Tatas add steel to the iconic Flying Scotsman
Group will contribute to restoration project of one of the world's fastest steam locomotives
One of the world's fastest steam locomotives ever, the Flying Scotsman, will be back, thanks to the Tatas. Tata Steel Europe (formerly Corus) will support the Flying Scotsman restoration project along with the Heritage Lottery Fund and a few other organisations, including contributions from the public.
"The Tatas are contributing all the steel required for the restoration of the iconic locomotive. It is expected to be ready by Spring 2012,'' Rogers Emma, interim press officer with the National Railway Museum, York, told DNA. Tata Steel Europe is Europe's second largest steel producer with main steel manufacturing operations in the UK and the Netherlands.
NRM director Steve Davies said the restoration of the Flying Scotsman was one of the most complex steam locomotive engineering projects of its kind undertaken in Britain. "I am more keen than anyone else to see the completion of this project. Though the project has been on for more than five years, we are extremely close to seeing Flying Scotsman steaming once again," Davies said.
The iconic locomotive was expected to be completed during the summer of 2011 but the project was delayed due to the discovery of a number of additional defects.
Work scheduled to take place on the Flying Scotsman in the next few weeks includes the fabrication and installation of a new mid-stretcher, machining of the axle boxes, manufacturing a new middle-motion bracket and the repair and installation of the horn guides.
"The Flying Scotsman was carefully dismantled over several months and each of her thousands of components were examined for wear and tear when engineers realised that the overhaul would have to be a full-scale restoration project," said an NRM official. "When the restoration is complete, the locomotive will be in its very best condition — as good as when it was during its first run, in 1923."
Group will contribute to restoration project of one of the world's fastest steam locomotives
One of the world's fastest steam locomotives ever, the Flying Scotsman, will be back, thanks to the Tatas. Tata Steel Europe (formerly Corus) will support the Flying Scotsman restoration project along with the Heritage Lottery Fund and a few other organisations, including contributions from the public.
"The Tatas are contributing all the steel required for the restoration of the iconic locomotive. It is expected to be ready by Spring 2012,'' Rogers Emma, interim press officer with the National Railway Museum, York, told DNA. Tata Steel Europe is Europe's second largest steel producer with main steel manufacturing operations in the UK and the Netherlands.
NRM director Steve Davies said the restoration of the Flying Scotsman was one of the most complex steam locomotive engineering projects of its kind undertaken in Britain. "I am more keen than anyone else to see the completion of this project. Though the project has been on for more than five years, we are extremely close to seeing Flying Scotsman steaming once again," Davies said.
The iconic locomotive was expected to be completed during the summer of 2011 but the project was delayed due to the discovery of a number of additional defects.
Work scheduled to take place on the Flying Scotsman in the next few weeks includes the fabrication and installation of a new mid-stretcher, machining of the axle boxes, manufacturing a new middle-motion bracket and the repair and installation of the horn guides.
"The Flying Scotsman was carefully dismantled over several months and each of her thousands of components were examined for wear and tear when engineers realised that the overhaul would have to be a full-scale restoration project," said an NRM official. "When the restoration is complete, the locomotive will be in its very best condition — as good as when it was during its first run, in 1923."
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