Micky wrote:Talking about the Flying Scotsman my favourite video (it seems very rare on dvd?) is the BBC film of the May 1968 40th anniversary non-stop run from Kings Cross to Edinburgh featuring Alan Peglar. The video only lasts about 45-50 mins but there are some nice shots on the footplate of 4472 plus some nice lineside location shots at places like Fletton Junction (south of Peterborough) as well as several other places along the route also theres some on board interviews on the train. My favourite moment is when the press suggest to Alan Peglar that because 4472 was running low on water was he aware that there was several hundred bottles of 'light ale' in the buffet car?. Alan responded by saying that 4472 would probably run VERY WELL on all that light ale!.
Not sure if this is still of interest, but this Documentary is available via a link on the BBC "One Show" web site, along with some other interesting (to me anyway) documentaries.
I was impressed with the point mentioned above, inasmuch as in contemporary documentaries there would have been an huge fuss made with doom laden voice overs "But there are problems, The Flying Scotsman is dangerously low on water, and may not make it to the end of her run" etc. Also a good deal of uncommented-un-loud-music'ed-over footage was shewn with just the sound of the locomotive.
Micky wrote:Talking about the Flying Scotsman my favourite video (it seems very rare on dvd?) is the BBC film of the May 1968 40th anniversary non-stop run from Kings Cross to Edinburgh featuring Alan Peglar. The video only lasts about 45-50 mins but there are some nice shots on the footplate of 4472 plus some nice lineside location shots at places like Fletton Junction (south of Peterborough) as well as several other places along the route also theres some on board interviews on the train. My favourite moment is when the press suggest to Alan Peglar that because 4472 was running low on water was he aware that there was several hundred bottles of 'light ale' in the buffet car?. Alan responded by saying that 4472 would probably run VERY WELL on all that light ale!.
Not sure if this is still of interest, but this Documentary is available via a link on the BBC "One Show" web site, along with some other interesting (to me anyway) documentaries.
I was impressed with the point mentioned above, inasmuch as in contemporary documentaries there would have been an huge fuss made with doom laden voice overs "But there are problems, The Flying Scotsman is dangerously low on water, and may not make it to the end of her run" etc. Also a good deal of uncommented-un-loud-music'ed-over footage was shewn with just the sound of the locomotive.
HTH
Tony
I credit this film as the main reason why I became fascinated by railways ant the LNER in particular. I watched it as a 6 year old when it was first shown and bought the DVD as soon as the BBC issued it a few years ago. The most memorable scene for me is at the end when a long telephoto lens is used to show the locomotive and train approaching in a heat haze with the sound of bagpipes overlaid on the sound of the locomotive. Redolent.
