Flying Scotsman
Subtitle: the extraordinary story of the world's most famous train
By: Andrew Roden
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781845133702
Subjects: Flying Scotsman (Locomotive); Steam locomotives; History
Description: If ever there was a steam locomotive with nine lives, it is the Flying Scotsman. Preserved in the sixties when most steam locomotives were sent to the scrapyard, she has gone through a succession of owners who have taken her across the United States, Australia - even had her hauling the Orient Express - before being rescued for the nation at the eleventh hour by the National Railway Museum after an urgent appeal raised millions. Now she has been extensively overhauled again so that she may once again stem out into the main line.
Notes: "First published by Arum Press Limited, 2007"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Starting lines; title: Genesis; title: The great show; title: The golden age; title: Behind the mask; title: End of an era; title: The fires go out; title: Knight in shining armour; title: Indian summer; title: Non-stop swan-song; title: American adventure; title: Rescue!; title: Australian interlude; title: Return; title: The Marchington years; title: Save our Scotsman; title: In public hands.