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Whilst in the museum today with Flu (passing it around) I listened to the workshop roundup (and nearly colapsed)
So what happened to Green Arrow then, and what's the future?
Scotsman was down, and Green Arrow worked the Tuesday runs fine, and wednesday it went up fine, and was heading back mid Wednesday afternoon, at about 60mph with a 12 coach load (in 1944 a V2 pulled the record, 24 coaches full of solders from Kings Cross) when it was somewhere around Malton and there was an almight crack and steam came out of every where.
The engineer was on the train, and had a look.
The middle cylinder had sheared off at the axle, and fallen down on to the axlethe foward motion then drove it back forward and pushed it right through the front causing the major damage. The engineer has a look, they manage to get it clear and he said to carry on back on 2 cylinders, and it was only 40 mins late getting back!
The middle wheels ( with a huge gouge in the axle) have gone away to be tested with the lasers, and aren't buckled, they're fine.
The cylinder they have is slightly narrower, but should do the job. Some of the bits are in, and they made a wooden jig to drill the holes.
When the wheels get back, it should (all being well) running to Scarborough this Summer.

The Super D that's in, is being paid for by Pete Waterman, (although the museum owns it) and it almost done, but there is the slight problem of getting it in to the middle track to drop the wheels back in.

Fresh from the incident

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In the latest Steam Railway mag, there's a letter about Scotsman;

'The public would not know, and possibly understand the difference between 'Scotsman' and Green Arrow, both apple green and with lots of wheels; change the name plates and about no one would notice.'

I know how he feels, when people see my Coldstreamer going round they think it's Flying Scotsman. Now I have Scotsman, it makes it look different, eg; the Smaller Tender, and shorter overall length.
But as for swapping Scotsman and Green Arrow's name plates, has he noticed, Green arrow isn't Apple Green, it's the So Called Brunswick Green (which it isn't, it's just BR Green)

Rumour has it 60800 will return as 4771 LNER Apple Green, that's what he's getting at when referring to the public not being able to tell the difference between the two.

BR Green incedently, is Brunswick Green.

From the Sir Nigel Gresley site;

Many people make the mistake of referring to the green as G.W.R. Brunswick Green, and certainly the shade was very close. The G.W.R. (like the Midland Railway with its "Midland Red") achieved the full rich depth of colour by the application of several coats of paint, unfortunately that was not a viable proposition due to the stringent financial conditions under which British Railways operated. The Paint is best described as British Railways Green, and it probably gained a "depth" of colour if the "clear" varnish used had a slightly brownish tinge.