey is planning on seeing it tonight, it's running about 40 mins early
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Re: Flying Scotsman
chas49 wrote:If anyone in the southern part of its journey is planning on seeing it tonight, it's running about 40 mins early
It's been very unpredictable. It was an hour and a half early at one point, then held until time. It may continue to run early, but could again have to wait somewhere like Tring to regain it's booked path
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Re: Flying Scotsman
Aaaah, childhood memories of standing by the railings at Watford Junction, waving to the engine drivers as the big beasts - including the Flying Scotsman - came through. And they always waved back!
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Re: Flying Scotsman
staffordian wrote:chas49 wrote:If anyone in the southern part of its journey is planning on seeing it tonight, it's running about 40 mins early
It's been very unpredictable. It was an hour and a half early at one point, then held until time. It may continue to run early, but could again have to wait somewhere like Tring to regain it's booked path
Sadly it appears that all trains for Euston are being held north of Hemel due to a fatality
EDIT: looks like it's past there anyway
Last edited by chas49 on May 18th, 2021, 7:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Flying Scotsman
Mike4 wrote:
Is the FS just the locomotive, or the whole train?
Originally the Flying Scotsman was the name of the express train service between London and Edinburgh. It predates the specific locomotive we're talking about here (LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman), which was named after it, by about 60 years.
EDIT: ok, on checking wikipedia I see the name of the service wasn't officially adopted until about the time of the above locomotive's introduction, so there is a stronger link.
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Re: Flying Scotsman
staffordian wrote:It's been very unpredictable. It was an hour and a half early at one point, then held until time...
Network Rail has been very deliberately obfuscating and rescheduling steam train movements for some years now, because they encourage too many idiots to trespass on the track.
Of course the real enthusiasts have their own networks to report the actual movements. But they’re not daft enough to trespass on the line. The public information is often blurred.
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swill453 wrote:EDIT: ok, on checking wikipedia I see the name of the service wasn't officially adopted until about the time of the above locomotive's introduction, so there is a stronger link.
It only became the “Flying Scotsman” train when a non-stop London-Edinburgh service was introduced. Which of course was only possible due the larger locomotives with corridor tenders.
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