Flying Scotsman

I suspect there will, but hopefully the NRM and Rileys will put their foot down and squash such aspirations at the start.

 

And if the train does need 8p power, there is always 60163, repaint in in BR green, no one would tell them apart

 

No one?

 

I would

 

And me plus thousands of others.

 

It's a typically arrogant assertion that the majority of the general public doesn't recognise that steam locomotives are different. I remember one photter on a platform at Ropley telling an elderly lady that the apple green locomotive at the platform was Flying Scotsman. He was somewhat astonished when the lady in question replied that the locomotive was in fact Tornado and that her father had driven her classmate, Kestrel, in the 1950s...

 

Report it to the paper then, and they will remove it....

 

The real answer is you cannot generalise! I was once surprised to asked in all seriousness, whether a certain locomotive was a diesel made to look like a steam engine. Apart from the usual whisps of steam, the vacuum ejector was especially noisy. These people did not come over as "unsophisticated"!

Paul H

 

I certainly agree with that, one of my friends told me he'd seen a steam locomotive and asked me to identify it from his description, I naturally agreed but couldn't get it from his description, he said it was black and had a tender! That was all I got, he's not stupid either, so I can completely relate to the above sentiment

 

It looks like the reverse if you look at their respective schedules so far published for 2016.

 

I did but they haven't yet. Nevertheless I'm surprised anyone was fooled.

 

Scotsman will be looked after as one of my own locomotives, I cannot comment on Tornado................

 

I am sure both will be well looked after to the best abilities of their operators. As an LNER enthusiast I am in heaven this year. It's just such a pity that all three working A4s chose this year gone to retire for overhaul.

 

Your engines are commercial entities, quite properly earning their corn wherever, whenever - customer requests, gets?

 

Err, No 9 is very much alive and well.

 

Is it - my apologies then!

 

Wel its alive anyway.

 

Autumn 1994 when Scotsman visited in BR green having looked through the copies of SVR news I have.

 

I rode behind 60103 at the SVR on 25 September 1994.

 

But think of the future lineup. 5-7 years and you could well see
A1
A2
A3
A4
P2
B1
K3
K4

I am sure other will add whatever I may have missed...

I will happily wait for such potential spectacles.

Does anyone here expect anything less at this point?! Again, good work! Its been impressive to watch the progress, especially over the last year!