Hi I from India. My dad, who had spent a few years in England in the 1950s told me about the Flying Scotsman. Once while returning from an office trip he got me a clock work model of the train. That was 55 years ago, I still have that train set. My dad passed away in 2009.
Such a beautiful steam engine!! It's a beautiful sight. I'm jealous I can't see this wonderful engine in person because I'm American but I appreciate videos like this to show her true power and beauty.
@@bennickss Sorry, i can remember my dad taking me to see the Flying Scotsman as a little kid, it was about 1960, he knew how much i loved the train, so when he heard it was coming to our local station he took me to see it, the driver even lifted me up onto the platform, i was only 5yrs old but the memory of that day, and of my dad will stick with me forever.
There's a woman on the platform who runs in fear when the steam shoots out of the cylinder drains as 60103 leaves. I laugh every time I see her jump and run.
Yeah. Because "live steam" can't hurt you and it would be way smarter to just stand there. Maybe she has some friend or family member who was injured or killed in a boiler explosion or other steam "incident". Or maybe she's just a hell of a lot smarter and/or has better reflexes than you do. Or maybe she was there at the time responding while you sit here on your ass watching a video.
Not much of it is 98 years old, many new boilers, double chimney, long lap valves, corridor tender, RHD to LHD, smoke deflectors, buffer beam cut down, air brakes fitted and the cab cut down, probably more, just like Triggers broom!
@@robertrich663 I remember seeing it in the nrm workshop. It was in bits. I think a lot of the work was done at the east lancs railway which is up the road from me.
Thanks to a lot of mechanical tinkering she's actually more powerful than she ever was during her heyday, when she was first built as an A1her tractive effort was 29,835 lbf with her upgrade to an A3 it was upped to 32,910 lbf but today it's around the 40,000lbf mark.
Move to Scotland (Edinburgh) and you'll also get to see this beastie with another magnificent example of Victorian engineering,when it crosses the Forth Rail Bridge.
This magnificent locomotive, looking great and ready to make an impressive departure, and then the sound of a tea kettle comes out of it! Really just cries out for an American multi-chime whistle with a little "depth" to it.
scotsman had a american whistle for a few years funily enough, along with a few other modifications to make her able to run on the american mainlines for a few years during her ill fated tour of the states and that american whistle she had doesn't sound as good as the one she had from doncaster
@@cameronrichardson3108 There's a group in the Eastern U. S. that is building a replica of a Pennsy loco that was probably faster than "Mallard", and they may get a chance to do an official speed run to see if it is.
@@paulw.woodring7304 hmmm will be interesting to see but as it stands now and for a while yet possibly even forever mallard is the fastest steam loco ever made
Spider-Man // Alex And Jetzers In the RWS canon, Gordon was the prototype for the Gresley Pacifics, so technically he is the older brother to Scotsman.
York... my home city, and my uncle was a chef on that train, back when it was in regular service. That is not inside the main part of the station, which is also a beautiful historic building, built on a curve.
Even the most experienced driver's can't help it, if the engine slips, they need to get her back under control fast. That little slip was nothing, and the driver did very well to get the train going again.
@@oliverthegreatwesternengin8029 maybe but on that gradient she shouldn't have slipped at all and especially if the driver was being careful! You can not slip on a 1 in 49 so this is easy
It's to blow out water in the cylinders that has condensed from the steam. Water doesn't compress, so if they didn't do this it could blow open the cylinder or bend the piston rod.
Old Scotty was not always such a picture of pride. I well remember her , sitting i the sidings at Twicke ham Station, a semi-derelict mess, for many months. Then someone with more money than sense bought her as a restoration project. After canging hands, several times, she was aquired by a multi-millionaire construction magnate , of the McAlpine family. Several kings ransoms, and a lot of hard labour, later, she emerged , resplendant, as the engineering masterpiece she is today. Lonh live The Flying Scotsman
Came to see the wibble in the comments and I wasn't disappointed. Scrap it, saves everyone from moaning that it's the wrong shade of green or the numbers wrong.
I watched the whole video waiting for it to slip. Call that one tiny bit of slippage a 'slip'? It was extremely well controlled, hardly worth mentioning in the title (I won't say 'clickbait' because it's a nice video)
@@russellgreen3375 shame they changed the number though and removed the second tender, guess it was part of the new look Scotsman was getting during it's refit
Some steam trains are the first also. Those with hotmetal heaters, The inside energy in an alloy of metals is brought out to make heat. Google on my name. If you drive a diesel you live 60y old steam 70y electric overhead. 85y Clean steam 110y because it is a meditating locomotive. This is the return of steam.
lets hope all the do-good brigade,don,t try to stop them running, when ordinary coal is banned in 2023,i,m 100% totaly against the idea of banning ordinary coal & wet wood,has i burn over 3 ton of it every winter,i,m gonna have to use smokless fuel,but i wouldn,t like to think they would stop these machine,s running or to burn smokeless fuel( thats if they can use smokeless fuel) just because the do- good brigade don,t like it,i say to-hell with them
Thats NOT the PROPER Flying Scotsman she was 4472 and APPLE GREEN.......ANGRY FACE........PUT HER BACK AS SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE!!!!! (this is no comment on the superb video BTW) just a rant. My father took me to see her LAST day in BR service and they changed her from those original colours. :(((((
I personally don't care what livery a locomotive is in, as long as she carries on doing what she does best, and not get stuffed and mounted like some taxidermists wet dream.
Hi I from India. My dad, who had spent a few years in England in the 1950s told me about the Flying Scotsman. Once while returning from an office trip he got me a clock work model of the train. That was 55 years ago, I still have that train set. My dad passed away in 2009.
A treasured memory then. Condolences to you.
Good for you...
Sorry to hear about the passing of your dad.
Sorry for your loss
Sorry to hear about your loss.
Such a beautiful steam engine!! It's a beautiful sight. I'm jealous I can't see this wonderful engine in person because I'm American but I appreciate videos like this to show her true power and beauty.
If you were born in 1963 *DAB*
It actually did a North American tour. Almost didn't make it back. Nearly got scrapped there.
his* true power and beauty
no offence i just corrected you
Its things like the scotsman that makes you proud to be british,it brings a lump to my throat every time i see it.
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@@bennickss ?
macca what do you mean by ‘brings a lump to my throat’?
@@bennickss Sorry, i can remember my dad taking me to see the Flying Scotsman as a little kid, it was about 1960, he knew how much i loved the train, so when he heard it was coming to our local station he took me to see it, the driver even lifted me up onto the platform, i was only 5yrs old but the memory of that day, and of my dad will stick with me forever.
I shit you not my father did that from me when scotsman came to newport a few years back except I wasnt aloud on the footplate
There's a woman on the platform who runs in fear when the steam shoots out of the cylinder drains as 60103 leaves. I laugh every time I see her jump and run.
Wow, that's hilarious! Never saw that.
I laughed too because when I was a kid I used to be terrified of steam locomotive suddenly giving a burst of loud steam.
Austin1987VCR she thinks it’s gonna explode
Like it hasn't happened with those old shitpiles in the past?
Yeah. Because "live steam" can't hurt you and it would be way smarter to just stand there. Maybe she has some friend or family member who was injured or killed in a boiler explosion or other steam "incident". Or maybe she's just a hell of a lot smarter and/or has better reflexes than you do. Or maybe she was there at the time responding while you sit here on your ass watching a video.
The legend on the line for which it was built!
A whole century old and still looks brand new. Long life Flying Scotsman!
Not much of it is 98 years old, many new boilers, double chimney, long lap valves, corridor tender, RHD to LHD, smoke deflectors, buffer beam cut down, air brakes fitted and the cab cut down, probably more, just like Triggers broom!
@@robertrich663 I remember seeing it in the nrm workshop. It was in bits. I think a lot of the work was done at the east lancs railway which is up the road from me.
Thanks to a lot of mechanical tinkering she's actually more powerful than she ever was during her heyday, when she was first built as an A1her tractive effort was 29,835 lbf with her upgrade to an A3 it was upped to 32,910 lbf but today it's around the 40,000lbf mark.
That moment that you realize that Microsoft Train simulator got the chuff dead on
Yeah. Its called recording live sound and then "converting" it into a "digital file" and then "reproducing it" in a computer game.
Rude much?
I think the chuff is spot in Railworks Train Simulator 2022.
There is an elegance to the aesthetics of a steam locomotive that modern trains just don't have.
Absolutely stunning and remarkable footage! Such a pleasure to view. Thank you!
1:22 Perfect wheel slip for scotsman
I never see this kind of engine. I hope one day I can visit it.
What a beaut. For any British railfans here can one of you tell me what that crank on her last drive wheel is?
What beautiful beasts these big locos are!
Speaking of big loco, have you seen the stream locomotive called Big Boy?
A great piece of engineering, and a beautiful serene train
I always wonder what that thing is connected to the end of Flying Scotsman's coupling rod?
That black one? That's the speedomitor, it show's the driver the current speed of the wheels.
@@oliverthegreatwesternengin8029 ooooh I've always wondered how dials worked before onboard electricity
never realized how small the pistons were
Not small when you are up close to them
They could look small compared to the loco from a distance. They are quite large and powerful
Man, I badly want to move to england. Just for the heritage railways.
Move to Scotland (Edinburgh) and you'll also get to see this beastie with another magnificent example of Victorian engineering,when it crosses the Forth Rail Bridge.
Beautiful looking engine I’ve got the Hornby flying Scotsman on my layout
If you count the beats per revolution of the wheels you'll notice it has 3 cylinders, one is between the chassis
This magnificent locomotive, looking great and ready to make an impressive departure, and then the sound of a tea kettle comes out of it! Really just cries out for an American multi-chime whistle with a little "depth" to it.
Yous still jealous that we made that fastest steam loco IN THE WORLD, EVER! 🤣🤣🤣
scotsman had a american whistle for a few years funily enough, along with a few other modifications to make her able to run on the american mainlines for a few years during her ill fated tour of the states and that american whistle she had doesn't sound as good as the one she had from doncaster
@@electrohalo8798 Not every U. S. whistle is all that "pretty", but many are.
@@cameronrichardson3108 There's a group in the Eastern U. S. that is building a replica of a Pennsy loco that was probably faster than "Mallard", and they may get a chance to do an official speed run to see if it is.
@@paulw.woodring7304 hmmm will be interesting to see but as it stands now and for a while yet possibly even forever mallard is the fastest steam loco ever made
Gordon: haveing trouble little brother?
Scotsman: Not really.
After that, Gordon was fined for speeding
I got a little bit too excited, little brother.
It’s actually big brother
Spider-Man // Alex And Jetzers In the RWS canon, Gordon was the prototype for the Gresley Pacifics, so technically he is the older brother to Scotsman.
York... my home city, and my uncle was a chef on that train, back when it was in regular service. That is not inside the main part of the station, which is also a beautiful historic building, built on a curve.
Driver skills on show here, just enough power right on the limit controlling wheep slip.
Good "drivers" with good equipment don't put the locomotive into wheelslip to have to "control" in the first place.
Even the most experienced driver's can't help it, if the engine slips, they need to get her back under control fast.
That little slip was nothing, and the driver did very well to get the train going again.
@@deeremeyer1749 exactly I call that bad driving!
@@oliverthegreatwesternengin8029 maybe but on that gradient she shouldn't have slipped at all and especially if the driver was being careful! You can not slip on a 1 in 49 so this is easy
If you arent sure Wheel spin on steam trains is caused when the regulator is applied to etc Full when just leaving a station or too slow it will spin.
To this day, locomotives will always amaze me. There pulling power and beutiful looks out shine modern day trains 🕊
Wheelslip is just moonwalking for trains
Blyat
my left ear enjoyed this greatly :P
So majestic
The Flying Scotsman can pull 12 cars!? Damn!
0:38 I’ve always wondered: why do steam locomotives always shoot steam out of the cylinders before moving? It always confused me! 😂
It's to blow out water in the cylinders that has condensed from the steam. Water doesn't compress, so if they didn't do this it could blow open the cylinder or bend the piston rod.
@@KingdaToro yes or worse cause a piston to shatter or water could damage the steam pipes
It’s also to pre-heat the cylinders and pistons to prevent incoming steam condensing.
What a beautiful locomotive.
I Love this Flying Scotsman - I Liked & Subscribed 👍😎
My number 1 favorite number for the LNER Class A3 Flying Scotsman (1923) today in the 21st century (2000-) part of the 3rd millennium (2000-) is 4472.
How many carriages was it pulling!!!
That's what I call "blowing off some steam"
Imagine hopping on the running plate for the journey
Was that David "wheelslip" Walker on the footlate?
How many coaches is it pulling? Seems a hell of a lot !
Atleast 10. If not more. These steam locomotives can pull less coaches at higher speeds.
She looks dam fine considering she is 97 years old
Old Scotty was not always such a picture of pride. I well remember her , sitting i the sidings at Twicke ham Station, a semi-derelict mess, for many months. Then someone with more money than sense bought her as a restoration project. After canging hands, several times, she was aquired by a multi-millionaire construction magnate , of the McAlpine family.
Several kings ransoms, and a lot of hard labour, later, she emerged , resplendant, as the engineering masterpiece she is today.
Lonh live The Flying Scotsman
What is the purpose of the crank on the rear driver? I don't think I've ever seen anything like that on a steamer
Speedometer I think. If you look up "Smiths locomotive spedometer" you can see ones that look just like it.
@@sammurabi4743 Interesting, you seem to be correct thank you. I've never encountered such a thing before.
Scotsman is majestic!
cannot be surpassed in elegance.
Let’s face it. Old trains are way cooler than any modern plane.
What is that thing on the side rod on the third drive wheel
That's the speedometer
Featuring wheel slip ? - All one and half seconds of it !!!!!!!
They really are living beasts!
I'm confused where is the second tender?
the second tender is on Bittern
What time is the wheel slip at ?
1:23
What type of coaches are those?
British Railways Mark 1 coach, theyre maded with lightweight wood and has a top speed of 100 mph
Came to see the wibble in the comments and I wasn't disappointed. Scrap it, saves everyone from moaning that it's the wrong shade of green or the numbers wrong.
What a beautiful piece of british engineering today they wouldn't have a clue how to build this machine from the wheels up
*Laughs in 60163 Tornado*
12 on the hook and no banker, over 450 tons, steam power at its best!
carefull scotsman don’t break ur wheels
Magnificent so too the driver 😍
Love the livery and that power!
Now that I call a work of art.
This is amzing
They don’t seem to blow out the cylinders much starting off.
I'm looking for some armchairs saying how they could have driven her with out wheelslip
I watched the whole video waiting for it to slip. Call that one tiny bit of slippage a 'slip'? It was extremely well controlled, hardly worth mentioning in the title (I won't say 'clickbait' because it's a nice video)
Is Buffet a female name in English?
1:22 flavor pls?
Your lucky! Most of America’s steam engine are almost all gone
There are more of them than you might think if you know where to look.
i love these marvelous machine,s,infact,i love anything that can burn coal,
Steam trains are the best theyswill never be beaten
they actually can, that is theyre more labor intensive and their maintenance and plumbing nightmare
❤ Flying Scotsman
Thought the Scotsmen was an LNER loco, unless they were absorbed into BR
LNER (and the other big four companies, GWR, SR and LMS) were nationalised into BR in 1948
@@russellgreen3375 shame they changed the number though and removed the second tender, guess it was part of the new look Scotsman was getting during it's refit
My favourite steam engine 🚂🚂
Some steam trains are the first also. Those with hotmetal heaters, The inside energy in an alloy of metals is brought out to make heat.
Google on my name. If you drive a diesel you live 60y old steam 70y electric overhead. 85y Clean steam 110y because it is a meditating locomotive. This is the return of steam.
If you say so! 🙄🙄🙄
..what
Three cylindar locomotive. Awesome.
Thanks for sharing
OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!’ My fav Steam Locomotive
Express comin through!
That is a big funnel for a train
Change the cylinder in 1:23
Thanks love it
Nice Video
Who do the coaches have feminine names?
Amogh S it's based on the practice of the Pullman Company in the UK, where all first class coaches were given female names.
Dat moment when you realise Gordon is Scotsman’s brother
Gordon is LNER A1. Scott is A3 and Spencer is LNER A4
@@AnubhabKundu eh the 3s would be brothers since theyre maded by the same father, Sir Nigel Gresley
She needs a better whistle
Seriously beautiful looking machine, and I don't even like trais
💜💜💜💜💜👍👍👍
Title should be ' slight ' slip
Majestic....
1:23 thank me later
Lovely
I like the meaningless chatter that 4 to 9 year olds keep on at railway stations.
Some wheel slip at 1:23
lets hope all the do-good brigade,don,t try to stop them running, when ordinary coal is banned in 2023,i,m 100% totaly against the idea of banning ordinary coal & wet wood,has i burn over 3 ton of it every winter,i,m gonna have to use smokless fuel,but i wouldn,t like to think they would stop these machine,s running or to burn smokeless fuel( thats if they can use smokeless fuel) just because the do- good brigade don,t like it,i say to-hell with them
Idiot!
By releasing the pressure from the cylinders the engine is sterilising the track's of rodents......😤😤😤
Thats NOT the PROPER Flying Scotsman she was 4472 and APPLE GREEN.......ANGRY FACE........PUT HER BACK AS SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE!!!!!
(this is no comment on the superb video BTW) just a rant. My father took me to see her LAST day in BR service and they changed her from those original colours. :(((((
but she was in BR green, she wore that during her BR days as did Mallard
I'd like to see her in wartime black again. She looks great in black
I personally don't care what livery a locomotive is in, as long as she carries on doing what she does best, and not get stuffed and mounted like some taxidermists wet dream.
Pheonix724 you mean he. Scotsman is a male
@@WesleyO05 Actually,Scotsman is an she. Hell,even Sir Nigel Gresley called Scotsman "old girl"
1:23 your wheelslip
well that train slipped
00:39 thats nitro purge
One way to froth a cappuccino
WHEELSLIPER!!
Buy yourself a tripod
Chaz Harrison buy yourself a life...
For a great locomotive, it has the most pathetic whistle
Hmm that was bad in the early days of the loco
1:20 wheel slip
Flying Scotsman and tornado and mallard
3 record holders
12 carriages