The Flying Scotsman, the Most Famous Steam Train in the World

[@jimparr01Utube]

I do believe it is better to preserve such history on a track - rather than a museum. Great doco'. Thank you.

[@LloydieP]

Top right! My parents took me on a ride on The Flying Scotsman, when she did a world tour.

[@366Gli]

Yes.!

[@barrytillman2818]

I, my friend and his father were lucky enough to have had the great opportunity to drive this magnificent machine it’s an experience I will never forget as the narrator said we were some of the privileged few

[@barryjones4973]

Had the pleasure in the 1980's or 1990's in Australia riding this beauty from Melbourne to Geelong & return. I remember looking out of the classroom window at Frankston High School, watching the Frankston to Stony Point line steam freight train being turned on the roundabout in the early 1950's & it often went to Melbourne to pick up freight. The sound of a steam engine pulses through you like a heart beat that diesel or electric trains could never do.💜

[@williamotter5419]

What s beauty

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

What a saga...incredible adventure, a well made documentary that catches the attention and never gets dull, great photography , music, interviews and very well narrated....

[@williamotter5419]

😂

[@grahamwilcox7402]

We met 4472 when she was in Australia in 1988. We took part in a parallel run into Sydney between 4472 and New South Wales’s prime locomotive 3801. That was a thrilling experience which I still have on film on KZbin. It is entitled LNER FLYING SCOTSMAN 4472 ON ITS AUSTRALIAN TOUR 1988. Graham Wilcox

[@MySteamChannel]

Love that video mate!

[@officialbritishtaxpayer5609]

Yes good point. It’s one of those things that makes my teeth stand on edge when people refer to a locomotive as a “train” and watching further on, thus sympathetic documentary does refer to locomotives correctly. It’s quite heartwarming to see non-railway minded people holding this locomotive in such high esteem and affection.

[@RussellJamesStevens]

Such a heartwarming story...Thank you.❤❤❤❤

[@johnprice867]

Should have been titled worlds most expensive operating stream locomotive!! Wow thats a labor of love... I'm glad she is still alive and well!!

[@danielboone3770]

A great story of the Flying Scotsman for me to enjoy. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@MySteamChannel]

I was very lucky to travel hundreds of miles with Scotsman in Australia 1989.

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

I do so envy you. I am looking forward to riding the new Flying Scotsman this summer...but, it will not have the aura of the original.

[@johnjeanb]

Frenchman here. No question about how huge the British contribution has been to trains especially in the XIX century. No question about beauties like this Flying Scottsman locomotive absolute beauty, the Mallard which won speed records. No question about wonderful bridges Britain constructed (Firth of Forth, Royal Albert Bridge, etc). There is a little exageration about the Flying Scottsman being the world's most famous train but rather one of the most famous trains. Needless to mention trains like the Orient express, the Train Bleu (Paris to Nice). When it comes to speed, we French mave made some contributions (331 km/h in 1955 and 574 km/h in 2007). So truth is many European countries have made their contribution to inventions and beautiful Engineering.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

This is the Worlds most Famouse Locomotive not Train, there is a difference of which Best Documentry got the title wrong

[@OTIB1]

Thank you for stating locomotive and not train. The train is the locomotive's carriages.

[@drstrangelove4998]

The British invented trains, it wasn’t just a ‘contribution.’

[@TransdermalCelebrate]

A gentleman by the name of Denis Papin derives a certain amount of credit, certainly for the use of steam, in defence of our French neighbours and presumably other inventors with less accountable acclaim through history. That’s not to say that the first accredited working engine probably goes to Richard Trevithick through a certain Welsh mining town, that said and to British acclaim, he was born a Cornish man 😊

[@myparceltape1169]

The Serpollet boiler system had me interested. I started wondering if it would be a fast-start power source. You probably saw the Glenfinnan Viaduct. The Flying Scotsman was shown going over it, as was Harry Potter. The builder used a lot of concrete in his constructions. So much so that he was nicknamed Concrete (and a second name which I cannot recall.)

[@1JohnnyCruiser]

I remember seeing Flying Scotsman when it came to North America around 1972, It visited San Francisco at Fisherman's wharf and you could tour it. It was especially memorable because going thru the corridor in the tender I had claustrophobia attack. My first ever so that stood out for me haha.

[@kenstevens5065]

Brilliant video production. I never knew Alan Peglar was only able to run the locomotive on BR due to a legal technicality and that he lost his job over the purchase. Nor did I know it was Ted Heath's Government withdrawing support for the American tour that led to Alan Peglar entering bankruptcy.

[@nancydelu4061]

My great grand father, a teenage Scotsman, came to California and worked his whole life on trains. He would get angry w my great grandmother and say, "I'm going all the way to Bangor, Maine; I may not be back!" He has a pass that got him on all USA railroads. That was the 1920s, according to family lore.

[@YouriCarma]

Well at least that sounds much more exciting than: "I'll be out getting some cigarettes." 😆

[@johanneswilhelm3318]

😂

[@roberthocking9138]

Wonderful video, beautifully narrated. Ime in Australia and my late father and I saw and rode the Scotsman , I still remember my father’s reaction his smile from ear to ear. How lucky we were to have that experience. I do hope it is looked after well now that’s it’s finally at rest in preservation. I will never forget the unique beat of its 3 cylinders as long as I live.

[@lukegreen5341]

6:20 Super Awesome Storytelling Baldrick From The Black Adder The Original Series. X

[@wimpretorius1683]

It's a very interesting documentary of the flying Scotsman locomotive 🚂

[@starfleetau]

Saw her as a Kid in 1988 while she was in Australia one of the reasons I love steam trains.

[@myparceltape1169]

Steam locomotives can appear to be very powerful at low speeds, as if they are showing what they can do if left off the leash.

[@rrelectric5159]

Very nice documentary. I was part of the US crew from Texas to Kansas. Nice to see it again.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still -motion photography pictures 📷. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Along with guest speakers.sharing personal knowledge pertaining to the " Flying Scotsman ". Making this documentary more authentic and possible -!!!😉. Enjoying this presentation from my computer room. Along the " Space Coast "🚀 of Florida 🐊🐊🐊 ( 2-6-24 ). Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 )🌈🎉..

[@officialbritishtaxpayer5609]

It's not a "Train" it's a LOCOMOTIVE!!!

[@simontaylor2319]

Weel there is also the Flying Scotman Train

[@gregoryclark8217]

If we want to get really pedantic, The Flying Scotsman was a service. The Flying Scotsman can refer to 3 things, the London-Scotland express service, the train that is fulfilling that service at a particular moment, and the preserved locomotive 4472.

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

​@@simontaylor2319 Yes, a fantastic train that I was fortunate enough to ride from London to Edinburgh when I was a graduate student. Spring break...no plans... saw the beautiful green locomotive, and, on a whim, hopped on. Conductor was lovely, gave me a ticket, and placed me in a compartment with 2 elderly Scottish ladies who took over my life for 3 days. The trip,itself, was a learning experience. I will mention two incidents: realizing that my soup was rising up the side of the bowl( train speed 100mph); my two ladies ordered tea sandwiches and hot water; took out their own teabags from a silver reticule, brewed, then replaced the bags into the reticule. Noticing my expression ( unsophisticated youth!), one gently stated, " Waste not, want not, ye ken" . I've never forgotten that journey. Later, my British schoolmates laughed at my vivid imagination!

[@simontaylor2319]

Actually 4 ----Flying Scotsman was also an Irish racehorse, - there were probably quite a few. No quite as fast as its namesake

[@RobloxGamingCorner]

Just like Big Ben, people refer the whole clock tower as Big Ben even though it's bell inside the tower. Trains are the things that are pulled by the locomotive but people call the whole thing a train because it's easier

[@Hello-zm8il]

From this to what we have today, somehow seems we have gone backwards in some sense

[@dennisstone1542]

Wait until you realize mountains are melted cities

[@rondunn4336]

Beauty, elegance and power. What engineering eh?

[@grahamfisher5436]

Was on the 2017 UK national tour. In the pullman dining carriage. Absolutely fantastic experience. "LeslieBrandish" xxx

[@TrainLover-wt9ix]

There were reports that the Pennsylvania Railroad’s S1 might have had beaten Mallard’s world record. But unfortunately I don’t think there’s evidence of that, so Mallard still stands.

[@ingeposch8091]

i have a tip for the "steam machinery fans", the "Wouda gemaal" in Lemmer! it is the biggerst steam driven waterworks pumping station in the world... and it still works!! mostly to pleasure visitors, but in time of extreme high water levels it works to pump the water out and keep the feet of our inhabitants dry. a few weeks ago it was in full swing to get the water level down after the excessive rains in early januari.

[@ibrahim20248]

A rare and very powerful masterpiece that carries the past and dreams of the future 🥰🥰🥰🥰✋✋🙏🙏

[@asullivan4047]

Documentaries like this one. Are time well spent watching 👀.

[@RachetstudiosG17]

Stop saying rare about a famous engine

[@lukegreen5341]

11:37 This LNER Gresley Streamlined A4 Pacific Steam Locomotive Union Of South Africa Is A Bit Like Mallard. Thanks Mate. PS I Reunited With This Locomotive Mallard From The National Railway Museum In York In Yorkshire In England In The United Kingdom Back In May 2018 And It Was Super Awesome. X

[@dougn2350]

I'm surprised the Flying Scottsman was never mentioned in Downton Abbey. The writer of the program often included current events.

[@ingeposch8091]

about 10 years ago i was traveling home by train when we were held up at the "Velserspoortunnel", one of the two railway (spoor) tunnels under the notrhsea channel (channel from the north sea shore at IJmuiden to the harbour of Amsterdam) to wait for the passing of a steam locomotive that had been to a festival based in Alkmaar and returning to it's home somewhere in the provence of Zeeland. i expected it to be towed by another engine through the tunnel (and so did the conductor on the train i was on) but to my surprise it took the 1957 tunnel, never meant to be taken by a steam driven train, under it's own power! it was a marvelous sight, but we had to keep the windows of our train closed in the tunnel because of the smoke it had left behind... 💪❤

[@Tauraco00]

In adittion to Flying Scotsman....I love the Lemberg toooo much❤❤❤❤❤❤ A powerful Locomotive

[@thetooginator153]

I’m an American Blackadder fan and I’m pretty sure the great Tony Robinson is narrating this.

[@officialbritishtaxpayer5609]

Yes indeed it is he. History is his passion and I’ve met several people in my career who have met and worked with him: all of them tell me he is every bit as kind and pleasant as he appears on screen.

[@j-jlevy]

Fantastic documentary. Thank you for the post

[@sitarnut]

A large part of the fun of seeing this was the vintage footage... my question is why isn't the "Flying Scotsman" name plate affixed to the boiler front nowadays? It's Iconic! That was one of the coolest bits..... peace out from TX.

[@miketuggle9273]

Legend has it Scotch Whiskey powered it over water and that's what gave it the speed. If I recall correctly, Johnny Walker Blue Label worked best.

[@andrzejpaczynski8533]

LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman Specifications Driver dia. 80 in (2,032 mm) diameter Length 70 ft (21.34 m) Height 13 ft (3.96 m) Loco weight 96.25 long tons (97.79 t; 107.80 short tons) Wheels: 4-6-2 Cylinders: 3 - 20in (508mm) diameter, 26in (600mm) stroke Power: (app) 1500kW Tractive effort as A3: 147kN Thank you for the video, She Has a Story!

[@phungo5165]

Đầu máy xe lửa hơi nước ra đời đã hàng trăm năm. Thật ngưỡng mộ!

[@curtisloewii.3032]

Der berühmteste Dampfzug der Welt ist ja wohl der Orient Express, gefolgt vom Train Bleu und dem Rheingold!!

[@andrewyoung749]

hardly anyone knows the rhinegold who isnt interested in trains. next you'll b saying bavarian s3/6 locos are more fmous than a4s. and in 2024 i suspect most people would associate the blue train with either the restaurant at paris lyon (without making the connection therein) or the sar train...

[@phungo5165]

Gìn giữ được đầu máy hơi nước, đường sắt cổ ....Thật tuyệt vời!

[@richardanderson2742]

The issue of repeated repairs and renovations often raises the question raised herein in closing...just what of the original is actually left? For those of us caretaking of historical machines, whether cars, trains or airplanes, the concept of originality constantly is raised. The answer for me is that these were machines intended to be run and maintained and only in their continued use can you truly claim to be keeping history alive. As such, repairs and maintenance completed to keep them going is keeping it original to its purpose.

[@johnbarrance4926]

The rear two thirds of the frames are original and that’s about it. No steam locomotive is original after its first overhaul a spoilers and other parts are swapped

[@phungo5165]

Đầu máy hơi nước, tuổi đời cản trăm năm vẫn hoạt động. Thật tuyệt vời!

[@carmonajr18]

Gordon maybe the famous express engine on sodor, but his brother(the Flying Scotsman) is on another level. Jokes aside, the flying Scotsman is definitely a majestic looking engine in history.

[@vernongoodey5096]

GWR man here, not saying a word!!!

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

Not even that the first 100mph loco was GWR?

[@12crepello]

​​@@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars It was Indeed!

[@markokada7311]

So the UK is the pioneer in the development of locomotive; in 1964 ( a year of Tokyo Olympic), Japan launched " Shinkansen " or so called a bullet train running from Tokyo to Osaka w/ a distance of a little less than 500km in the record time ( approx. 2 & 1/2 hrs ) at that time. Then about 20 yrs later French established their bullet train from Paris to London ( French engineers came to Japan & asked a lot of questions to Japanese engineers according to the Japanese Shinkansen documentary ). Now Chinese has advanced in the field of train. Enjoyed, admired, & appreciated to the full. (02/06/24)

[@vernongoodey5096]

We don’t build locomotives any more as there is no profit in it. Pioneering means the beginning 1806 Richard Trevithick first steam locomotive, George Stephensons Works Newcastle supplied Germany, France, USA, Japan, China with their first steam locomotive. You could say that a British invention lost us the Empire because it was only after the USA completed the Trans Continental Railroad and Russia built the Trans Siberian Railway that they became the Superpowers of the world! China was actually a late starter in Railways

[@12crepello]

And now we're building our own high speed railway.............oh, hang on!!

[@LorenzoMolina-yx2fz]

Very well done👍👍 thank you

[@JoeSmith-vs5sy]

Good production!

[@SethyReach]

Can someone stop the Americans commenting about the big boy locomotive like I know that they like being patriotic but is the bigboy 100 years old and still running at 75 mph?

[@garethmatthews7939]

the flying scitsman is not in the same class has the beg bot that is a proper steam loco the flying scotsman is just a joke like its creater colles and stanier were better than gresley he just stole other peoples ideas and passed them has is the A4 sreamlinning for example was takefd from race cars im from the uk and brought up with the GWR

[@LeeAvison]

Flying Scotsman departed London 30 minutes before Concorde departing London Heathrow every day !!

[@silverc4s146]

Well done, lads.

[@martyphotoart7761]

just Great..

[@jacquesleroux5069]

Pity the Evening Star 92220 isn't running anymore, I built its Airfix kit many years ago

[@bulwinkle]

4472 is NOT a train, it is a locomotive. A train is what it is attached behind it.

[@thorstenschreier7891]

Very nice documentary.I think, I saw the Flying Scotsman in a Cataloque from Märklin? Anywhere , a nice Story.

[@nigelkthomas9501]

Fantastic video! If only it could’ve been less expensive to work and maintain.

[@AlbertusForster-ed1dx]

I can remember that friend of mine , that when this locko was in Australia, one these loco was in Australia spent it to the UK that was bout fifteen years ago Put on ship back to England.

[@pault2642]

i was at sydney nsw with the scotsman about to leave, drain cocks opened and every thing disappeared in a cloud of steam, when it cleared the loco had disappeared without a trace.

[@bushmasterflash]

I think GWR's 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall may have a shout for the title as well. Its amazing how many people know the locomotive that drags the Hogwarts Express.

[@LullabyLuella]

Well Done!!!!!

[@Nastyswimmer]

The "Flying Scotsman" was a rail service that began in 1862 but was first given that name in 1924. It was a steam train until 1962 when steam haulage was replaced by class 55 "Deltic" diesel locomotives. However, I presume that you are referring to the North Eastern Railway (later LNER) steam locomotive named "Flying Scotsman" - that's a locomotive, not a train.

[@jbsmarklinmodellbahn1728]

Da war der Rheingold schon 6 Jahre unterwegs und bestimmt berühmter als dieser Zug. Die Loks des rheingold vielleicht nicht, aber der Zug an sich eben und hier wird immer von einem Zug geredet.

[@BeanieFerry]

Magnifiek ❤❤❤❤❤

[@georgioskokkinis-pc7ym]

The world is not England. This train is a small child's toy in front of the big boy.

[@ВалерийПавлов-т7л]

очень интересный фильм, насыщеная и сложная биография паровоза,

[@mulatnochannel]

Wow good 👍❤

[@Jose-el4yd]

Locomotiva a vapor voltará!

[@suzcant3320]

If Alan Pegler heard that you used at the start of this train instead of engine he would probably not be that happy

[@riteshkumar-kj3hk]

Flying Scotsman THE LEGEND.

[@asullivan4047]

Having an interest in steam locomotives. Viewing this presentation rekindled my interest once again -!!!😉.

[@gzk6nk]

'THE MONEYPIT!'

[@pfmerc10]

What should of been a most enjoyable watch, Wasn't, due to the background music being far too loud,,sorry had to turn off.

[@stuartross4948]

I'd prefer a journey from London to Edinburgh as a passenger on a Steam Locomotive over the same journey in a Tesla. I don't even want the choice, I want these locomotives to be the obvious choice for inter-city travel. I want them back in service.

[@RobloxGamingCorner]

The early days of of high speed railway service, Actually maybe it goes back further than 1934

[@christhompson2126]

"Flying Scotsman" is her name... She is not "THE Flying Scotsman", which words represent a train (of passenger coaches) carrying that name.

[@michaelstaley2241]

Iconic locomotive especially in LNER livery not BR livery ..👍🏻

[@gzk6nk]

Do you mean 'train', or 'locomotive? Judging by the picture (I sure ain't going to watch the vid!) you actually mean 'locomotive'.

[@AlfieDoug]

@gzk6nk Realy ? How childish.

[@gzk6nk]

@@AlfieDoug You really are a silly billy, aren't you?

[@edwardlloyd2430]

Correct, only once carraiges are coupled to the locomotive does it become a train.

[@framfull]

Most second famous, Big Boy in USA currently on first place🤠

[@garethmatthews7939]

im from the uk and flying scotsman is a joke against the us steam loco's like Union Pacific 844 a loco never withdrawn and the resored big boy

[@pieterweatherall2826]

The Gresley Mallard was the fastest steam train at 128 MPH 1936.

[@garethmatthews7939]

check your facts it was 125.6

[@mikekennedy5470]

The one guy that said well things dont always fit the way you think they will. He was probably the reason it took an extra 750 thousand pounds..😮

[@malcolmemsley5909]

My Daughter fired on the Scotsman in 2023 up in Scotland.

[@thesudriana016]

29:56 That is incorrect. Flying Scotsman's first actual major USA stop is at Hartford, Connecticut. Penn Station in NJ was the second stop.

[@andrewdarley8988]

Pedant alert! "Flying Scotsman" is possibly the most famous steam LOCOMOTIVE but is not a steam Train. "The flying Scotsman" train was originally pulled by this locomotive or others of its class but went on through A4s and into the diesel era. This account mentions that the flying Scotsman had to be rebuilt to a higher boiler pressure and longer valve travels but doesn't mention this was only after the class had been whipped by the GWR Pendennis Castle in the locomotive exchanges. Sir Nigel Presley was a great enough man to acknowledge his mistakes and immediately set about upgrading the A1s to A3's. However no credit is given to G K Churchward of the GWR who establish these principles. Also an overseas reader would be surprised to learn that there are many other large great locomotives pulling special trains and clocking up impressive mileages on Britain's railways - although it may be the oldest express locomotive still going.

[@LeeAvison]

This Locomotive is in my view , The Greatest train, That was ever built !!

[@DaiElsan]

Im now living in Germany. Nobody has ever heard of 4472. Strange that.

[@alexsidoroff4084]

@DaiElsan, have they ever heard about UP Big Boy?

[@garethmatthews7939]

@@alexsidoroff4084 my point the big boy is more famous then the flying scotsman

[@williamzk9083]

Perhaps the may famous train in the Anglosphere?

[@steamon2]

Or steam engine a train is a collection of engine and coaches think of a camel train a few camels walking one behind the other

[@КОЧЕГАРРСФСР-в6н]

ЧТО ЗА МУЗЫКА ЗВУЧИТ В РОЛИКЕ? СПАССИБО.❤.

[@ysp281]

4-6-2の綺麗な均整の取れた個体ですね、標準規格なら100マイル出ても不思議ではないですが、日本ならC57辺りがこの個体に相当しますかね。

[@kennethfields2288]

I gave up at 2:35 as I can't stand the stupid music behing the narration. Tony Robinson does a good job as usual but I find it difficult to hear him clearly.

[@giancarlofilacchione7371]

Ascoltare la musica di "Pacific 231" di Arthur Honegger.

[@hansjorgbosshart7605]

Damned advertisment 08:17

[@YayerSlayer2012]

Gordon is sad

[@babbybailey]

"but my glucose is low..." 😅

[@VladimirPutinSaysHello]

48:52 what are insane waste of money

[@richarthmalasquez7496]

Muy buen canal ....lo malo 😡 no hay audio en español

[@イワモトノリアキ]

フライングスコッツマンと言えばゴードンのモデルになったともいわれて後に兄弟としてトーマスにも登場した伝説の機関車。

[@DerekWalsh-l4i]

You need to differentiate between the Flying Scotsman train, and the Flying Scotsman engine. They are poles apart. The Train began running in 1862 between London and Edinburgh. The Engine was built in 1923, and did often haul the train of the same name, but they are not the same thing. So 4472 may be the most famous engine in the world but it is not a train. e world

[@patrickporter6536]

It's a locomotive.

[@acersalman8258]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kylepeck4491]

🤩

[@bryantemple3382]

Strictly, a train is a locomotive plus its load not the locomotive on its own.

[@alainportant6412]

hey shaniqua music is too loud you NEED to correct that crap

[@MENSA.lady2]

Mallard might disagree.