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Do I have this right...the real Flying Scotsman has two Tenders, one for coal only and one for water only? Or was this just for the none stop, 400 some mile run they use to do?

I believe you're correct. One tender is for coal, and the other for water.

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Do I have this right...the real Flying Scotsman has two Tenders, one for coal only and one for water only? Or was this just for the none stop, 400 some mile run they use to do?

Flying Scotsman normally ran with a single tender, but after preservation in the 1960's a second tender was sometimes added.

The A3 Pacifics could haul a train non-stop from London to Edinburgh in 8 hours. To do this they used a large tender carrying up to 9 tons of coal. They were able to re-fill their water tanks from troughs positioned between the rails as they went along. In the 1960's steam was coming to an end and so was the support infrastructure, including the water troughs. Long distance non-stop runs then required the addition of a second tender converted into a water tank.

In "Enterprising Engines - Tenders for Henry", Flying Scotsman visits Sodor with the two tenders. He tells Gordon why ... "Over There, they've hardly any coal and water". Henry, it goes without saying, is jealous, and ends up with SIX tenders, but not the extra ones he was hoping for! You see Flying Scotsman's face several times in this story:

TV series 3, episode 20 "Tender Engines" tells much the same story, but all you see of Flying Scotsman is two tenders (both carrying coal) sticking out of a shed.

When Flying Scotsman went on tour in the USA and Canada between 1969 and 1973, it took the two tenders with it, and was also fitted with a cow-catcher:

If you don't live in the UK, you may have missed the news that last week Flying Scotsman emerged from a multi-million pound re-fit, and took to the rails again:
Famous Flying Scotsman Goes Full Steam Ahead

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Fantastic, thank you so much for the information Chrisjo and for the link to that great video of the real re-fit Flying Scotsman taking the rails once again a few days ago. In the opening scenes of the video, if I didn't know any better, I would have sworn its was a computer generated shot of the Flying Scotsman going over that amazing bridge. It looks like a scene fron the movie The Polar Express. I didn't know it had smoke deflectors as I rather like the look without. I also like the look of the green paint than the black. Does the green color have a significance? I love its spoked wheels too. Come on Plarail...please make one

I also like the look of the green paint than the black. Does the green color have a significance?

Briefly, it was originally LNER Apple Green, then black during WW2 (as with most other British locos). With nationalisation, it got the darker BR Brunswick Green scheme. After that in York National Railway Museum in wartime black again, and now still wearing flat black but due to be repainted LNER green sometime soon, I believe.

That would look great to see it in it's original colors. Such a fine piece of history.

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Briefly, it was originally LNER Apple Green, then black during WW2 (as with most other British locos). With nationalisation, it got the darker BR Brunswick Green scheme. After that in York National Railway Museum in wartime black again, and now still wearing flat black but due to be repainted LNER green sometime soon, I believe.

I just find this so interesting. And I also see on your link that the BBC has a few other videos on the restoration and the history. So glad you shared this with us.