Why is it called the Flying Scotsman?
The Flying Scotsman was named in 1923 after the passenger service from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh Waverley on the east coast mainline, and became a major marketing tool for its owners at a time of fierce competition between rival rail companies.
Why does the Flying Scotsman have two tenders?
The only time that two tenders appeared on a LNER Pacific was after Alan Pegler bought Flying Scotsman out of service. He found that there were insufficient coaling and water facilities (including water troughs) due to the politicos indecent haste to “modernise” the railways.
Where did the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway get its locomotives?
The locomotive history of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway grew out of two independent traditions; The Manchester & Leeds Railway and its acquisitions (becoming the LYR in 1847), which had its locomotive works at Miles Platting in Manchester, and the East Lancashire Railway which did not become part of the LYR until 1859.
What is the best book on the Lancashire&Yorkshire Railway?
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in the Twentieth Century (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0656-0. Paget-Tomlinson, E.W. (2006). The Illustrated History of Canal & River Navigations. Landmark countryside collection. Ashbourne: Landmark. ISBN 978-1-84306-207-3. Reed, M.C. (1996). The London & North Western Railway.
When was Lancashire&Yorkshire Railway Company amalgamated with London&North Western?
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company was amalgamated with London & North Western Railway Company from 1 January 1922 under Amalgamation scheme dated 20 December 1921.
Why are they called High Flyers?
They were known as “High-Flyers” as a result of having a high-pitched boiler that was supposed to increase stability at speed. All passed into London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) ownership on the grouping of 1923, becoming the LMS’s only Atlantic tender engine class.