We travelled behind No. 46115 Scots Guardsman on the
Scarborough Spa Express during the 2011 summer season. I spent much of the journey
as close as I could get to the engine, with my goggles on and my head out of
the window.
I was rewarded with some very sprightly running by the Scot,
particularly on the four-track stretch between Wakefield and York and then later
on in the Vale of Pickering.
I removed my goggles when we were walking round Scarborough.
They really did the trick, though - no smuts in my eye from the engine. I
should have had some of those in the 60s. This time the smuts were just in my
hair, though there is rather less of that available to intercept airborne particles
these days.
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