{"id":3832,"date":"2022-10-26T18:22:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T17:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2022-10-26T18:22:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T17:22:06","slug":"flying-scotsman-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=3832","title":{"rendered":"Flying Scotsman… Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wednesday October 19th to Tuesday October 25th<\/strong> 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yoshi meets Penny Peglar, daughter of Alan Peglar who rescued ‘Flying Scotsman’ from the scrapyard in 1963 – 22\/10\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hello Dear Reader – Yoshi and I had a lovely family day out on the Swanage Railway on Saturday 22nd October when we took a ride in lovingly restored 1933 Maunsell open third carriage No. 1346 behind visiting LNER Gresley A3 Pacific No. 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’. Having survived a German bomb at Clapham in 1940, the coach ran in traffic until 1961 when it was withdrawn and converted for use as a mobile office and later a classroom. Sold into preservation in 1982 and initially based on the Kent & East Sussex Railway (K&ESR), the coach was purchased privately in 2002 for use on the Swanage Railway. Still awaiting the refitting of tables the restoration has been carried out to the highest standard and it really was a delight to see and travel in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1933 Maunsell open third carriage No. 1346<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yoshi and I explore 1933 Maunsell open third carriage No. 1346 (Image courtesy of Caroline Smith)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vestibule of 1933 Maunsell open third carriage No. 1346<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LNER Gresley A3 No. 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ prepares to back on to the seven coach train employed during running days at the Swanage Railway – 22\/10\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LNER Gresley A3 No. 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ passes Herston Halt – 25\/10\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LNER Gresley A3 No. 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ passes Southern Railway rebuilt West Country Class Bulleid Pacific No. 34028 \u2018Eddystone\u2019\u00a0at Harmans Cross – 22\/10\/2022 (Image courtesy of Caroline Smith)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LNER Gresley A3 No. 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ passes Corfe Castle – 25\/10\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LNER Gresley A3 No. 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ crosses Corfe viaduct in the shadow of Corfe Castle – 25\/10\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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LNER Gresley A3 No. 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ arrives at Norden with the 1X06 1325 service from Swanage – 24\/10\/2022 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yoshi welcomes a fuss from Penny Pegler, daughter of ‘Flying Scotsman’ saviour Alan Pegler, who visited the Swanage Railway from her home in Portugal and traveled on the 1145 departure on Saturday 22nd October 2022. Penny’s late father purchased ‘Flying Scotsman’ from British Railways in 1963 at the cost of \u00a33,000 – 22\/10\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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1940’s Pullman “Devon Belle” observation coach Car 14 which accompanied ‘Flying Scotsman’ on tours of Canada and the United States to promote British exports was part of the consist of at Swanage this week. Volunteers with the Swanage Railway Trust carefully restored the wooden carriage after it was rescued from San Francisco where it was in use as a static bar. Norden – 24\/10\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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SR U Class 2-6-0 No. 31806 assisted with the shunting of stock during the ‘Flying Scotsman’ running days at Swanage – 25\/10\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yoshi keeps watch on SR U Class 2-6-0 No. 31806 as she backs onto the empty coaching stock in preparation for shunting – 25\/10\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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