Flying Scotsman

**Flying Scotsman the Famous Engine** is a supporting character in the Seventyverse and is owned by the National Railway Museum. He is also Gordon's sole remaining brother.

## Backstory

When Gordon learnt all but one of his siblings had been scrapped, Sir Topham Hatt arranged for Flying Scotsman to visit Sodor so he can cheer Gordon up. When Scotsman arrives, Gordon is overjoyed to see him and the next day, the two engines are photographed side-by-side. Scotsman then reveals to Gordon that the other railway hardly has any coal and water stops, hence why he has two tenders and tells Gordon how lucky he is to have a controller who knows how to run railways. Later on, Scotsman took over the Limited after Bear's injector failed and went home the next day before going to tour in the United States.

## Relationships

### Gordon

Scotsman was bought over to Sodor to cheer Gordon up after learning all his other siblings were scrapped. The two brothers were overjoyed to see each other and Scotsman commented how lucky Gordon was to have a controller who knew how to run railways. Tensions rose in *The Great Railway Show* when Scotsman was due to compete in the Great Race, and Gordon wanted to one-up him. However, when Gordon didn't have his safety valve and Vinnie tried to ram into Scott, Gordon saved his brother. In turn, Scotsman helped him push Vinnie off the tracks. Scotsman was very concerned about his brother when he suffered from a near boiler explosion and was relieved when he was built back to normal.

## Personality

Flying Scotsman is a polite and proud engine, who gets well with the other engines, especially Gordon, even if Scotsman can tease Gordon for being the "little brother" sometimes. When Henry apologised to Scotsman for being jealous, Scotsman was more than happy to forgive him, showing that he holds no grudges.

## Technical History

### Real-life History

Flying Scotsman is based upon the real locomotive of the same name, an A1 (later A3) Pacific built on the 23rd of February, 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works, to a design by Sir Nigel Gresley. In 1928, it pulled the LNER's first non-stop 'Flying Scotsman' service from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Central, equipped with a specially-built corridor tender allowing its crew to be changed mid-journey. Flying Scotsman set two world records for steam traction, initially becoming the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at reaching 100 miles per hour (160.9 km/h) on 30th November 1934. In 1963 it was saved by Alan Pegler and in 1969 it toured the United States of America but almost never returned home, but did because of Bill McAlpine in 1972. It later set a record for the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive, where it ran 422 miles (approximately 679 km) on 8th August 1989 during its tour in Australia. As of 2019, Flying Scotsman is owned by the National Railway Museum, and can be found hauling main line railtours and visiting heritage railways across the United Kingdom.

### Livery

Flying Scotsman is painted in LNER apple green with black and white lining, black frames with red lining, red-backed nameplates and crests on the sides of his cab. His former company's initials, LNER, (first) or his number 4472 (second) is painted on the sides of his tenders in yellow. This livery is based on a variation of the apple green livery worn by the real Flying Scotsman during the late-1960s, the same time period in which he first appeared in the *Railway Series*.

## Differences between the books, the episodes and the series

* In the books, Gordon and Flying Scotsman have a positive relationship with each other. In the model episodes, Gordon didn't seem to even recognize Flying Scotsman. In the CGI episodes, Gordon and Flying Scotsman have a common sibling rivalry, with Flying Scotsman teasing Gordon, who often gets annoyed. In this series, Gordon and Flying Scotsman's relationship is the same as the books, albeit with the occasional teasing.

## Trivia

* In real-life, Flying Scotsman is the sole-surviving LNER Class A3 Pacific.
* His numbers are LNER 4472, LNER 103 and BR 60103.
	+ Currently, the real Flying Scotsman is carrying its BR identity of 60103.