The Flying Scotsman Pocket-Book

by R H N Hardy

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784424749
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	06/11/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Richard Harry Norman Hardy worked on Britain's railways for over forty years, serving his apprenticeship at Doncaster Locomotive Works and Running Shed between 1941-44, before becoming a shed master, locomotive engineer, divisional manager at King's Cross and Liverpool stations and an Engineering and Research development adviser. He retired in 1982 with more than 60,000 miles of footplate experience on all classes of LNER, GC and GN engines. Richard is the author of four books and numerous articles, originally writing under the pseudonym of Balmore. He completed two autobiographical works, Steam in the Blood (1971) and Railways in the Blood (1985) as well as biographies of Beeching: Champion of the Railway? (1989), and Bert Hooker: Legendary Railwayman (1994).
Richard Harry Norman Hardy worked on Britain's railways for over forty years, serving his apprenticeship at Doncaster Locomotive Works and Running Shed between 1941-44, before becoming a shed master, locomotive engineer, divisional manager at King's Cross and Liverpool stations and an Engineering and Research development adviser. He retired in 1982 with more than 60,000 miles of footplate experience on all classes of LNER, GC and GN engines. Richard is the author of four books and numerous articles, originally writing under the pseudonym of Balmore. He completed two autobiographical works, Steam in the Blood (1971) and Railways in the Blood (1985) as well as biographies of Beeching: Beeching: Champion of the Railway? (1989), and Bert Hooker: Bert Hooker, Legendary Railwayman (1994).

Table of Contents

Introduction by R.H.N. Hardy
British 'Pacific' Locomotives Compared
L.N.E.R. Express Passenger Engine, 4–6–2, Pacific Type, 4472, 'Flying Scotsman' British Empire Exhibition Wembley 1924
New Rolling-Stock for Day East Coast Trains, L.N.E.R.
Locomotive Tender With Side Corridor L.N.E.R.
Inaugural King's Cross–Edinburgh Non-Stop Runs, L.N.E.R.
Spotting the Flying Scotsman
The Permanent Way, Comfort and Curves
On the Flying Scotsman by Eric Gill
A Record L.N.E.R. Run
Working Traffic Of A Double Line Over A Single Line Of Rails During Repairs Or Obstruction
Walschaert's Valve Gear (Inside Admission)
Signals
Alan Pegler interviewed by Hugh Gould 20th September 2000
Locomotive Practice And Performance 'Flying Scotsman'
Locomotive Practice And Performance Non-Stop Again!
A ride on the 'Flying Scotsman'
George Hinchcliffe, Obituary
Fortuitous
Steam in the Blood
'Flying Scotsman's' Australian Marathon
4472: The People's Engine At Last!
The 'Flying Scotsman' – the future