Great Steam Trains: 2. Flying Scotsman

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Faint o falchder, trafferth a phoen all un trên stêm ei greu? Doedd yr un tren a fedrai guro'r 'Flying Scotsman'. Mae ei stori'n ymwneud â balchder Prydeinig, creu recordiau cyflymder a phellter, problemau costau uchel, cyfnod o wynebu difodiant, achubiaeth bedair gwaith, teithiau tramor gydag un daith yn drychineb llwyr, a dynion busnes yn methu.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

How much pride, trouble and misery could a steam locomotive create? No other locomotive could have beaten the 'Flying Scotsman'. Its story is wrapped up in British pride, setting speed and distance records, having many costly problems, nearly being scrapped, being rescued four times, foreign trips with one that went badly wrong, and men ruined.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

TOM FARRIS is a master story teller. He has a long history of bringing technical matters to life. He lives with his wife in mid Wales where they enjoy life in the community.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

How much pride, trouble and misery could a steam locomotive create? No other locomotive could have beaten the ‘Flying Scotsman’. Its story is wrapped up in British pride, setting speed and distance records, having many costly problems, nearly being scrapped, being rescued four times, foreign trips with one that went badly wrong, and men ruined. Actually, the ‘Flying Scotsman’ isn’t just a locomotive. It’s also the name of a fast train service that was started in 1927. The loco- motive was named after it, because it was the first one to pull it. The east coast railway wanted the Flying Scotsman train to travel non-stop for the 640km (400 miles) between the two cities. This was very difficult to do. So did trying to break speed records, which time and again broke the locomotive. The real story of the Flying Scotsman began after it had been scrapped by the railway. It was saved by one rich man, but it cost him so much it made him penniless. He was saved by another rich man who suffered the same fate, with no-one to save him. He died young, having lost everything he owned.