Flying Scotsman makes new record
- Made:
- 18 July 1932 in London
- maker:
- James Jarché
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Glass quarter-plate negative, no. A7972. Photograph by James Jarché for a Daily Herald assignment called "Flying Scotsman makes new record". Image shows Mr. Ashton Davies, new chief commercial manager H.M.S. congratulating the driver of the famous locomotive at Euston Station, London.
Published in the Daily Herald newspaper, 19 July 1932: "The Flying Scotsman (L.N.E.R. London-Edinburgh) made the longest non-stop run in the world -- 392 1/2 miles in 7 hours 26 minutes -- 45 minutes better than her old schedule."
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/31810
- Materials:
- glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 100 mm x 145 mm
- type:
- negative - photographic
- credit:
- Daily Herald Archive, National Science and Media Museum
