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British Railways – The Flying Scotsman at Paddington Station or Kings Cross Station
Paul sent in this memory of the British Railways:
I was born and raised in South Wales, U.K. My uncle Cecil worked for British Railways at the time, as a “Goods Guard” or train master, riding in the caboose. Sometimes he would take me to work with him in the morning, and put me in the cab of a steam engine. I would get the opportunity to shovel coal into the fire box, and keep the fire going. It was wonderful. It was the soot in the eyes that was the biggest problem, but anyone who has ridden in a steam engine knows that. At the end of the day he would pick me up, and we went home. Not always was I on the same train that Uncle Cecil was on. Usually the engine I was on did small shunt journeys around Griffithstown and Abergavenny South Wales, while Uncle Cecil took longer train journeys.
Another most favorite memory was when we took a day trip to London, and he took me to see The Flying Scotsman. This was in about 1949-1950. I can’t remember if we saw The Flying Scotsman at Paddington Station or Kings Cross Station, but I do absolutely remember marveling at this beautiful huge green steam engine. I can still see after all these years, the Flying Scotsman in my minds eye. I will never forget it.
By the way, I recently purchased an HO scale Hornby Flying Scotsman for my layout. I have so many memories of steam locomotives traveling throughout Britain, their smoke billowing from their funnels as they passed under roadway bridges, with green Welsh pastures all around. In those days, travel by train was outstanding.
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The biggest thrill was when the Flying Scotsman came to Australia and we were lucky enough to obtain Tickets for a 1 day Trip to the Vineyards North of Sydney.
The Engine certainly was the attraction and we should be grateful as I doubt whether it would come to Australia again.
“Long Live the Scotsman”
You would have seen the “The Flying Scotsman,” train with headboard and coach roofboards at Kings Cross station and the loco could have been an A1, A2,A3,A4,W1,or V2 at that difficult period in BR History,.
Flying Scotsman the locomotive, 103 or 60103 was working out of Marylebone station London to Nottingham and Sheffield in 1950.
Paddington Station was the London terminus for the Great Western Railway (GWR) and Western Region of British Railways. King’s Cross was on of the termini of the London & North Eastern Railway(LNER), serving the North of England and Scotland, and Eastern Region of British Railways. The Flying Scotsman was a locomotive built to run on the LNER and would most likely be seen at King’s Cross station. On your trip from South Wales to London most likely you would have arrived at Paddington station as yo would hve travelled on the Western Region of British Railways in 1949 or 1950. The Great Western and the London and North Eastern railways were nationalized in 1948, as did the London, Midland & scottish Railway and the Southern Railway. The Flying Scotsman also made a trip to the United States in 1968 Here is a Youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOHqycaNjM4