The Flying Scotsman - Edinburgh to Kings Cross - October 2012

Описание: A crack-of-dawn start for the 05::40 from Edinburgh Waverley to London Kings Cross: "The Flying Scotsman" on board an 'East Coast Trains' 225, on Friday 5th October 2012, in 1st Class. Stopping only at Newcastle, this iconic flagship service of the East Coast Main Line - which the famous steam locomotive was named after - is timed to complete the 393-mile journey in exactly 4 hours - the fastest scheduled service between Scotland and London (or vice versa). On the morning in question, it was delayed by about 20 minutes at Markle, near Dunbar, by a lineside equipment failure; arriving into Kings X at 10::02. The film includes footage of the train racing past Darlington on the ECML (which avoids the station canopy) and later trundling slowly through York (at the time of filming this was the only service not scheduled to stop at these two stations). Later, the train accelerates through Peterborough, with another East Coast 225 in the down platform (4); yet another East Coast 225 - one that has been delaying the 'Scotsman' by stopping at intermediate stations since Newark) in the up platform (2), as well as Cross Country and First Capital Connect services at, or approaching the station. Just before Hitchin, the new flyover to the Cambridge branch can be seen under construction; a Class 313 FCC EMU crossing the flyover at Welwyn Garden City, then a brief glimpse of a St.Pancras-bound Eurostar, at Belle Isle, on the approach to Kings Cross and finally, the 10::00 Kings X to Aberdeen HST passes in Gasworks Tunnel.