Opinion and Answer 23 Edition 36: Flying Scotsman
Good Sunday Afternoon everyone, It's time for another edition of Opinion & Answer. On today's edition, I want to join in talking about the Flying Scotsman. Sadly, I meant to do this Opinion & Answer as a special edition back on Flying Scotsman's birthday back on Friday February 24th but didn't get a chance to do so on that day but now I decided to do so to make it up.
-Conductor Wolf
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As for Scotsman's birthday 2023, the Flying Scotsman is currently 100 years old and is still going strong according to the National Railway Museum website (Link at the bottom). So who is the Flying Scotsman and how did the steam locomotive get the name?
So first off, Who is the Flying Scotsman?: (What is bold below is US measurement including Feet)
According to the National Railway Museum,
- the Flying Scotsman started life as just another of Sir Nigel Gresley's A1 class of locomotives.
- Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 at Doncaster Works at the cost of £7,944 pounds ($9559.80 dollars).
- Flying Scotsman's weight comes in at 97 tonnes (213,848 lbs) and an overall length of 70 feet (21.336 meters).
Also according to the National Railway Museum, Flying Scotsman is the official first locomotive to reach 100 mph, and the first to circumnavigate the globe while also holding the world record for a non-stop run in a steam locomotive, set in 1989 with a 422-mile trip.
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So How did Flying Scotsman get his name? & his first Ownership
Well first off, in terms "Flying Scotsman", I'm referring to how the famous Sir Nigel Gresley's A1 pacific got the name of "Flying Scotsman".
The A1 Pacific got the name "Flying Scotsman" in 1924 based on a rail service known as Special Scotch Express that first ran in 1862, with simultaneous departures at 10:00 from the Great Northern Railway's London King's Cross station and the North British Railway's Edinburgh Waverley station.
Its first owner was in 1963 by the name of Alan Pegler bought Flying Scotsman and through the negation got the flying Scotsman to be restored and owned it until the disaster trip during the second time Flying Scotsman was traveling around the United States.
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And that concludes another edition of my opinion & answer for today folks. Join us again next Sunday for another edition of opinion & answer. In the meantime check out this link below for further information:
