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We are cable cutters at our house, and have been for almost 5 years now.  We rely on an old fashion over the air TV, Netflix, and Hulu Plus to watch what little TV I do watch. 

 

I was browsing history specials on Hulu Plus the other night and came across a Pure History Special: The Flying Scotsman.  It is a great special about this history of the locomotive, and has tons of old black and white footage.

 

One neat thing that I didn't know was the tender had a tunnel in it so that a 2nd crew could be in the 1st coach and when it was time for crew changes they just went though the tunnel so the train could continue on without stopping.  

 

For those who have Hulu Plus here is the link: The Flying Scotsman

 

Last edited by Jdevleerjr
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Those tenders with the passageways were known as corridor tenders. The initial group of corridor tenders entered service along with the introduction of the Flying Scotsman in 1928. A total of 22 corridor tenders was eventually built. Over the years, they were paired with classes A1, A3, A4 and W1 until all were assigned to A4s by the late 40s.

 

Bob 

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