| Message | Another "Life Imitating Art" entry for "Thomas Goes Fishing": A very similar incident happened to Flying Scotsman in 1952, during which time he was based in Leicester. The water tower there got its water from the river, and occasionally fish got in. Flying Scotsman wound up with several fish in his tender tank one morning, and there was a stretch where fish blocked his injector pipes. He almost didn't make it, but by a stroke of luck the fish moved. I don't have an article for this, I heard about from Simon Martin, producer of YouTube series The British Railway Series and knowledgeable about the engines of the LNER. |