Video of the world famous LNER Pacific A3 60103/4472 Flying Scotsman, came through Wellingborough, Northamptonshire/Northants, on the 4th June 2016. This was filmed on Mill Road Bridge pulling "The Yorkshireman". This iconic figure was built in 1923. It was nice to see it again after 7 years, it was in pieces at the National Railway Museum in York back then.
Below are links to the other Locomotives I have filmed from Mill Road Bridge, Wellingborough Stanton Cross Station, on the East Midland Mainline, it stopped at Kettering after this.
LMS 46233 Duchess of Sutherland, York Yuletide Express, 19th December 2015 [ Ссылка ]
Hastings Unit, Thumper 1001 DEMU, Wellingborough Railway Station, 19th September 2015 [ Ссылка ]
The York Yuletide Express 20th December 2014 - A4 60009 Union of South Africa Wellingborough [ Ссылка ]
Short film I filmed here (Slapstick/Comedy) That Takes the Biscuit [ Ссылка ]
There's also a colour version of the short film [ Ссылка ]
LMS Scots Guardsman 46115, Wellingborough Railway Station, Hauling Robin Hood 9th November 2014. [ Ссылка ]
LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman is a Pacific steam locomotive built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley. It was employed on long-distance express East Coast Main Line trains by the LNER and its successors, British Railways Eastern and North-Eastern Regions, notably on the London to Edinburgh Flying Scotsman train service after which it was named.
The locomotive set two world records for steam traction, becoming the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at reaching 100 miles per hour (160.9 km/h) on 30 November 1934, and then setting a record for the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive when it ran 422 miles (679 km) on 8 August 1989 while in Australia.
Retired from regular service in 1963 after covering 2.08 million miles, Flying Scotsman gained considerable fame in preservation under the ownership of, successively, Alan Pegler, William McAlpine, Tony Marchington, and finally the National Railway Museum (NRM). As well as hauling enthusiast specials in the United Kingdom, the locomotive toured extensively in the United States and Canada from 1969 until 1973 and Australia in 1988/89. Flying Scotsman has been described as the world's most famous steam locomotive.
In 1985, Flying Scotsman appeared in a witty British Rail TV advert.
Flying Scotsman was featured in The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry. The locomotive visited the fictional Island of Sodor in the book Enterprising Engines to visit its only remaining brother: Gordon. At this time it had two tenders, and this was a key feature of the plot of one of the stories, "Tenders for Henry". When the story was filmed for the television series Thomas & Friends, renamed as "Tender Engines" only Flying Scotsman's two tenders were seen outside a shed. He originally was intended to have a larger role in this episode, but because of budgetary constraints, the modelling crew could not afford to build the entire engine.
Flying Scotsman appeared in the 2000 film 102 Dalmatians preparing to haul the Orient Express
The locomotive was the first choice for the Top Gear Race to the North, but due to an overhaul was unable to attend, so the position went to LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado instead.
A model of the Flying Scotsman appeared in Episode 6 and "The Great Train Race" episodes of James May's Toy Stories. It was James May's personal childhood model and was chosen by him to complete a world record for the longest model railway. The train was meant to travel 7 miles from Barnstaple to Bideford, in North Devon and it failed early in the trip in Episode 6 but managed to complete it in "The Great Train Race" which took place on 16 April 2011.
One of the specially produced £5 coins for the 2012 Summer Olympics featured an engraving of the Flying Scotsman on the back.
Flying Scotsman is included as a locomotive in the PC simulation game Microsoft Train Simulator.
Flying Scotsman appears in Thomas & Friends: The Great Race, where he is voiced by Rufus Jones (UK/US).
