A Poem for the Flying Scotsman

[MikeFF]

The Flying Scotsman is 100 years old and England's Poet Luareate has written a tribute. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-64760727  The myth and magic of steam.

[Flintlock76]

Magnificent!  Telling the tale of how all of of the British Isles and all of British history came together in one superb machine.  

You know, sometimes a poet can tell you more about a steam locomotive than a mechanical engineer can.  And no-one will ever write a poem about a diesel like this one! 

Thanks! 

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

Flintlock76

Magnificent!  Telling the tale of how all of of the British Isles and all of British history came together in one superb machine.  

You know, sometimes a poet can tell you more about a steam locomotive than a mechanical engineer can.  And no-one will ever write a poem about a diesel like this one! 

Thanks! 

 

Perhaps not, but TRAINS once published an excellent prose piece more than a few years ago titled "The Case for the Soulless Diesel" by a British mechanical engineer who worked in the development of railroad diesel engines.

[54light15]

I well recall seeing the F.S. when it came to Penn Station in 1969 when I was 14 years old. It was something! The poem is awesome and well describes it and the entire history of Britain.