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Flying Scotsman: A Pictorial History [Audiobook] download free by Fred Kerr

Flying Scotsman: A Pictorial History Audiobook download free by Fred Kerr
  • Listen audiobook: Flying Scotsman: A Pictorial History
  • Author: Fred Kerr
  • Release date: 2017/12/20
  • Publisher: PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Transportation
  • ISBN: 9781473899926
  • Rating: 7.02 of 10
  • Votes: 499
  • Review by: Zavier Rosenberg
  • Review rating: 7.67 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/10/9
  • Duration: 1H41M24S in 256 kbps (27.2 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-10
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, WAV, WMA, MPEG4, ATRAC, MP3, MPC (compression ZIP, RAR, ARJ, AZW4, DMG, TBZ2, EML)
  • Total pages original book: 136
  • Includes a PDF summary of 12 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 9M11S (2.4 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: Built at Doncaster works in 1923 the Nigel Gresley designed then-A1 class Pacific (4-6-2) first entered service as No 1472. The new locomotive did not receive a name until it was sent for display at a Wembley exhibition in 1924, and then the name Fying Scotsman was chosen. The Legend was born. In 1928 the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) express steam locomotive hauled the first non-stop service from London to Edinburgh and in 1934 went on to break through the 100mph barrier. In addition to regularly hauling express trains for the LNER and later British Railways (BR), the Gresley steam icon has also travelled to, and worked passenger trains in, North America and Australia. Withdrawn by BR in January 1963 as BR No 60103, the locomotive was bought for preservation and soon became a regular sight on mainline specials and at preserved railways. The locomotives history in preservation is an interesting if not chequered one, however stability is now assured as Flying Scotsman has rightly become a part of the national collection administered by the National Railway Museum (NRM).The excitement which surrounded the return to steam of Flying Scotsman in 2016, and the ongoing celebrity status afforded to the famous Gresley designed engine, are perchance confirmation of the fact that it is The Worlds Most Famous Steam Locomotive.The most famous phrase entered into locomotive preservation folklore when first broadcast by John Noakes, a BBC TV Blue Peter presenter. A great many words have been written about the engineering specification and in service performance of Flying Scotsman. Accordingly, this keepsake publication simply uses carefully selected images, dating from the BR steam era to the present day, to celebrate the Return of the Legend. This publication includes a selection of QR Codes with links to items of film footage.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Trains & Railways, British & Irish History, Industrialisation & Industrial History
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  • Format: Hardback
  • Approximate value: 31.47 USD
  • Dimensions: 215x276x22.86mm
  • Weight: 898.11g
  • Printed by: Pen & Sword Transport
  • Published in: Barnsley, United Kingdom

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