Flying Scotsman
The Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Famous Train
Roden, Andrew
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
When Golden Age of Steam is mentioned, one train leaps to mind above all othersthe Flying Scotsman, Nigel Gresley's elegant masterpiece of a locomotive, which broke the world speed record in 1934 and has enthralled millions with her beauty and power. Uniquely, her postwar career has been even more varied and exciting than her early triumphs. The twists and turns of her tale are detailed herenearly abandoned on a tour of the United States after the money ran out, owned briefly and unsuccessfully by pop mogul Pete Waterman, and put up for sale yet again when the company that owned her went bankrupt in 2003. A massive public campaign saved her, and she is due to steam again in late 2007, after being restored at the National Railway Museum in York. Now, with the aid of numerous interviews with those involved with the Scotsman over the years, the story of the train and all who have owned her and worked on her is brought alive.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1845132416
ISBN(13-digit): 9781845132415
Dewey Decimal: 625.2610941
Library of Congress: 2007701734
Book Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 246
Paper Weight (lb): 0.84 lb
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