Flying Scotsman

**"Flying Scotsman coming through!"**

Pretty Polly (sister)

Gordon's brothers (siblings)

Mallard (cousin)

Spencer (cousin)

Flying Scotsman, The Great Race.

**Flying Scotsman**, an LNER Class A3 Pacific, is the last of Gordon's brothers. He holds the record for being the first engine to officially run at 100 mph. In addition, Flying Scotsman has been described as the world's most famous steam locomotive. He got his name because he ran from London, England all the way to Edinburgh, Scotland.

## Appearance

The Flying Scotsman is an express engine who was built in the same works as Gordon. He has the same number of wheels as him, except he's green like Henry. His cylinder covers are painted black with red lining, instead of green with white lining, and the outside of his frames is plain red. Flying Scotsman's front bufferbeam in the television series is also missing several details, including his number and extra lining. Additionally, the lining on his tenders varies between his appearances in the model and CGI series. Flying Scotsman's cabsides in the television series also have his number 4472 painted on them instead of the crests, as well as extra lining which is not present on the real locomotive's apple green livery.

## Personality

In the Railway Series, Gordon was happy to see Flying Scotsman when he came to Sodor. Flying Scotsman proved popular with the engines, however, did spark a little jealousy with Henry, who proved envious of his two tenders. He provided Gordon and the others reassurance at a time when steam on the Mainland was officially being abolished in favour of modern diesel traction.

In the television series, Flying Scotsman is a polite and proud engine; however he can be pompous and somewhat smug, like his brother Gordon. Despite being friendly with Thomas and giving him a pep talk, he thought that no famous engines came from Sodor and indicated that he viewed Sudrian engines with low expectations. He later changed his mind after seeing the Sudrian engines competing at the Great Railway Show, realising they were made of "sterner stuff" than he initially believed. Additionally, after meeting Rebecca for the second time, her opinion on the "little brother" status left something he never expected while giving Gordon a big laugh at the same time.

Flying Scotsman has a common sibling relationship with Gordon, and enjoys teasing him, referring to him as his "little brother" to annoy him, using his catchphrase as his own, or bragging about being invited to the Great Railway Show. He does care for him though, as shown when Gordon was overheating during the race and Flying Scotsman urgently warned him to stop.

## Trivia

* Flying Scotsman was intended to have a larger role in the third series episode, Tender Engines; however, due to high build costs, the modelling crew could not afford to build the entire engine.
* In the CGI series, Flying Scotsman's double tenders are incorrectly depicted with six wheels each, as opposed to the eight wheels each on the real-life Flying Scotsman's tenders. Interestingly however, in real-life, when Flying Scotsman attended the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park from April 1924 to November 1925, he was fitted with a standard LNER six-wheel tender from a former LNER 'K3' Class 2-6-0 tender engine.
* In the model series, his double tenders were simply just two locomotive tenders coupled together; whereas in the CGI series, his first tender is a normal tender whilst his second tender is a water carrier. However, they both lack their corridor connections.
* In the CGI series the lining on his double tenders are incorrectly shaped as if they were for a fowler tender, an error that first appeared on his Hornby model.
* In The Great Race he is shown to be able to move his smoke deflectors backwards and forwards, a feature which is not present on the real Flying Scotsman.
* His whistle sound was originally used for Neville.
* His standard tender was reused for Duchess.
* He calls Gordon "Little Brother" despite the fact that Gordon is older than him, because Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 while Gordon was built in 1922 as a prototype pacific. The nickname's origin may come from his extra tender, giving Scotsman extra mass compared to his brother.
* Flying Scotsman is the only real world locomotive to appear in full CGI.