3.5 seconds of pure nostalgic joy as the world’s most famous steam locomotive - The Flying Scotsman - passes close to my house this morning on it’s journey from London Paddington to Winchester and Southampton. An amazing sound too.
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Is this the one which was in Top Gear?
No, that was Tornado, I believe…
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Thanks! I found that a good top gear episode.
I am sorry, but I find Top Gear to be just silly.
YMMV, etc.
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I once rocked up to Oxford station to find Tornado waiting to pull a mainline timetabled service. It looked, sounded and even smelt awesome! Sadly, the train I was there to catch was on another platform.
For me, born a solid decade after the cessation of mainline steam services, it was extraordinary to see a steam train running anywhere other than on s heritage railway.
Mark
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I expect HH to be posting shortly suggesting that such a carbon emitting monstrosity should be put into a museum 
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A harsh description of his Audi… 
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When I was born, steam trains were still the norm. From my childhood, I can (just) remember the noise & smoke they made, coming into a station. And… I was scared and hated them - !!
A few years later, on holiday in mid Wales, I saw the Talyllyn Railway - and was hooked…
I am now a Member of the Ffestiniog Railway (which was the result of a later holiday inWAles) - and a Shareholder of the Severn Valley Railway.
How things change…
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To quote Bill Bryson: ‘there are thousands of men in Britain who will never need viagra as long as there are steam trains in operation’.
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