I'm an American who's in love with this gorgeous marvel of engineering. I'm a lady in my 70s who grew up with steam trains, and my father worked for the railroads from the time he was 17 until the day he retired. One of the perqs of his job was that his family could travel by train to anywhere in the U.S. for free. (Can you imagine such a thing today?) With a stay-at-home mom and 4 kids, we'd never have otherwise seen the country on Dad's paltry salary. To me, there's nothing as sweet as the memory of those wonderful steam trains, the smell of the carriages and the sound of the engine idling in the station. And we had nothing even close to Flying Scotsman. Oh my, what I wouldn't give to have ridden on that beauty!

@mostbrutalvideos4612

4 жыл бұрын

The flying Scotsman was re built from scratch when the original plans / blueprint was found in a bin from a house clearance someone did from there the plans was past on and the train was rebuilt to the excact spec as the plans was detailed says how it was built. Without these plans it would never of been rebuilt. It was by chance the original blueprint was found , British engineering at it's best. Can't beat British engineering expertise. They made a 100% new new 1 from scratch

@telamonthe3nd14

4 жыл бұрын

@@mostbrutalvideos4612 I think you mean A1 Peppercorn 60163 Tornado?

@jensenhealey907efi

3 жыл бұрын

The Union Pacific Big Boy or UP 4014 is a very well know (with steam railroad enthusiasts) steam train that is an American steam icon. You might look up some of the videos of it's recent return to rail service. It's quite a beast.

@jubilee782

3 жыл бұрын

Jensen Healey I still prefer scotty and tornado, but I can totally agree that big boy, challenger and 844 are beasts

@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

3 жыл бұрын

I had almost the same experience. My Father loved steam locomotives and, as children, we were sent up and down the Southeastern coastline so regularly that we thought it was our train. Wonderful memories.

It makes me laugh when they keep saying she fought them every step of the way with her restoration. It's not that she fought them, it's that she was not going to settle for a second rate restoration. A noble old lady such as herself deserves nothing but the best.

@spartangoku7610

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Yerkes that’s no lady, It’s called the Flying ScotsMAN.

@doomguy1167

4 жыл бұрын

@@spartangoku7610 it's a bloody machine who cares

@diptarupghosh4431

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Yerkes lady? There is a man literally in the name tho....

@normangale3159

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely and well deserved of the restoration. I missed her when she came out to Australia but when I make a third trip to the UK, I will visit her.

@jubilee782

3 жыл бұрын

Doomguy I care, it’s one of the most important engines on the railway.

Modern Man found all the dragons gone, so then made new ones of brass and iron

@Night-zn4ew

3 жыл бұрын

Just, wow.

@theblocksmith645

3 жыл бұрын

The biggest being the big boy and the most noble being the Scotsman

I'm an American, fifth-generation railroader, full of pride in our own UP 4014 "Big Boy" restoration story and celebration. My wife and I enjoyed our honeymoon in the UK and visited your National Rail Museum in York before the "Flying Scotsman" was restored, absolutely wonderful and fascinating exhibits. But this...this production...made my eyes moist. Peerless camera work. A soundtrack that still stirs after the ending. Best of all: the celebrations of the workers, contributors, stewards of her until her coming out again, general public... There is nothing, nothing in the world like the bewitching smell of coal-fired steam. Thank you for this emotional visit.

Gordon will be very glad to hear his brother making a return

@conniethomas4753

2 жыл бұрын

Might be coy about it to the others like James etc!

As an American citizen I find that this locomotive beautiful power and fast as hell God bless this awesome British icon :) of railway history R.I.P sir William Mcalpine

@alexfogg236

5 жыл бұрын

I do as well.

@KTHedleyBassoon

5 жыл бұрын

Roundhouse Warrior you forgot 🇨🇦

@terrier_productions

5 жыл бұрын

in the 70s she visited the US!

@whispofwords2590

5 жыл бұрын

Normally I dont like to give the brits a win, but I gotta admitt their locomotives where alot more attractive then our own.

@deeremeyer1749

5 жыл бұрын

What does your "citizenship" have to do with it?

KZread: Flying Scots documentary Me: procceds to Yeet game controller onto tv and proceeds to watch this masterpiece

@itsroyce8623

4 жыл бұрын

Saaaaaaamme

@SPG69

3 жыл бұрын

Where you playing forza horizon four?

@craigthelej

3 жыл бұрын

@@SPG69 no I was playing Minecraft

@craigthelej

3 жыл бұрын

@@SPG69 Coincidentally I was building kings cross.

@SPG69

3 жыл бұрын

CraigTheLej you make a choice playing Minecraft

Being a train lover and and a documentary lover, this is one of a finest and emotional documentary I have ever seen. Kudos to the work craft.. Kudos to the return of Flying Scotsmen ❤

@veramae4098

2 жыл бұрын

At 7:00 "Oh, she's beautiful!"

@simonsadler9360

Жыл бұрын

My Dad was in the M.N & took me on his Douglas Dragonfly to King's Cross Station , for a pack of ciggies to the driver & fireman I boarded the footplate of Mallard & was allowed to toot the whistle in about 1956 !

@simonsadler9360

Жыл бұрын

Unless signal failure caused crashes , very safe , no idiots driving the wrong way on motorways !

@simonsadler9360

Жыл бұрын

See what China does with clean burn and gas scrubbers to use coal for power supply, think how anti "We are a grandmother " that would be , our first house bought in my birth village of Tollesbury Essex , she gave us int rates of 16% & deemed it acceptable to dump highly toxic plutonium waste off the Galician coast!

@simonsadler9360

Жыл бұрын

With expert instructions easier to drive than a car on the M25 !

Hi my name is Phil Holt.i did 50yrs on the footplate at 9b Stockport. On the 19 the of February 1973 fired the flying Scotsmen from Manchester to Darby works Regards.Phil. It looks good now.

@mightyalbert1470

5 жыл бұрын

I'm from Stockport too I always think about Scotsman going under that viaduct

@David-lb4te

5 жыл бұрын

@Leonard Carr That was 'Mallard'.

@deeremeyer1749

5 жыл бұрын

50 years huh? And that was almost 50 years ago?

@bigliftm

5 жыл бұрын

Mr Holt if you are still capable i would vote for you back on the footplate even it was for e few miles. I salute you. You must be the knowledge on how it was done. Dont let this knowledge go to waist mr holt tell your story.

@timoakes450

4 жыл бұрын

good on ya --------------------------------TOMMY27

At 21:04 the pride the man painting takes in painting the Flying Scotsman is incredible! I did not think that sort of pride in your work still existed.

@rogershirley2857

4 жыл бұрын

Skilled sign writers are a dying breed. This man obviously up there with the best They could have put a transfer on there with the number but chose to do it the proper way. Beautiful job.

The scene with the viaduct gave me goosebumps

@ki03s

4 жыл бұрын

The glenifinnan viaduct and the Flying Scotsman, to marvels of engineering meeting each other in a blaze of glory.

This is why I love the British, when I see the things they still love. Well done Britannia.

Meanwhile on Sodor Gordon: ‘Knobhead’

@columnedfox5508

4 жыл бұрын

gordon be like: oh the indignity

@TheBlueShark

4 жыл бұрын

@Robert McGuire 611 in thomas and friends is highly unlikely

@timesnewlogan2032

4 жыл бұрын

@Matthew Barrick "A lot of the people who donated to build me were huge fans of you guys, growing up!"

@lazy_genuisvalt1607

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBlueShark well it was in fan made Thomas and friends

@TheBlueShark

4 жыл бұрын

@@lazy_genuisvalt1607 it would be weird seeing 611 with a face

The Flying Scotsman is one of the best British steam locomotives!

@tristansmithrailwayphotogr2730

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely the most Iconic, Mallard has its place too although it's not in a running state.

@_A.MCarsTrainsTravel

3 жыл бұрын

And the worlds famous steam locomotive 🚂

@ays8238

3 жыл бұрын

Nooo its.... Thomas

@theforgotenone8325

3 жыл бұрын

What about green arrow the A1 freight train?

@stuff9009

3 жыл бұрын

you are so right

"Wanting to catch a glimpse, of the world's favorite engine." -On Sodor, Thomas "Hold my water."

Hands down one of the most beautiful steam locomotives ever built.

This locomotive is even in a video game! Forza Horizon 4! You get to race the Flying Scotsman!

@fabyu4063

5 жыл бұрын

I hate that race because the buggy is useless

@petersteck1466

4 жыл бұрын

@@fabyu4063 ohmyGod ikr?? And then the way the screen shakes when you're close to the engine was just mmhmnfnfbd

@peytonboyd8829

4 жыл бұрын

The Scotsman is in a lot of video games

@izumiculture4030

4 жыл бұрын

Just feel lucky it's not the Mallard the fastest steam locamotive.

@pixelgamer2.041

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, that flying Scotsman doesn't have the side plates. So we're actually racing Gordon.

She isn’t the biggest, or the fastest, but she’s the prettiest and most iconic engine to ever grace the rails! I grew up knowing her in her apple green and as 4472, but she’s Scotsman all the same! Even my parents, who don’t know anything about trains, know who flying Scotsman is. I think that distinguishes this engine from others... She has a personality :D

I am got so emotional while watching this , and literally there are tears in my eyes.. that moment when they were painting specially when the man who was painting the identification number ... and the crowd who just came to see that trains arrival with their kids was soo emotional to me.. I am not from UK and never been travelled in any steam train not from that era too .. but have huge love about machines and their history ... one thing I wanna say to people of England.. "Guys you have set the history, please keep it, and keep it running always ... I am saying it because in my place when I see a old machine getting rust and dust with no shed and spiders on it while everyone us just passing not even giving any attention to look at it or read the plate regarding the machine , or they just came close to capture some fucking selfie, and go away ..it's always make me so angry as well sad because we dont have any knowledge about it.... " I'm in tears really hoping to see this master piece in my life someday , and can touch it..

@zobbo123

Жыл бұрын

I also have tears in my eyes Muhammad, very strange. The love and admiration people have for what at first look is a large lump of metal is very moving.

I am a 'non-flying' Scotsman (!) and remember seeing all the steam engines in all their various liveries. This was well before nationalisation. I'll be 81 this year and have fond memories of travelling by steam. It took 8.5 hours to go from Edinburgh to London in those days; a far cry from under 4 hours today!! The express coach took 11 hours!

16:45 that is a GORGEOUS shot!

@rahulsubbu96

4 жыл бұрын

do u know what's that bgm?

@TexasRailfan2008

4 жыл бұрын

Natheniel Becken the people ruin the whole shot though

@urbanastro4701

3 жыл бұрын

That is the Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle line, when the Victorians built Britain's railways they made things of beauty.

@My-nl6sg

3 жыл бұрын

@@TexasRailfan2008 the people put scale to the shot lol

@Timo-15

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you.....what a stunning shot on that viaduct....and with that stirring music playing in the background. Just great!

This documentary made me shed tears of happiness cause Flying Scotsman is part of our british history and the crown jewel in our railways history. I've met her a total of five times in my life and enjoy seeing her when I can. RIP Sir William McAlpine.

@Idkjustgothere

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed friend

@aidankeys8534

5 жыл бұрын

I’m not even British and I nearly cried with joy

@brandonwells1758

5 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised yet not surprised that multiple people know Thomas the tank engine. And the books no less. Then again, it's the internet This is the only time the internet is civilized about a fandom

@superdude1759

5 жыл бұрын

I'm with you man! As an American I was shedding tears the whole time and didn't even know why! I think it was that something of such great beauty, such majesty, simplicity and great power is a testament to previous generations that came before and how they built things to last beyond their own lives! It's like the past piercing into today as that train barrels down the track saying, "excuse me, I'm hear, I'm doin' ma thang, I ain't dyin' and I ain't lyin'...how you doin'? Oh, and by the way, I'm the king, so please take a bow or get on board cuz I'm punching through!!!"

@destinybuss6828

4 жыл бұрын

I'm american and I was tearing up during this. Flying Scotsman truly is remarkable and I wish that america would do something similar with the steam locomotives we have vs letting them sit out in harsh weather all year round.

It's an amazing thing the emotional experience steam Locomotives drive in the human experience. It's great to see the restoration of these old giants, even in the United States the restoration of Big Boy brought people from all over the globe to see young and old with moistened eyes was quite the exhilarating event to feel the earth rumbling underfoot. I was privileged enough to talk to some great steam fans from Edinburgh, Capetown, Christchurch and others it was absolutely phenomenal.

Thank you for preserving the Scotsman. If you hadn't we'd have lost all our own great steam locomotives in America. My dad grew up in coal country in Carlisle...Pennsylvania. Love to all you steam rail fans in the UK. Tip of my baseball cap to Sir William.

Rest In Peace, Sir William McAlpine.

@deakonswatta297

3 жыл бұрын

Yes respect in peace Alan pegler

@raypitts4880

2 жыл бұрын

i was going to add pegler as well rip

Very proud to see my Uncle, Ron Smith here at the controls of this beautiful locomotive.

@holypotat0

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah right

@thehoodedclaw9837

5 жыл бұрын

Holypotato2 How old are you, 12?

@WezzRail

5 жыл бұрын

The Hooded Clar judging from his videos, I'd say he's probably 7-8

@Biffo1262

5 жыл бұрын

@@holypotat0 Dickhead! Go play with your toys.

@TF2Scout_YT

4 жыл бұрын

Guys leave him alone! So what if he’s lying? Don’t pick on a kid! Shame on you! I used to get picked on all the bloody time! You think I liked it? I bet you don’t too!

Saw this Engine long time ago during my time in Britain. Never had the chance to get close or ride it. Thank you to BBC Four for this documentary. It's not the Engine or 10 years of hard work but to me it's the people's emotions around the Flying Scotsman that got tears in my eyes. Thank you for saving this engine.

My father was a small minority owner of the Flying Scotsman and a fast friend of Alan Pegler. My dad served as brakeman, fireman and engineer from time to time on the US tour. I drove an 18wheeler for the train loaded with coal and, once, with souvenirs sold on the train during its tour stops. Unfortunately the US tour essentially bankrupted Alan and the proud locomotive suffered mightily in Long Beach next to the Queen Mary and ultimately San Francisco until it was rescued once again. It now plies the rails of the UK in a highly modified state with a newer, more power boiler and motive package. Although my father travelled around the world to travel on trains from Australia to Austria, his favorite memories were of the Flying Scotsman. I still have hundreds of souvenirs remaining from the train's tour. I'm sure I hauled most of them at one time or another.

A magnificent report about these people and their locomotives. I'm from Romania and I could come to you in the Kingdom because of my service. We lived moments from childhood when we stood on the bridge and watched the locomotives while we were eating donuts, the mixture of steam and smoke was great. I appreciate you as a nation and people because you do not forget history, keep it alive. I go to the Normandy shore where I pay tribute to your Heroes every time I cross the area, do you know why? ... if you were not your courage and the US Army ..... today would have talked German in Europe. Total Respect

The engine that will we will never forget. Long live the flying scotsman.

The legendary Flying Scottsman. They bought her back to life. A beautiful, emotional documentary 🚂

I teared up multiple times and I'm not even from the UK. She is absolutely gorgeous and a queen of steam. God bless all who bought her and dealt with the headaches; Alan Pegler, Sir William McAlpine, and Dr. Tony Marchington. May you all rest in peace, knowing you helped preserve the pride of a nation.

The greatest engine of all time that ever graced the rails.

@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos

3 жыл бұрын

No it's not. SP 4449 is the greatest engine of all time that ever graced the rails anywhere!

@Kanefan701

2 жыл бұрын

@@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos I'm a fan of American trains too and to me SP 4449 is the best american locomotive to have graced the rails of america. that's all.

@Kanefan701

2 жыл бұрын

@Kenneth Kyle De Luna got that right.

@patricknullo4196

2 жыл бұрын

@@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos You really are a graceless misery, aren't you?

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory

2 жыл бұрын

I would argue that it was the New York Central Hudson, perfectly balanced

Flying Scotsman: Wait til Gordon gets a load of this

@terrier_productions

5 жыл бұрын

Brandon Wells XD

@brandonwells1758

5 жыл бұрын

@@terrier_productions Ya heard of me?

@terrier_productions

5 жыл бұрын

Brandon Wells what?

@brandonwells1758

5 жыл бұрын

@@terrier_productions I asked if ya heard if me. I'm pretty much the new Justin Y at this point

@davidpulanco2715

5 жыл бұрын

Gordon, Henry, or Spencer.

the legend still lives on

@rudycarlson8245

3 жыл бұрын

Damn right the legend lives on! 97 years old and still going strong!

Even though I am an American, I am in love with the British railway network. I grew up with Thomas, and one day, we took home a compilation of Wilbert Awdry's Railway Series books, and that gave me enough information to really enjoy the history of the British railway network. I am so thankful to the National Railway Museum for purchasing the locomotive almost 20 years ago and finally restoring it. I hope to fly over to the UK over the summer of 2023 (no plans have been made yet, but I'm hoping we make some soon), and hopefully catch a ride behind this marvelous machine as part of its 100th birthday. Thank you Sir Nigel Gresley, Alan Pegler, William McAlpine, the NRM, all other private owners, and Riley & Sons for bringing and keeping this national treasure alive! Love and kudos, from the other side of the Atlantic.

I got to ride on her at Swanage railway when I was 4 or 5 years old and then again in 2016 at Salisbury as a birthday treat, then again from Bristol (my hometown) through Britain and Wales in 2017. Seeing her again for real after all these years gave me two feelings. 1. It was like being reunited with an old friend I haven't seen in a long time. 2. Knowing what Flying Scotsman has been through and survived all the odds and is still around for years to come makes me proud to be British. :')

I want to see big boy and scotsman side by side one day.

@MrBurgerphone1014

5 жыл бұрын

Union Pacific posted an update the other day, Big Boy 4014 should be running in a couple of months. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gqComLeghtKfqJc.html

@cefxsd40m-29

5 жыл бұрын

It be a great day for steam fans :DD

@rogermolina1244

4 жыл бұрын

I love to see the Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson, Santa Fe 3751, Norfolk and Western 611, Southern Pacific 4449, Union Pacific 844, and the Flying Scott's Man all together at once under full steam!

@JETZcorp

4 жыл бұрын

It's hard to imagine how much larger Big Boy is. Even 4449 and 844 are enormous brutes next to anything that fits on UK rails. But, given how tiny it is, The Scotsman makes some very impressive horsepower at speed. It makes about half as much as Big Boy (~3000 vs ~6000), but it WAY less than half the size. For the job of ripping around at very high speed with relatively light loads, the old LNER Pacifics were very finely honed designs.

@huntergilmore4193

4 жыл бұрын

@@rogermolina1244 Believe it or not 611 can out run the flying Scotsman along with 4449 and 844 can all outrun the flying Scotsman but it would definitely be cool to see all them all at once

Fantastic restoration and wonderful documentary. What a treasure to have restored back to function!

I cried watching this, it evokes so much emotion, I'm so proud of everybody involved in letting it live on. What a fantastic program, thankyou BBC and thanks for sharing HK ;0)

6:38 wiser words were never spoken in terms of steam preservation.

@bjorngroen2724

5 жыл бұрын

@@langsuan123 "what if you replace every part of the ship, will it still be the same ship then?' great philosophic question, and everyone has a different opinion on it.

@JunkMan13013

5 жыл бұрын

@@langsuan123 Trigger's Broom

@Odin029

4 жыл бұрын

If we want to see great machines like Flying Scotsman actually run, then pieces are going to have to be replaced or refurbished. If you just want to see it sitting static in a museum or whatever then any machine can be kept original.

@virginiarailfannoah5415

4 жыл бұрын

@@Odin029 Exactly. That's why the Union Pacific has an FEF (#838) in storage as a source of spare parts for #844. If we want Frisco #1522 to run again (which I'd love to see), we need to replace its flue.

The camera folks did a great job on this video. As well as the editing crew.

Excellent program, thanks for posting this!

Very emotional to watch this great old lady of yesteryear. Well done and thank you to all those involved in the restoration.

I didn't realise how much smaller this locomotive is compared to some of the giant steam engines that we ran and still do to this day in the US. At 214,000 lbs, it's a lightweight compared to the Union Pacific Challenger 3985 at 627,900lbs that we have for example. (And that's not even including the weight of it's tender.) That's just wild at how much larger the loading gauge is here compared to the UK. But that makes total sense too. The UK is a small country and it probably wouldn't make sense to have such large trains. I love the look of the Flying Scotsman too. I wish I could have been around when it came to the US many years ago for a visit. At least videos like this exist.

@alexfogg236

5 жыл бұрын

I also wish I could have seen Flying Scotsman when the locomotive visited the United States, and Canada during the 1960s. My fascination with Steam locomotives, inspired me to join a Here in the United States, Restoring Maine Central Railroad engine 470 , in Hancock Maine. when she is operational again, I how to be one of her crew. 470 is only one year younger than Flying Scotsman, being Scotsman was in 1923, and 470 was built in 1924. My two favorite Steam locomotives.

@rogerwhittle2078

5 жыл бұрын

Scootaloo. This has been a subject of discussion on several clips, mostly involving 4014. Most people, on both sides of the Atlantic, have no idea of the scale of the difference. The UK loading gauge is one of the smallest of world wide standard gauge, while the USA is the largest. Russia (the old Soviet Union, in fact) is very similar, but I think that is based on their 'broad gauge'. My major point is that UK steam locomotives, while almost tiny in comparison to 844, 3985 and 4014, many had similar or higher power to weight ratios. 4014 is rated at about 6,400hp, while a number of individual UK locos have been measured at nearly 3000hp. One of those is 71000 Duke of Gloucester, a very advanced, three cylinder loco with poppet valves. The 'Duke' is just 13 ft high, 8 ft wide and weighing in (tender included) at just over 156 long tons, while 4014 is 16' 3" high, 11 ft wide and is 558 long tons all up. So the Duke is a fraction of the size, but can pack a whopping 19hp/long ton punch, with 4014 a relatively light 11hp/ton.

@waycoolscootaloo

5 жыл бұрын

@@rogerwhittle2078 But HP is very misleading. A F-350 pickup truck produces more HP then a large Peterbilt semi truck today. Yet a semi can still pull 4x more weight. Tractive power may be a far better measurement to go by. The Big boy produces over 135,375 Lbs of tractive power.

@rogerwhittle2078

5 жыл бұрын

@@waycoolscootaloo In fact HP is rarely quoted about steam locomotives in Britain, because the output is related to the load and that includes the gradient, the load on the drawbar and the speed differential. I was going to mention that, but it made for too long a post. The Tractive Effort is usually the quoted figure and I just did a quick check. The two locomotives are very similar in their TE/ton, with the 'Duke' coming out slightly ahead at about 256lbs/ton and 4014 at 242lbs/ton. Again, the UP4000 class were designed to pull 9000 (short?) ton freight trains over Sherman Hill, on their own and at 25mph. The Duke of Gloucester was a prototype passenger 'racer', designed to pull 12 - 13 coach trains at 90 -100mph. You should google 71000 Duke of Gloucester, because it is a unique story of steam engineering. In short, when first built it was a 'donkey', unloved by its crews and disliked by everyone else. It was supposed to be the most powerful thing on rails, but it was awful. It was shunted and forgotten. It escaped scrapping in the seventies by a fluke, was rescued by enthusiasts who overcome monstrous difficulties to restore it to steam. Predictably, it was still a donkey. However, the enthusiasts were also experts and they had a plan. A new grate and draughting arrangements, a double blast pipe and detail steam passage changes made it just a little better than its class 7P Britannia cousin. Then came the modification they really wanted to do. They reprofiled the three camshafts that operated the poppet valves. Suddenly, the Duke was an animal. It famously stormed up Shap Fell at an all time, single loco record average speed of 60mph with 575 tons on, calculated to represent 2,700 hp. The Duke is finally the engine R.A. Riddles wanted it to be. You've got to hope that Ed Dickens and his team will do what our restorationists do. Spend years lovingly restoring their unique or sole surviving locomotives and then thrash them up Shap Fell or similar, to find out just how powerful they are!

@waycoolscootaloo

5 жыл бұрын

@@rogerwhittle2078 Yeah. I looked up the locomotive. I will read up on it a bit more later this evening when I get home from work. But also I get 355 lbs of tractive effort for the Big Boy and 345 lbs for the Duke based on the weight to pound ratio. Not that it matters anyways. Only talking a difference of 10 lb per ton. I will research that locomotive a little more later though.

Grand memories indeed, my first career in Doncaster Carr Steam Locomotive sheds, locomotive fireman through the sixties, & yes I fired the Scotsman 4472 & many other steam Locomotives.

@alexfogg236

5 жыл бұрын

You truly where one lucky man. I hope to one day become a part time locomotive fireman. I live in the United States, Maine to be exact. I am part of a group restoring Maine central railroad locomotives 470, to operational status, for use on the Down East Scenic Railroad. In Hancock Maine. I hope to one day be one of 470's fireman.

@patrickwebb7311

5 жыл бұрын

@@alexfogg236 I wish you luck on your goal to become a fireman, and with 470's restoration. With training, I'm sure you can do it. :)

@alexfogg236

5 жыл бұрын

@@patrickwebb7311 , Thank you Sir. I will do my best.

@bigliftm

5 жыл бұрын

wanna do it once more mr Bond ?

So much beauty/hope/passion encapsulated by one machine, incredible, congratulations to everyone involved you must feel so proud!!

There are things in our history worth preserving. This is one of them. Thank you to everyone involved in doing this work.

I cried my eyes out I love the Flying Scotsman

I smiled - and cried throughout the entire video. How magnificent a machine!

Something I appreciate about the British steam restorations is that they don't convert their engines to run on oil like we do in the US. Burning coal takes a more skilled crew and is the true traditional way. And in my opinion, the Flying Scotsman is the most beautiful locomotive in the world. Cheers from the USA.

As an American, you Brits know how to build you locomotive with an elegance, and class that we Americans haven't got. And if any engine ever deserved restoration, it would be "The Flying Scotsman", she's the most famous locomotive in the world.

@johnangelico667

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, the difference between British and American engineering: elegance vs size... :-)

@mikelyle5011

2 жыл бұрын

Let's not knock the American style. Form grows from function, and N American style answers the demands of the job it does quite as beautifully as Brit style.

Thank you to all the people involved, you did an amazing job! RIP Mr Pegler and Sir William and thank you

Crikey, that was very emotional. Well done to all helped with the restoration. You should all be proud of yourselves. I couldn't believe how young some of the lads and lasses were who helped on the job. Also RIP Sir William McAlpine, thanks for saving an icon.

surely one of the most beautiful steam engine movies ever - thank you!

Back in the 1970s this engine was at Carnforth Locomotives. You could buy a ticket to go about 2 or 3 miles up the track and back but my dad bought a footplate ticket. I was about 8yrs old and I remember it clearly stood next to my dad. Especially the heat from the firebox. I still have those 2 footplate tickets.

A 10-year labor of love, commitment, and dedication. Long may this stunning, remarkable Lady rule the rails. Copious tears at the end. Well done, Everyone.

Ran across this video. I was going through some of my dad’s memorabilia and found a couple of moments from his travel with The Flying Scotsman when it toured here in the US in 1969-70. He worked for the CB&Q and was invited to travel with the locomotive for part of the route. He was very knowledgeable of steam locomotives, boilers, mechanics and rail systems.

A memory machine flying by, what a lovely thought... 🤗

I admire and astonished with great respect to the Engineers and designers who build her and repaired this gorgeous beauty! Magnificent!

Fabulous documentary. Thanks, from this Yank, for such a wonderful looking engine. A most useful engine indeed!

Such a noble, beautiful piece of machinery… it almost makes me wanna cry 😭 seeing the old girl run free on the mainline as she did in the old days. Well done!!! Cheers to all runs to come.

Had the joy of watching the flying Scotsman coming straight at me whilst on the Nana Glen bridge during our Bicentenial celebrations.Will never forget it ,no photos but that magnificent machine coming down the valley full head of steam,cattle scattering in the green fields whistle blowing will stay with me till I die.

I was born in farsley and saw this beautiful specimen of a steam train several Times as a youngster. I am so glad to see it back home where it belongs.. My dad loved this train. We moved to America in the late 50 's and got to see it again over here. Thank you for keeping it alive.

Fascinating video and certainly a heart thumping reverie. I first saw this beautiful engine sometime in 1954 around when my sister was born and we were visiting London City, then again, I think it was Kings Cross in 1957. As a small boy I remember being thrilled by this giant and had started something that has remained in me. It was later on that I remember so well when two of us young boys were sneaking into a local goods yard through a broken fence deep amongst a huge area of terrible stinging nettles in the UK and then after getting to know the workers in this yard, who turned a blind eye to our presence as long as we stayed near to them, we eventually were having tin mugs full of piping hot strong tea and condensed milk (very different to what I was used to) in their sheds and talking about trains (and stuff) to the tough guys that worked there and after a few weeks we finally watched and sort of helped two guys firing up and then having a short ride up and down on a little shunting train when I was 12 years old, over 63 years ago. That was such a huge thrill, especially when I had my hand on this long lever and was allowed to turn hot valves and hoot the hooter. I can still remember that unique smell of smoke, hot metal, grease and the engine oil and smell of oily steam, coal dust, orangey water and other unique aromas that a 12 year old train fanatic loved. This video brought back memories of that golden time and all the steam engines coming and going that my friend and I used to love to watch and then underline their numbers in special train spotting books. We’d either cycle to all kinds of places, sometimes over 10 miles away, here and there, or take a cheap ticket train journey to distant main London stations for a day and then buy platform tickets so we could talk to the engine drivers and see the big engines up close. When I visited some places in the north with my parents; like Leeds, Scarborough and other cities I got to see other engines of all types and my spotting book(s) were filling up with my number underscores of trains I had spotted. The other memorable and great time I remember besides seeing the Scotsman was when I had been hurtling along in a first class carriage when I was 7 or 8 from London to the north going eventually to Harrowgate with my nanna, which had helped propel the fascination, as I watched the huge engine pulling us. A lovely presentation here to spark those memories.

No country on earth, that I can think of, respects and honors their history as much as the British. Good Job!

@doomguy1167

4 жыл бұрын

Russia is a good contender

@barrycarlisle8206

4 жыл бұрын

Its a shame they didn't preserve a capital ship from WWII..

@danielr.l.mccullough600

4 жыл бұрын

@@barrycarlisle8206 You could argue that HMS Belfast as a cruiser is a capital ship... ish?

I cant remember watching a 30min KZread video and smiling all the way through. Fantastic

One of the greatest machines built... The scene on the viaduct gave me goosebumps... What a beautiful machine ❤️❤️❤️

I’m 14 and in my area we normally have 4/5 engines coming past on our line, but over the past 3 years there’s only been a couple. You just can’t help but admire these beautiful pieces of engineering!

l love this train its sounds and solid movement stir everything in my mind, how wonderful that its back on the track!!

An excellent documentary. All those workers who restored the engine deserve loud applause from the public. A job very well done..!! 👍

Me and my Grandad went to see The Flying Scotsman in York, this was February 2016. He died July that year. We both saw it completed. He took a photo of me next to The Flying Scotsman, it wasn't a good photo but I cherish it, I look happy in the photo as I know he hasn't taken a good picture but I don't care, he tried.This was his last trip, his last photo. I miss him so much.

I feel some kind of nostalgia but I never got to see it myself and I am German I think that it is so famous and that has been all over the world that make me happy seeing this engine to be rebuild and return home

Rest easy Sir William you will definitely never be forgotten.

God bless Alen Peglar for saving this giant beast of an engine.

I shed some tears here 😂 it's beautiful! 100 years later is still her.

@rudycarlson8245

3 жыл бұрын

She’s not 100 years old yet in two years she will be!

Steam Locomotives should never disappear. 💦💨🚂

*legends never die*

Absolutely brilliant loved it all my life

Lovely to see such a beautiful thing still alive…cheers

As James May once said, “long live the Flying Scotsman!!”

The intro alone gave me the chills. 5 stars!

That man bought it for his country and history. Thank you, sir from the USA. Much respect.

This documentary made me so emotional.

Magnificient, each and every one who worked on the Flier. The perfectly tuned machine deserved the painstaking care bestowed by the craftsmen who painted and done up the appearance. Yet, one can only admire Mike O`Connor at the way he painted the number. I wish I could see the event in person!

I just saw her go past me on the teignmouth coastal track in south devon, just beautiful, it was amazing

Well done Gents and THANKYOU.

I'm a steam nut and am interested in pretty much anything to do with steam locos but here, I really appreciated seeing the signwriter at work. Superb.

My girlfriend and I were privileged to have been on the 2017 tour.... Absolutely nothing like it..

@koolmckool7039

4 жыл бұрын

I hope to ride it one day myself. It would be an honor to ride the most famous locomotive in the world.

@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos

3 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend and I have ridden behind the Southern Pacific Daylight GS-4 4-8-4 # 4449 in Portland, Oregon!

One of my favorite video of trains... Even when you're sad, and you cannot stop thinking about your problems, when you see a train, a beauty like this, you smile =D

I remember as a child of the 80,s in Australia that this was the first steam train I had ever seen !!! Its always stuck with me as a fond memory peeking over the farm fence seeing it roar down the 8km side fence of our farm in a tiny new south wales farm

I showed this to Gordon the Big Engine and he was very happy his brother was back to life.

I live in Canada and cannot imagine Canadians having such a reverence for anything historic. I’m from New Zealand where there seemed to be a much greater interest in history!

@FalbertForester

5 жыл бұрын

Ah, you just haven't been looking around Canada! Visit the plethora of national museums in Ottawa, or the great many small local museums - every other town has one.

This. Does put a smile on my face.

Lovely. Almost makes you giggle with joy

The steam locomotive, one of mankind's most beloved and beautiful machines

0:39 that man was really about to shed some tears, can’t say I blame him

@dekuthetechpriestoflondon6791

2 жыл бұрын

His one of the flying scottsmans owners. The first one who took Scott to the America's

The story, the camerawork, the music. If you didn't shed a tear you haven't a soul

this is fantastic seeing the scotsman on the road is a pleasure. my dad and grand dad was the driver from 1928-30 I have a coal piece of it that I love the dearest .

Wait, she was built in 1923? It's 2020? It in 2023?! Her 100th anniversary is so bloody soon!

@rudycarlson8245

3 жыл бұрын

She was built in 1923 she’s two years shy! Of 100 years old once she turns 100 I think it will be a big deal! I hope for her one hundredth birthday they put back her in LNER apple green! The Brunswick green that she’s in now is absolutely horrible! I am one of her fans here in the USA!