Overview
Think of the Golden Age of Steam and one train leaps to mind above all others: the Flying Scotsman, Nigel Gresley's elegant masterpiece of a locomotive. She broke the world speed record in 1934 and has enthralled millions with her beauty and power. Uniquely, her post-war career has been even more varied and exciting than her early triumphs. Now Andrew Roden tells the Scotsman's remarkable story, from her construction and the glory days between the wars through the decline of steam and her rollercoaster fortunes in the subsequent years: nearly abandoned on a tour of the United States after the money ran out, crossing the Australian interior, then put up for sale yet again when the company that owned her went bankrupt in 2003. A massive public campaign saved her and the Flying Scotsman's restoration began in 2005 at the National Railway Museum in Britain. With the aid of numerous interviews with those involved with the Scotsman over the years, Roden brings her story memorably to life. With the aid of numerous interviews with those involved with the Scotsman over the years, Roden brings her story memorably to life. Above all, he asks: why do grown men risk their life savings to own her? Why do thousands of people still line the trackside when she's due to race past? And just what is the eternal appeal of the Flying Scotsman?
Full Product Details
Author: Andrew Roden
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint: Aurum
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9781845133702
ISBN 10: 1845133706
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 06 August 2015
Recommended Age: From 0 to 0 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
'Her spirit lives on - and Roden has brought it back, wreathed in clouds of nostalgic steam' 'an absorbing new book... The author is to be congratulated' 'Highly readable... a book Flying Scotsman enthusiasts should enjoy'
'Her spirit lives on - and Roden has brought it back, wreathed in clouds of nostalgic steam' The Times 'an absorbing new book... The author is to be congratulated' Railway Magazine 'Highly readable... a book Flying Scotsman enthusiasts should enjoy' Heritage Railway
`Her spirit lives on - and Roden has brought it back, wreathed in clouds of nostalgic steam'`an absorbing new book... The author is to be congratulated'`Highly readable... a book Flying Scotsman enthusiasts should enjoy' `Highly readable... a book Flying Scotsman enthusiasts should enjoy' `an absorbing new book... The author is to be congratulated' `Her spirit lives on - and Roden has brought it back, wreathed in clouds of nostalgic steam'
Author Information
Andrew Roden is the associate editor of International Rail Journal and the author of The Duchesses.
