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(...) Looks like you have a choice of 9 trains. Here's a blurb from one: · The Flying Scotsman Railways. Enthusiasts chug along some of England's most beautiful countryside in the late 1920s in what is arguably the world's most famous steam (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) J2 is right again. While the train itself may be famous (but arguably, the Orient Express is more famous) the locomotive is no great shakes, and there were more than one of them, with nothing to make one particular instance stand out (it says (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip list of one UK, on German and 7 US steam locos> I doubt if any of us is qualified to even suggest what is the worlds most famous steam loco, if one goes by the number of people worldwide who have heard of it. Who knows which the millions (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Part of me would bet on The General. Reason? It's been featured in at least one movie, and as we know, US movies get circulated the world over (for good or bad). (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) OK, give me a _name_ or _number_ of a equally famous US _engine_, without looking it up. Not Class/Train name, but _engine_ name. (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hehehe...4472 (The Flying Scotsman) _is_ a individual loco, as well as describing a class (A1 Gresley Pacific), and the train. I would say it is as well known _around the world_ if not better than any other engine. It is one of 2 locos I know (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) of (...) Scotsman... (...) Exactly my point, thanks for the confirmation. Although the MS flacks did qualify it by saying "arguably", they're no more entitled to claim what's famous than you or I are. And arguably less, since they're just (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I did... And MS didn't!!! The Flying Scotsman is a train (*!*), not an engine. (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<FyDE6y.IFo@lugnet.com>) wrote at 19:01:46 (...) I hate to be iconoclastic, but see James' other post. LNER 4472 'Flying Scotsman' (but it's a train as well :-) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I am going way of topic here, but I love that word...."Krike!" I have never used it myself, but it always makes me laugh when I read it. It is just such a silly word. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (<FyDE6y.IFo@lugnet.com>) wrote at (...) engine. (...) That wasn't me, see above, I never make misteaks. :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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