Flying Scotsman

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The Flying Scotsman is Gordon's brother from the Mainland. He has two tenders for coal and water.

Product Description[]

1999[]

This sleek, fast engine is called an "extra special engine" by his owner, and he was the second train on the Island of Sodor to travel 100 miles per hour!

2001[]

Look out! Here comes one of the fastest trains in Sodor! Thick clouds of smoke and steam pour from his funnel as he rides the rails at lightning speed. The Flying Scotsman was the second engine on Sodor to travel 100 miles per hour!

2019[]

The Flying Scotsman is polite and proud, even though he can be cocky about his superior speed and glory. Sometimes he teases his brother, Gordon, because of their sibling rivalry, but he still cares for him – and all his friends – very deeply.

Changes[]

1999 (green bufferbeam, twenty wheels, green and black tenders with black wheels)
2002 (darker paint on tenders)
2013 (plastic chassis, updated graphics, external steam pipes, larger face, banjo dome, curved edges and longer magnet guards)

Availability[]

Thomas at Work Set

Trivia[]

The 1999-2013 Flying Scotsman is the longest individual character made, being eleven inches with his tenders attached.
The 1999 Flying Scotsman coal car and water tanker blueprints were drawn on 24 and 25 February 1998 respectively. The loco blueprint was drawn on 3 March 1998.
The prototype 1999 Flying Scotsman features a taller wooden funnel and smoke box. His name is applied to his boiler as a sticker.
The 1999-2013 Flying Scotsman's face is based on a face made by Henry in the last illustration of Tenders For Henry. Flying Scotsman appears in the same illustration, which implies that Learning Curve mistook Henry for him and thus designed Flying Scotsman's face based on this illustration.
The BR logo on Scotsman's cab reads "Mainland Railway" instead of "British Railways".
The 1999-2003 Flying Scotsman does not have his name printed on the bottom of his tenders' chassis.
Flying Scotsman never had a cab ledge despite being introduced in 1999 when most other engines at the time still had cab ledges.
Flying Scotsman is listed as a multi-car pack in the 2002 and 2003 Yearbooks and pamphlets. This is because him and his tenders are equal to three vehicles.
There are three versions of the prototype 2013 Flying Scotsman:
- The first prototype 2013 Flying Scotsman features a lighter shade of green and white stripes. The final version has a darker shade of green and yellow stripes.
- The second prototype 2013 Flying Scotsman features red neck holders. The final version has black neck holders.
- The third prototype 2013 Flying Scotsman features a much darker shade of green with white stripes. The number 4472 on his water tanker also appears to be off center.
According to the 2016 yearbook, Flying Scotsman would have had a second limited run for that year. This never materialized.
The cancelled Wood Flying Scotsman has the following features:
- The 2018 Flying Scotsman features printed details on exposed wood, a red bufferbeam, CG style face, fourteen wheels, shorter flat rectangular green tenders with green wheels, and a flat dome.
- The 2019 Flying Scotsman features printed details on painted wood and the same details as the 2018 version.
Roy Wilson has stated this item as well as the Sodor Railway Repair are his favorite Thomas Wooden Railway products.