Flying Scotsman in USA

[atsf3751]

My wife for Christmas got me the 4 CD set about this engine when it toured the USA and Australia, and that got me interested in it. Hatton's (in the U.K.) has the engine with cars. The manufacturer is Dapol
and the model is 2S-011-001D. Anyone have any experience with this company's products? Are they any good? It would make a different looking train.

[peteski]

I have few Dapol N scale steam locos and they are ok - no problems.  They aren't of Kato quality but they are not bad.  The locos with separate tender usually have motor in the tender with a driveshaft transferring the power to the loco's drivers. Electric pickup is from all the drivers and tender wheels.  Newer releases have 6-pin DCC decoder sockets.  If you search the Railwire for "dapol" you will find some additional info.

[seusscaboose]

My dad has film of that FS in Ohio (I believe)

What route Did it take on the US tour?

[atsf3751]

The US trip is covered in detail from Boston to Houston through Wash DC, New York, and Atlanta (among other cities) ending in Houston during 1969. And it says the train covered Western US and Canada next ending in San Francisco but no details. It ended in San Francisco deep in debt with no money set aside for going home. Solving that problem was another story which I haven't watched yet. They had to add a pilot and headlight for US travel.

[Mark5]

I would love to get a true N scale version of this loco and train but the odds are slim to none.

It was in the USA from 1969 to 1973.

Mark

[learmoia]

Was this related to the British locomotive that was at Green Bay.. or is that a different loco?

~Ian

[atsf3751]

I would love to get a true N scale version of this loco and train but the odds are slim to none.

It was in the USA from 1969 to 1973.

Mark

Hatton's in the U. K. has several versions of this engine in N Scale.

[JanesCustomTrain]

Hatton's in the U. K. has several versions of this engine in N Scale.

1/148 British N scale

Jane

[pedro]

Was this related to the British locomotive that was at Green Bay.. or is that a different loco?

~Ian

That’s the Dwight D. Eisenhower, LNER class A-4.

By coincidence, the Flying Scotsman is in the news, having been vandalized yesterday.

[CBQ Fan]

This is a good @rapidotrains project.

[superchief]

I saw the Flying Scotsman in Houston, Texas at the Union station in 1969(before it became a ballpark, ugh) at age 6 all I remember that it was green and had the HUGE bumpers on the front. thought it was funny looking. What I would give now for a photo of that now.
                                                                          Gordon Bliss

[peteski]

This is a good @rapidotrains project.

That would be nice, but I seem to recall Jason saying that they aren't quite ready to tackle N scale steam yet.

[peteski]

I saw the Flying Scotsman in Houston, Texas at the Union station in 1969(before it became a ballpark, ugh) at age 6 all I remember that it was green and had the HUGE bumpers on the front. thought it was funny looking. What I would give now for a photo of that now.
                                                                          Gordon Bliss

Ah, you mean "buffers". Growing up in Poland, all the trains I saw had those.  Here you go - all you have to do is Photoshop yourself into that photo.
Personally I found it odd that most British locos have no headlights - flying blind at night is not something I would be looking forward to.    Even if the ROW is fenced-in, there could be some debris on the track.

[atsf3751]

Ah, you mean "buffers". Growing up in Poland, all the trains I saw had those.  Here you go - all you have to do is Photoshop yourself into that photo.
Personally I found it odd that most British locos have no headlights - flying blind at night is not something I would be looking forward to.    Even if the ROW is fenced-in, there could be some debris on the track.

Actually the buffers in front were removed and a big red USA style steam pilot added before it left England. Once it arrived in Boston a headlight was mounted next to the stack.

[sirenwerks]

I would love to get a true N scale version of this loco and train but the odds are slim to none.

FWIW, their is a T gauge version available through Shapeways (https://www.shapeways.com/product/VARBLUK87/flying-scotsman-t-gauge-uses-eishindo-wheels?optionId=42383580&li=marketplace). Resizing is not that complex, at least not as hard as convincing someone to do it. Maybe you could get the designer to Americanize it at the same time.