1938 'Flying Scotsman' Set

[ian maccabe]

Further information may be forthcoming from Chris Nettleton of the Gresley Society who are in the process of restoring vehicle 1852 to 1938 condition.

[sawdust]

Further information may be forthcoming from Chris Nettleton of the Gresley Society who are in the process of restoring vehicle 1852 to 1938 condition.

I'm envolved with the plan to restore the vehicle. Hence the request.

Sawdust.

[robertcwp]

The formation is the same as that given in Banks and Carter for 1936, with the Diagram 45 steel-panelled BG leading.

Here is a closer view of the leading Brake Van (BV to the LNER for Brake Van Vestibuled):
2508_FlyingScotsman_1930s_crop by robertcwp, on Flickr

Is this a Diag 45 or a different type?

[Rustynuts]

Having had a look around the answer to your question, about the all-steel BG on the south end of the "Flying Scotsman" for nearly ten years (and a good many other ECML expresses in LNER and BR days) may be found in the following books and website:

- Gresley's Coaches, Michael Harris, 1973
- LNER Carriages, Michael Harris, repr.1995 and 2011
- LNER Standard Gresley Carriages, Michael Harris, 1998
- LNER Passenger Trains and Formations, Steve Banks and Clive Carter, 2013
- A thread about this BG in: www.steve-banks.org