The Scotch Expresses
King's Cross Station circa July 1920 in Great Northern Railway Days. It is 9:45 a.m. and the first two East Coast Joint Stock day expresses are preparing to leave for Scotland. The 9:50 a.m. is the first away and is the relief train for the 10 a.m. express, which is known by G.N.R. employees as "The 10 O'Clock Scotch Express". The naming of the train as "The Flying Scotsman" is still eight years away in the future, as is the non-stop running during the summer. G.N.R. large boiler 4-4-2 Atlantics are the allocated top link motive power. I am having some East Coast Joint Stock built to be able to represent the 10 a.m. train as it was between 1914 and 1923. The next stage after achieving that will be to have sufficient stock to be able to represent the train as it was in its previous generation with Edwardian six-wheel bogied clerestory roof coaches. While the 1914 E.C.J.S. set's coaches were superseded with a new Gresley L.N.E.R. set in 1924 they lasted in service on the East Coast Main Line to the mid-1930s. The Edwardian E.C.J.S. clerestory coaches lasted in service on the East Coast Main Line to the mid-late 1920s. So far I have had the 1914 and 1900 catering coaches produced for me. T:ANE's Kings Cross is not proving co-operative when placing stock in the station so I have produced this scene in TS12.
Below, the view from the ticket gates to platforms 6 and 7. The N2 0-6-2Ts are on pilot duty and have brought the empty stock in to the platforms. They will exit once the trains have departed and make their way to the carriage sidings or to a platform to remove the stock from an inbound train. From left to right the trains are 10:15 a.m. Leeds, 9:50 a.m. Edinburgh and 10:00 a.m. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth and Aberdeen.
below, the contrast between the 1903 Cowlairs built EC Diagram 36 Clerestory roof Luggage Van (Full Brake) and the 1914 Doncaster built EC Diagram 39B Elliptical roof Luggage Van (Full Brake).
Below an overhead view of the clerestory roof catering core. EC Diagram 77A Restaurant First, EC Diagram 30 Open Pantry Third and EC Diagram 31 Open Third with Pantry,
Below are views of the Catering core in the 1914 10 a.m. Scotch Express set. EC Diagram 75A Dining First, EC Diagram 80A Kitchen car and EC Diagram 29A Dining Third.