Flying Scotsman to appear in war time black!

Discussion relating to the operations of real railways together with the experiences of the people who work (or have worked) on them.

Moderator: Moderators

Locked
User avatar
KeithBridges
Been on the forums for a while
Posts: 297
Joined: Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:02 pm
Location: Warwickshire

Flying Scotsman to appear in war time black!

Post by KeithBridges »

Hi
Just found this report on heritage railway magazine web site that when returned to steam Flying Scotsman will be in war time black for testing with out its smoke deflectors. When testing is complete it will be repainted in to lner apple green with the smoke deflectores. Full story:
http://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/news/f ... time-black
Thanks Chris
Image
Top
User avatar
oldrocker
Very Active Forum Member
Posts: 2108
Joined: Sat Feb 22, 2003 10:59 am
Location: In Wolverhampton. Near my beloved Black Country.

Re: Flying Scotsman to appear in war time black!

Post by oldrocker »

I'm sure there are parts of that thing that could be donated to one of the recreation projects like the Grange or 82XXX or failing that, melt it down into something that could be useful ! I need a new wok !

:)
Top
Locked

Return to “Real Railway Discussion”