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Answer» Happy Anniversary to the Flying Scotsman...
On this day in 1934 it became the FIRST steam powered rail engine to achieve 100 MPH...
Full Story...Good old 4472, my old stable mate...Glad you enjoyed...
She's quite Grand looking...Now that is a BEAUTIFUL piece of steel.Boy TALK about trips down memory lane. I just love the old steam locomotives having been brought up in my youth in their years of PROMINENCE. My favorite was the "Royal Hudson " of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. I spent many an hour traveling in the engine cab with my grandfather who was one of their engineers at the TIME.
http://www.wcra.org/hudson/story.htm
for you railroad buffs enjoy. truenorth
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