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The Flying Scotsman in Chandler’s Ford

June 1, 2017 By Janet Williams 6 Comments

Carl Maskelyne from Chandler’s Ford took these wonderful pictures of the Flying Scotsman when it came through Chandler’s Ford yesterday morning (Wednesday 31st May 2017).

These photos were taken at the new footbridge in Sutherland Way just down from Chandler’s Ford station (heading towards Flexford Road). There was around 50 people there and the Flying Scotsman came through at around 10:25am.

The Flying Scotsman in Chandler's Ford by Carl Maskelyne 31 May 2017
The Flying Scotsman. Image: Carl Maskelyne

Carl told me he understands that you can also see the Flying Scotsman again on Saturday evening when it is doing a similar loop from Salisbury, through Southampton, Eastleigh and Romsey before heading back to Salisbury.

According to the Flying Scotsman website, the nation’s favourite locomotive was originally built in Doncaster for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), emerging from the works on 24 February 1923 and initially numbered 1472. It was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley as part of the A1 class – the most powerful locomotives used by the railway.

The Flying Scotsman in Chandler's Ford by Carl Maskelyne 31 May 2017
The Flying Scotsman. Image: Carl Maskelyne

When it was selected to appear at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 in London, the loco had been renumbered 4472 – and been given the name ‘Flying Scotsman’ after the London to Edinburgh rail service which started daily at 10am in 1862.

In 1934, Scotsman was clocked at 100mph on a special test run – officially the first locomotive in the UK to have reached that speed.

The Flying Scotsman in Chandler's Ford by Carl Maskelyne 31 May 2017
The Flying Scotsman. Image: Carl Maskelyne
The Flying Scotsman in Chandler's Ford by Carl Maskelyne 31 May 2017
The Flying Scotsman. Image: Carl Maskelyne

Chandler’s Ford Memories

Carl Maskelyne runs a popular Facebook page called Chandler’s Ford Memories. Like Chandler’s Ford Today, Chandler’s Ford Memories is a non profit site. Carl hopes to unearth some people’s hidden gems from their personal photo collections. It’s worth a read and many local residents are active participants sharing their Chandler’s Ford memories there.

Many thanks for Carl for sending us these wonderful photos. For those who have missed the chance yesterday, here we have a short video clip taken by Nigel Jones about the Flying Scotsman near Chandler’s Ford in May 2016.

Nigel Jones : Flying Scotsman near Chandler’s Ford – 21st May 2016 – taken from Flexford bridge

National Railway Museum also shares an old video, which shows an impressive chase of the Flying Scotsman filmed in the late 1960’s with a 8 mm camera from a car by John Arnott-Brown, a trainspotter and prolific amateur filmmaker.

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  1. Mike Sedgwick says

    June 1, 2017 at 7:59 pm

    It does the spirit good to see a working steam locomotive. Thanks.

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  2. Sujata Gopinath says

    June 1, 2017 at 9:24 pm

    Hi
    Do you know what time the Flying Scotsman will be passing through Chandlers Ford

    Thanks

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    • Janet Williams says

      June 1, 2017 at 11:35 pm

      Sorry Sujata, I couldn’t find the details from the official website. I’ve asked Carl to respond to this thread if he knows of more details. (p.s. Carl is not a trainspotter!)

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  3. Carl M says

    June 2, 2017 at 12:23 am

    It leaves Victoria at 17:15pm and does a loop including Salisbury, Southampton and Winchester. They won’t publish times to stop people trespassing so it’s a question of searching on the day and see if any rail enthusiasts have worked it out. If I was guessing I think Eastleigh/Winchester could be around 7:30-8:30pm but it depends if it stops off anywhere along the route. Don’t rely on this time it is just a guess. There are some Facebook pages on the Flying Scotsman so may be worth posting on one of them.

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    • Sujata Gopinath says

      June 2, 2017 at 10:04 pm

      Thanks. I will post on Facebook for the likely timings.

      Reply

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  1. The Flying Scotsman in Scotland - Chandler's Ford Today says:
    June 5, 2017 at 4:22 pm

    […] Janet’s post with Carl Maskelyne’s pictures of the “Flying Scotsman” locomotive, I thought I’d post this short video of it pulling a train out of Stirling the other day. […]

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