Flying Scotsman

[igorski]

Spent much of Saturday chasing 60103 around Suffolk & Cambridgeshire.

Near Diss:

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60103 Flying Scotsman by andygnott, on Flickr

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60103 Flying Scotsman by andygnott, on Flickr

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60103 Flying Scotsman by andygnott, on Flickr


Near Stowmarket:

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60103 Flying Scotsman by andygnott, on Flickr

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60103 Flying Scotsman by andygnott, on Flickr

Near Ely:

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60103 Flying Scotsman by andygnott, on Flickr

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60103 Flying Scotsman by andygnott, on Flickr

Bonus Class 47 which was on the back.

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47746 Chris Fudge by andygnott, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!!

[paddyboy]

Hi Andy

Nice shots of the beast

It was a total bun fight at Norwich Thorpe to get any pics of her

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[tazmin88]

Not often you have to use the zoom on a station

[tazmin88]

Ely was a bit chaotic too

[igorski]

I think this is why I didn't go to any stations!

[tazmin88]

There were only two photographers and a Greater Anglia manager at Shippea hill on Friday when the loco transited to Norwich. But maybe that was because the timetable wasn't publicised on Railcam diagrams nor was the actual RTT headcode (5Z60) as it showed 536E instead . A bit like a SAM Flight showing a QID callsign on ADSB

[paddyboy]

Andy: I wasn't even on the station; I was just trying to drive over Carrow bridge to pick the Missus up

They were 3 or 4 deep on the Norwich Ring Road over said bridge, which overlooks the throat of the station

No plod about, of course

[igorski]

All this fuss over some old steam engine... The railway equivalent of F-22's coming to LN...

[Redfoot60]

I used my drone to look down on the train. If I had any idea how to post images on here I'd do so!

Great photos in this thread, any steam is pretty rare in East Anglia

Peter

[igorski]

I used my drone to look down on the train. If I had any idea how to post images on here I'd do so!

Great photos in this thread, any steam is pretty rare in East Anglia

Peter

Thanks I only started chasing steam engines this year, but so far...

Near Godmanchester, July this year
Flying Scotsman by andygnott, on Flickr

Ely, September
A4 60009 by andygnott, on Flickr

Ely, October
70013 Oliver Cromwell by andygnott, on Flickr

[paddyboy]

Hi Andy

Great shots

Get your good self up to the NNR next year and take some of 'Black Prince'

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[igorski]

Get your good self up to the NNR next year and take some of 'Black Prince'

I was there earlier this year! I think we passed Black Prince while it was parked up at sheds?

Weybourne by andygnott, on Flickr

Couple of iffy pans...

90775 by andygnott, on Flickr

76084 by andygnott, on Flickr

[welshandy]

Great photo's, haven't seen Flying Scotsman since the 1990's. Closest I got was last year when it was hauling a railtour to Aberystwyth,but was replaced by a Network Rail Class 97(Ex Class 37) for the run down the Cambrian(only ERTMS fitted class 158 Sprinters & 97301-4 are allowed on the Line).
Your photo of 90775 brought back memories. I remember her when I was a volunteer on the Mid Hants Railway back in the 1980's. She was then numbered 601,named "Sturdee" & painted in LMR(Longmoor Military Railway) Blue.

[igorski]

Just looked up some photos of '601', she looked good in blue for sure

[paddyboy]

Hi Andy

Never seen a shot of Black Prince without the 'shields' on before

Wonder why they had been removed

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[igorski]

I might have a photo from the side, I'll try and find it tonight...

[igorski]

Black Price by andygnott, on Flickr

Definitely has the front shields on.

Coach Window 'Filter'

[H.A.Bucken]

I like the Standard 4 moguls ever since seeing a shed full of them at Kirkby Stephen in the mid 1950s. Being so used to numbers beginning with 4 on the W.C.M.L. (Oxenholme), I couldn't get my head around them beginning with 7; why the duplications? Some were class 2 780XXs which I didn't know at the time and there was at least a 76 and 78 having the same 'last two'
Roger

[baz1]

Hi Andy

Great shots

Get your good self up to the NNR next year and take some of 'Black Prince'

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

just checked and we have 46100 Royal Scott hauling the xmas special to Lincoln on the 9th Dec

[TankBuster]

I remember seeing WD Austerity 90775 many moons ago when she was based on the NYMR, a beautiful loco. The NYMR also have her sister loco 3672 'Dame Vera Lynn' on the line awaiting overhaul... http://www.dameveralynn.co.uk/.

I do love the big freight loco's especially the 9fs'. Ivo Peters captured some cracking footage of these workhorses stomping over the old S&D route .

TankBuster