Flying Scotsman: The Extraordinary Story of the Worlds Most Famous Train

Enjoyable, if too brief. An odd little book that leaped into my hands at the library. Written with great enthusiasm if to art by a railroad geek.

Flying Scotsman: The Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Famous Train

Found myself captivated by the details of how the last great steam engines were designed, and by life for the passengers one carriage design was scrapped because it didn't permit the serving of hot meals and the crew - being a fireman could mean seven hours of shoveling coal. If nothing else, I now know where Gerry Mulligan got the title for his great big band number "K4 Pac An odd little book that leaped into my hands at the library.

If nothing else, I now know where Gerry Mulligan got the title for his great big band number "K4 Pacific. Jan 22, Matthew Collins rated it really liked it. A great little biography of this marvellous historical locomotive.

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Through many trials and tribulations, Flying Scotsman captured the hearts of many. The excellent book was written as the current restoration was just beginning nearly 10 years ago. The author was not to know what a mammoth project it was to be, but thankfully the locomotive is being returned to steam as we speak.

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World of Books USA was founded in Designed by the great railway engineer Sir Nigel Gresley, in she broke the world speed record.

Saved for preservation after the end of steam in , she re-created her legendary London-Scotland run for her new owner, Alan Pegler. A financially disastrous promotional tour of the US saw her nearly abandoned there, and then she went through several more changes of ownership before being rescued for the nation by the National Railway Museum. Following a lengthy restoration she is expected back in steam in and once again attract thousands to the trackside as she thunders past.

Now Andrew Roden tells the full story of this extraordinary machine's adventures, and of all the railwaymen, entrepreneurs and buccaneers who have devoted their lives, and in more than one case their life savings, to own her, run her and keep the dream of steam alive. Think of the Golden Age of Steam and one train leaps to mind above all others: She broke the world speed record in and has enthralled millions with her beauty and power.

Uniquely, her post-war career has been even more varied and exciting than her early triumphs. Now Andrew Roden tells the Scotsman's remarkable story, from her construction and the glory days between the wars through the decline of steam and her rollercoaster fortunes in the subsequent years: A massive public campaign saved her for the nation and the Flying Scotsman's restoration began in at the National Railway Museum. With the aid of numerous interviews with those involved with the Scotsman over the years, Roden brings her story memorably to life.

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Above all, he asks: Why do thousands of people still line the trackside when she's due to race past? And just what is the eternal appeal of the Flying Scotsman?