Talk:Flying Scotsman (train)
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A few questions that aren't covered by the article:
1) In what year did the FS cease to be a non-stop service? What stops were added at that time (and in subsequent years?)
2) When did the service start running from Glasgow, as opposed to Edinburgh? (I'm guessing early 90s, post-electrification?)
A question related to (1): When did non-stop London-Edinburgh services in general (e.g. The Elizabethan) cease to run?
From a 2006 perspective, running non-stop to Scotland (missing out York and Newcastle!) seems somewhat eccentric, but I can see how it would have made a significant difference to journey times in an era when the train was the only real option for London-Edinburgh travel.
217.155.20.163 10:30, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
I can see that none of these questions have ever been addressed. If we only consider the steam period, did the FS continue to be non-stop on the introduction of the pre-war Coronation and post-war Capitals Limited/Elizabethan services? Another point that is not at all clear here is whether a Flying Scotsman train was running under that name before the 1928 non-stop service.--John of Paris 12:26, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Anachronism
the Deltic-hauled Flying Scotsman became a centrepiece of British Railways advertising, as it had been for the LNER
Shurely shome mishtake: how could something (a Deltic-hauled Flying Scotsman) which could not possibly have occurred before 1961 have been a centrepiece of the advertising of a company which disappeared on 01.01.1948? -- Picapica 21:23, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
- Looks pretty clear to me--John of Paris 12:26, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] GNER stock
The Great North Eastern Railway's Flying Scotsman is usually operated by a 'Mallard' InterCity 225, and the journey takes around 4½ hours.
Has the service ever been operated by an InterCity 125 since GNER took over the franchise? GNER do of course still use 125s quite extensively on their network, but I've never seen a GNER 125 do Flying Scotsman duty. 217.155.20.163 23:16, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Non-stop in the Fifties?
The non-stop Elizabethan left at 9-30. Was there a need for a second non-stop service at 10-00?--John of Paris (talk) 11:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
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