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James S. Baldwin - The Flying Scotsman Story (Story series) - 9780752494524 - V9780752494524
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The Flying Scotsman Story (Story series)

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Description for The Flying Scotsman Story (Story series) Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 187 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.

Few locomotives are as widely known or excite so much interest as Flying Scotsman. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in 1923, the locomotive became a flagship for the LNER and represented them at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 and 1925. Thus began Flying Scotsman’s fame, which only continued as the locomotive broke records, becoming the first to exceed 100mph in 1934 and taking the longest journey of any steam locomotive in 1988–89. Passing through such hands as Alan Pegler’s and Pete Waterman’s after her retirement from British Railways, Flying Scotsman is now in public hands for restoration. Here James ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752494524
SKU
V9780752494524
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About James S. Baldwin
JAMES S. BALDWIN is an ambassador of Mail Rail and helped to set up the museum, where he has been a consultant for the past five years. He has been a keen historian and industrial archaeologist since his school days, and is particularly passionate about the history of railways. Considered to be the expert on all things Flying Scotsman, he ... Read more

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