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The speed restriction imposed on the modern-day "Scotsman" at York station is nothing to do with the implications of passing under the overall roof, but due to the fact that the station is sited on a sharp curve precluding high-speed running. See "Rail Super Centres: York" by Ken Appleby (publ. Ian Allan, 1993) for photographs of track layout and speed restriction signs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.140.248.1 ( talk) 23:19, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
Ok, surely someone out there in WIki-land can find a reliable source that categorically states which two engines are pictured in the main illustration for this article (the poster from the centenary, which was also used as the front-cover for "The Flying Scotsman 1862 1962 Portrait of a Train", a booklet by Ellis C Hamilton). The older engine, pictured in sepia-tones in the upper left-hand corner is apparently either
"It was the LNER which, in 1924, officially renamed the 10:00 Special Scotch Express linking Edinburgh and London in both directions as the Flying Scotsman, its unofficial name since the 1870s"
The above is clearly not the whole or exact story of the unofficial name, see:
1872 Times 25 Jan. 7/2 The Scotch express (popularly known as the ‘flying Scotchman’)
1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers vii. 165 You should see the Flying Scotchman come through.
Source OED.
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The speed restriction imposed on the modern-day "Scotsman" at York station is nothing to do with the implications of passing under the overall roof, but due to the fact that the station is sited on a sharp curve precluding high-speed running. See "Rail Super Centres: York" by Ken Appleby (publ. Ian Allan, 1993) for photographs of track layout and speed restriction signs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.140.248.1 ( talk) 23:19, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
Ok, surely someone out there in WIki-land can find a reliable source that categorically states which two engines are pictured in the main illustration for this article (the poster from the centenary, which was also used as the front-cover for "The Flying Scotsman 1862 1962 Portrait of a Train", a booklet by Ellis C Hamilton). The older engine, pictured in sepia-tones in the upper left-hand corner is apparently either
"It was the LNER which, in 1924, officially renamed the 10:00 Special Scotch Express linking Edinburgh and London in both directions as the Flying Scotsman, its unofficial name since the 1870s"
The above is clearly not the whole or exact story of the unofficial name, see:
1872 Times 25 Jan. 7/2 The Scotch express (popularly known as the ‘flying Scotchman’)
1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers vii. 165 You should see the Flying Scotchman come through.
Source OED.