Flying Scotsman: The end?

anamorph · Post by **anamorph** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 4:55 pm

FlyingScotsman PLC has made losses of about half a million this year
(Due in no small part to Network Rail restricting mainline running in case of lineside fires in the dry weather)
This seriously jeopardises the planned museum for Waverley.
HUMBUG!

Also, according to the news, if nothing happens soon, the engine may well
be sold to the highest bidder - probably abroad.

Absolutely apalling!

duncharris · Post by **duncharris** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 6:22 pm

abroad as in the USA having no* heritage and therefore wanting to buy some of ours and the NRM not having enough budget to buy it. What's the scrap value?

*okay Kev (if you're reading) a little

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 9:09 pm

Maybe it will be swapsies for 4 naval vessels surplus to requirements in the US Navy

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 10:42 pm

Yes we realy need more gunboats to defend the colonies.

I wonder how much asbestos they will have in them.

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Tue Nov 04, 2003 10:56 pm

We could pack one full of explosives and ram it into a French port....

TomB · Post by **TomB** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:24 am

I don't think it should be allowed to have F.S. bought by anyone but an British company / charity / whatever. It is a British machine and should stay here, I don't think we need the americans nicking off with our stuff again TVM.

But in today's P.C. society...

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 8:11 am

TomB wrote:But in today's P.C. society...

Scotsman will be on Ebay before long

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:55 am

And Dale will probably bid for it

Post by **martinhodgson** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 4:44 pm

It should stay in the UK!!!

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:09 pm

Should convert it into a duchess or another Princess in my opinion

David.

NZBigDave · Post by **NZBigDave** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:30 pm

Lets hope it doesn't do a Pendennis Castle on us.

Kevo00 · Post by **Kevo00** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:35 pm

The government or lottery or the national trust or someone needs to buy it quickly! It would be tragic to loose such a symbolic machine.

duncharris · Post by **duncharris** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:14 pm

rwaceyw wrote:Should convert it into a duchess or another Princess in my opinion

David.

Well if the sad news is that <i>Mallard</i> will not run again, <i>Duchess of Hamilton</i> will as they've already spent half a million quid on assessing the condition of it. Four cylinders was always better than three.

NZBigDave · Post by **NZBigDave** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 5:40 pm

All I ask is that they scrap the wing deflectors, paint her PROPERLY in apple green, and if they won't remove the double chimney, then please disguise her as 2751 Humorist. If they CAN put the single back, then give her the RED Flying Scotsman nameplates and paint her as 103

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 5:42 pm

Flying Scotsman is probably more well known than Mallard or City of Truro. I am not saying scrap or otherwise to these 2 machines.
BTW, does Pete Waterman still own 4472?