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Originally Posted by steam for ever
Thing is it is the most famous loco in the world for all sorts of reasons. The greatest thing is the loco is ours and not the Germans or the Americans who claim to be best at everything. There is only one A3 as well- 6 A4s.
It always makes money in the end, we will see a Tornado like turnout at the ELR. Wonder if that will be there too? I would sell both arms and both legs to be on a double header with those two!!!
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Oh really? Yes it always makes money in the end, someone else's money! 4472 is a magnificent locomotive and it was one reason why I became interested in heritage steam when I first saw it at Tysley way back in the mid 70s. However, what interested me more were the locomotives that had just arrived at Tyseley from a place called Barry Scrapyard. I had assumed that none had survived a visit to a scrapyard. I too like some on this forum find 4472's fame a little irksome but I don't really know why. There are probably a number of reasons for this but the main one is that most people who would not be able to name a steam locomotive if you held a red hot poker to their anatomy would probably be able to blurt out "Flying Scotsman". The rest of us know that there are other locomotives around thank you and we don't think 4472 is the best there is. I'm probably going to be followed now as my adopted home once had a shed with many A3s allocated! I liked Flying Scotsman when it was the only show in town but I think it might have even been eclipsed. It's cost far too much to restore - put it in the NRM and build a replica, would have been cheaper.