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Flying Scotsman These Resources Are Currently Available Through Search Engine Search Engine Resource Pack Flying Scotsman These resources are currently available through Search Engine. Our list of resources is growing, please fill in a comment form with comments or recommendations. This resource lists a selection of our holdings for the locomotive, LNER Class A3 4- 6-2 The Flying Scotsman, and the Flying Scotsman rail service between London and Edinburgh that ran from 1862. Bibliography Locomotive and Service o Atkins, Phil. Flying Scotsman Manual: An Insight Into Maintaining Operating & Restoring the Legendary Steam Locomotive, Haynes, 2016. E8F/176 o Clifford, David. The world's most famous steam locomotive : Flying Scotsman. Swanage : Finial Publishing, 1997. Shelfmark: E8F/114 o Harris, Nigel. Flying Scotsman : a locomotive legend. St Michael's on Wyre: Silver Link, 1988. Shelfmark: E8F/110 (In Store, please see staff) o Gwynne, Robert. The Flying Scotsman: the train, the locomotive, the legend. Botley : Shire Publications, in association with the National Railway Museum, 2010. Shelfmark: E8F/146 o Hughes, Geoffrey. Flying Scotsman: the people's engine. York: Friends of the National Railway Museum, 2005. Shelfmark: E8F/138 o London and North Eastern Railway The "Flying Scotsman" : the world's most famous express with the world's longest daily non-stop run. 3rd ed., London : London & North Eastern Railway 1929. Shelfmark: G3/77/3P o Martin, Andrew. Belles & whistles : five journeys through time on Britain's trains. London : Profile Books 2014. Shelfmark G3/197 o McLean, Andrew. Flying Scotsman : speed, style and service. Scala Books in association with the National Railway Museum, 2016. G3/205 Created May 2011. Amended February 2016. o NRM Technical File LOCO/LNER 1/1/1-2 o Pegler, Alan. Flying Scotsman. Shepperton : Allan, 1976. Shelfmark: E8E/164 o Roden, Andrew. Flying Scotsman: the extraordinary story of the world's most famous train. London : Aurum, 2007. Shelfmark: E8F/142 o Sharpe, Brian. Flying Scotsman : the legend lives on. Horncastle : Mortons Media Group, 2005. Shelfmark: E8E/441 For more information on the above books or to browse the full range of titles, please search on our library catalogue: www.nrm.org.uk/librarycatalogue Sounds Oral history recordings: o Pegler, Alan F. NAROH2000-66 Railway preservation pioneer, discusses Flying Scotsman. o Wakefield, Teddy NAROH2000-63 Fitter, recounts his memories of working on restoration of many preserved locomotives including Flying Scotsman. There are numerous other oral history recordings that include material related to Flying Scotsman. See Search Engine staff for details of how to access to the recordings. Photographs Locomotive o Photo binders nos. 350-352, 365 LNER Class A1 & A3 locomotives o Photo binder no. 867 LNER 4-6-2, No 4472 Flying Scotsman Images can also be accessed on www.ssplprints.com where you can also buy prints. Service o Photo binders no. 368 and 373 These depict LNER carriages of the types that made up the Flying Scotsman service. Created May 2011. Amended February 2016. Archive Collections Locomotive o LNER brochure "Three-Cylinder Superheated 4-6-2 Pacific Type Express Tender Locomotive exhibited at the British Empire Exhibition Wembley" Object no. 2006-7589. o Engine History cards for No. 4472 Flying Scotsman. Ref. HIST/LNER/7 (Engine history records for LNER 4-6-2 locomotives) o Papers from BR (Eastern Region-Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineer). (3 items): 1.Correspondence Re-Sale of Loco no. 60103 (4472) 'Flying Scotsman' to A F Pegler, May 1962-June 1967. Object no. 1996-7140. o Papers relating to work carried out at Wolverton Works on the carriages which accompanied the Flying Scotsman to the United States. Contains memoranda, notes and copy drawings. Object No. 2004-7419 o Flying Scotsman Australian operating documents - file of documents relating to Flying Scotsman's operations on the V/Line rail network in Victoria, Australia, in 1988 and 1989. Includes working guide for Australian crews, servicing requirements between Melbourne, Alice Springs and Sydney, copy of letter certifying the record non-stop run, details of movements for excursions etc. Object no. 2006-7589. o Papers of Brian Hastings. Brian Hastings was former publicity officer for Flying Scotsman Enterprises and the 4472 Club, and a rail-tour organiser. Items include: Object No. 2015-7168 Various Scotsman Brochures Object No. 2015-7172 Photographs of Scotsman from 1963 to around 1969 o University of St. Andrews Queen's College Railway & Transport Society programme for Flying Scotsman Rail Tour, Edinburgh to Aberdeen via Perth and Aberdeen to Edinburgh via Dundee, 16 May 1964. Includes a note on the history of the Flying Scotsman, details of the route, and a schedule of passing times which has been filled in (the train arrived early in both directions). Object No. 2004-8389 Service o BR(NER) booklet, Named Trains on the East Coast Main Line - Centenary Year of the "Flying Scotsman", 18 June-8 September 1962 Object No. 1994- 8368 o Folder issued by British Railways, 'The Flying Scotsman 1862-1962 Centenary Run King's Cross to Edinburgh, 18 June 1962'. Folder contains 20 individual items; 10 press photographs with captions; timetable (18 June to 8 September 1962) for named trains on the East Coast Mainline in the centenary year of Created May 2011. Amended February 2016. the Flying Scotsman; menu card; wine list; programme for press trip; information regarding the 'Deltic' locomotives; programme of events and arrangements for the centenary run; London to Edinburgh schedule and press release. Also contains two personal photographs; Deltic D9007 'Pinza'; VIP's on platform at King's Cross for the departure of the Flying Scotsman, 18 June 1962. Object No. 2002-7688 o Leaflet giving details about the Flying Scotsman issued by London and North Eastern Railway. Object no. 1998-11266 o Menu card for The Flying Scotsman London-Edinburgh service, circa 1955. Object No. 2005-7596 o Leaflet - 'The Flying Scotsman' Your Journey Times 12th September,1932 to 30th April,1933. Details of the train destinations, mileages, special features of the train, menu and wine list and route of the service between 1850 - 1932. Object No. 2006-7061 o Flying Scotsman Carriage Textiles Third Class Corridor Compartments. Object no. 1986-8367 First Class Smoking Compartments. Object no. 1986-8368 Third Class Restaurant Car. Object no. 1986-8369 Third Class Restaurant Car. Object no. 1986-8370 Buffet Car. Object no. 1986-8371 Buffet Car. Object no. 1986-8372 Engineering Drawings Locomotive There are numerous engineering drawings for the LNER A1 & A3 class locomotives within the Doncaster Works Drawings Archive. A full catalogue for the archive can be consulted in Search Engine. Doncaster LNER 4-6-2 Three-Cylinder Express Passenger Engine General Arrangement (Colour) Created May 2011. Amended February 2016. Doncaster Q-96 – L.N.E.R. 4-6-2 Three-Cylinder General Arrangement Passenger Engine General Arrangement [A1] Doncaster R-129- L.N.E.R. Eight Wheels Corridor Tender [A3] North Eastern Railway 11493D Dynamometer Car [C3] North Eastern Railway 5151 Dynamometer Car – Sections [C4] The Flying Scotsman General Arrangements, Eight Wheels Corridor Tender and Dynamometer Car drawings are kept in stock as part of the Railways on the Drawing Board selection, please ask Search Engine staff for details. Doncaster I-1206 Smoke Deflector Engines with Double Chimney and Blast Pipe Doncaster I-659 Smokebox Arrangement with Double Chimney & Blast- Pipe A3-1 Engine Only Doncaster O-164 L.N.E.R. Class A3 Frame The works drawings lists for the Gresley A1 & A3 class locomotives can also be consulted. Please ask Search Engine staff for details. o List of drawings for A1 locomotives 2000-7238 (AA/A/8/39) Created May 2011. Amended February 2016. o Lists of drawings for A3 locomotives 2000-7250-41 (AA/A/8/41-42) Reproductions of engineering drawings are available to order through our Copying Service, please see http://www.nrm.org.uk/researchandarchive/copyingservice for details. Service LNER Carriage & Wagon 17306N The Flying Scotsman Train Formation LNER Carriage & Wagon 16951 Buffet Lounge Car LNER Carriage & Wagon 14583 Corridor Van Third Posters and Art Works Locomotive 1992-7898 London & North Eastern Railway/Cunard White Star, The United States and Canada Link with the East Coast and the Continent. Poster. 1994-8642 London & North Eastern Railway, 'The Flying Scotsman', photograph of locomotive No 4472 Flying Scotsman with text below advertising book of "The World's Most Famous Train". Poster. Created May 2011. Amended February 2016. 1986-9226 London & North Eastern Railway (LNER). ‘This electrical plant on the LNER automatically cools “The Flying Scotsman” in six minutes’. Artwork by Frank Newbould (1887-1951). Poster. 1977-7799 ‘The Flying Scotsman’ by Terence Cuneo. Colour print. 1977-7406 London and North Eastern Railway 4-6-2 Locomotive No 4472 "Flying Scotsman." Colour print. 1999-7536 Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Then and now, 'The Flying Scotsman', The World's Most Famous Train, 1862 –1930, by A R Thomson, about 1930. Coloured lithograph. Created May 2011. Amended February 2016. Service 1979-7807 Poster, British Railways (North Eastern Region), The Flying Scotsman 1862-1962 by Bagley. Coloured lithograph. Format double royal. 1987-9162 Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, Up to Scotland from King's Cross by Ladislas Freiwirth, about 1930. Coloured lithograph. Format double royal. 1989 -7066 Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, The Flying Scotsman, by Frank Newbould. Created May 2011. Amended February 2016. 1988-8004 London & North Eastern Railway, 'The Flying Scotsman's Cocktail Bar, leaves Kings Cross London & Edinburgh Waverley 10 a.m. every weekday', by Maurice Beck. Poster. Objects Locomotive 1975-8023 Model steam locomotive, 1/24 scale, London & North Eastern Railway 4-6-2 No. 4472 "Flying Scotsman", white cardboard, made by W G Postle of Normanton. 1978-7631 Paperweight, LNER, Flying Scotsman Locomotive No.4472 Pacific Type 4-6-2.
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