Off to Edinburgh by fishers

Off to Edinburgh

I'm indulging myself a bit today, with another shot of the Flying Scotsman as it begins to pull away from platform 10 at York, at the start of it's journey to Edinburgh.

There is some confusion about the name 'Flying Scotsman'. First it is the name of a train service between London and Edinburgh which ran for many years beginning in 1862, officially known as the Special Scotch Express, but known unoficially by it's patrons as the Flying Scotsman. This name was oficially adopted from 1924 and is still used.

The second use of the name 'Flying Scotsman' was on a locomotive built in 1923 and used on the Flying Scotsman train service, and which you see after several rebuilds in this shot.

The locomotive set two world records for steam traction, becoming the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at reaching 100 miles per hour (160.9 km/h) on 30 November 1934, and then setting a record for the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive when it ran 422 miles (679 km) on 8 August 1989 while in Australia. I should add that there were other claims to be the first steam locomotive to reach 100mph, but the Flying Scotsman was the first with confirmed evidence that it happened.

Ian
A fav, of course!
June 26th, 2021  
Great shot, love the steam.
June 26th, 2021  
Nice shot, love the steam!
June 26th, 2021  
Super capture, and info, glad you enjoyed all the excitement.
June 26th, 2021  
Neat capture...That steam gives this shot energy :).
June 26th, 2021  
How wonderful would be great to travel on it
June 26th, 2021  
Beautiful train and capture. Fav.
June 26th, 2021  
nice
June 27th, 2021  
Great to read that a record was set in Australia
June 27th, 2021  
wonderful capture, love the steam
fav
June 27th, 2021  
What a beauty
June 27th, 2021  
Beautiful and wow what a story! Thanks.
June 27th, 2021  
Pat
A brilliant shot of this train, I love the steam.
Great info as always Ian, fav.
June 27th, 2021  
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Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

I did like seeing some of the security staff, on the right with their yellow safety jackets, busy taking photos themselves!

Ian
June 27th, 2021  
Bri
Love it, the steam adds so much to the sense of power and motion, fav
June 27th, 2021  
@bybri

Thank you Bri - I agree, there is something special about watching a steam locomotive hard at work.

Ian
July 1st, 2021  
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