Firing The Flying Scotsman And Other Great Locomotives

Author : Ken Issitt
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752490478
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Firing the Flying Scotsman and Other Great Locomotives written by Ken Issitt and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Bob Gwynne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747811571
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flying Scotsman written by Bob Gwynne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-20 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : R H N Hardy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784424714
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flying Scotsman Pocket-Book written by R H N Hardy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Colin G. Maggs
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750997818
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amazing and Curious Railway Tales written by Colin G. Maggs and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Andrew Roden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781842626917
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Scotsman written by Andrew Roden and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Andrew Roden, this book tells the fascinating story of the world's most famous train - the Flying Scotsman.

Author : James S. Baldwin
Publisher : History PressLtd
ISBN 13 : 9780752494524
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flying Scotsman Story written by James S. Baldwin and published by History PressLtd. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing the esteemed history of the world's most famous locomotive Few locomotives are as widely known or excite so much interest as the Flying Scotsman. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in 1923, the locomotive became a flagship for the London and North Eastern Railway and represented them at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 and 1925. Thus began Flying Scotsman's fame, which only continued as the locomotive broke records, becoming the first to exceed 100mph in 1934 and taking the longest journey of any steam locomotive in 1988–89. Passing through such hands as Alan Pegler's and Pete Waterman's after her retirement from British Railways, Flying Scotsman is now in public hands for restoration. Here James S. Baldwin uses his expert knowledge and unrivaled collection of images to highlight the illustrious career of this world-famous locomotive.

Author : Geoffrey Wheeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781854229472
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fired by Steam written by Geoffrey Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan Pegler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711001077
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Scotsman written by Alan Pegler and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True stories of the Flying Scotsman.

Author : Angus Sinclair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Firing Locomotives written by Angus Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fred Kerr
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 147389994X
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Scotsman written by Fred Kerr and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.