Flying Scotsman in America The 1970 Tour

In 1970 two unlikely characters were part of the Flying Scotsman's tour of America and Canada. Describing their adventure of a lifetime are Richard Hinchcliffe, who was the 13-year-old son of tour manager George Hinchcliffe, and Bill Wagner, at that time a21-year-old train-chasing college student from Illinois. Their intense experience from the summer of 1970 still enchants their lives. Now, over fifty years later, they come together again using Wagner's magnificent photographs and Hinchcliffe's inside story to bring you their extraordinary record of how the world's most famous steam locomotive captured American hearts. This is the untold story of Flying Scotsman's 1970 tour of America from Texas to Wisconsin and into Canada. It hauled a trade mission along the eastern seaboard in 1969 - good for British business, but bad for the finances of the owner Alan Pegler. In 1970 the train set off again without the trade mission, calling at smaller venues, travelling on the cheapest tracks and meeting thousands of people along the way.

ISBN:	9781398115217
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Imprint:	Amberley Publishing
Published date:	15 Apr 2023
Language:	English
Number of pages:	96
Weight:	-1g
Height:	234mm
Width:	165mm

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