Flying Scotsman

**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.

### Relatives

Gordon (brother)
Lemberg (brother)
Pretty Polly (sister)
Spencer (cousin)
Mallard (cousin)

### Affiliation

National Railway Museum
North Western Railway - Thomas, Gordon, James, Rebecca, Spencer

## **Biography on YouTube**

Flying Scotsman first appeared on Sammy Clark's channel in the SC Short, "Roasting Thomas".

## **Biography in the SC Shorts**

Flying Scotsman made his debut in the episode "Roasting Thomas". There, he mysteriously ended up inside of the present that Sir Topham Hatt had gotten for Thomas. It was revealed by him that he was supposed to be going to some party on the Mainland but had somehow ended up inside of Thomas' present. With that being said, Flying Scotsman left out of the theater leaving all of the characters in shock and confusion.

One day while waiting at Vicarstown Station, Flying Scotsman encountered Sidney pulling a freight train to the Mainland, and he was puzzled to see that it wasn't Henry taking the train. With this in mind, Scotsman grew a little sus with the diesels. And two of them, Den and Dart, were aware of this. So, a few days later, Den and Dart hid under some crates to try and spy on Flying Scotsman to see if he would grow anymore suspicious of the diesels doing the steam engines' work. However, due to them being under crates without any holes to help them see of their surroundings, Den and Dart didn't notice Flying Scotsman spying on them from behind in a siding. Scotsman then tricked the two by pretending to be unaware that Den and Dart weren't real freight cars and then trapped them in a siding by blocking their way with more freight cars behind them.

Sometime later, he informed Spencer about how much the freight cars on the island have been acting out and asked him to help keep an eye out on the engines to make sure that they wouldn't get into any accidents. Luckily when this happened to Donald and Douglas one day, they both managed to save them just in time before they could reach the ocean.

When Sir Topham Hatt had to leave the island on urgent business, he left Diesel in charge of the railway. And after finding out Diesel's devious plan to take over Sodor, Flying Scotsman and Spencer assembled Sodor's Finest, which consisted of: Flying Scotsman (leader), Spencer, Thomas, James, Percy, Duck, Paxton, Philip, and Diesel 10

After splitting up into teams of where the next shipment of coal is to being delivered, Flying Scotsman stood on guard at Vicarstown Bridge for any suspicious activity. However, there he got tricked by Bert pretending to be a woman, and ended up getting trapped on the Mainland side by Diesel. Pissed by this, he took his anger out on Bert with his shot gun.

Later after Diesel was finally found out by Sir Topham Hatt, Flying Scotsman came to the scene expecting to save the day, but couldn't because the day had already been saved by Thomas.

## **Personality**

Flying Scotsman is a polite and proud engine; however he can be pompous and somewhat smug, like his brother Gordon. He also has a common sibling relationship with Gordon, and enjoys teasing him, referring to him as his "little brother" to piss him off, using his catchphrase as his own.

## **Trivia**

* He is the only real-life engine to appear in the SC Shorts.