Flying Scotsman Olympic torch relay

[ryan125hst]

Yesterday, the National Railway Museum announced that the Flying Scotsman won't be ready for the above event.

http://www.nrm.org.uk/AboutUs/PressOffice/PressReleases/2012/March/Olympictorchscotsman.aspx

Is this because of the cracked frames that were found in June last year? How much longer will it take to repair?

 

[YorkshireBear]

flying scotsman=massive balls up.

Thats all its been like this for ages. My dad made a good comment earlier, put it in a museum and build a new one for cheaper!

 

[ryan125hst]

flying scotsman=massive balls up.

Thats all its been like this for ages. My dad made a good comment earlier, put it in a museum and build a new one for cheaper!

I have to say, I'm starting to agree. It's unlike me and I would love to see it on the ECML again (I live in Retford and vaguely remember seeing it years ago). But it's cost a lot of money and taken 6 years or more to get this far. It is getting to a stage where it would have been cheaper to build a replica and put the original next to the Mallard as a static exhibit. I know it wouldn't be the same, but you get the best of both worlds that way.

At least I have stood on the footplate.

 

[Schnellzug]

I'm sure 60163 could stand in.
Would have been good if the NRM had decided to return Mallard to steam for 2012, don't you think; that would have been appropriate, and might have made the Olympics something to get almost excited about.

 

[Anon Mouse]

scrap the blooming thing, or put it in a museum in BR condition

 

[YorkshireBear]

Apparently mallard will be steaming by 2038 due to it being 100 years since she broke record.. personally i dont think we will see it before 2300....

Dont scrap it that would be a serious mistake but... it would look great next to Mallard at NRM...
Two of the ECMLs finest engines at a museum on the ECML.