Running a British Steam Engine on American Rails

[samfp1943]

I’d be interested to know as well. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway locomotive, the Royal Scot came over as part of the Century of Progress fair in Chicago in 1933 and it was fitted with a bell and whistle but no cowcatcher. It made an extensive tour of the US and Canada and there is a picture of it next to what I think is a Pennsy K4 to compare loading gauges. I was on the Flying Scotsman when it came to Penn Station in 1969 and it did have all the equipment you mention. I saw it recently in the museum in York, England and it has a knuckle coupler on the back of the tender.

Here is a linked THREAD on This Forum from 2013 that has lots of links and Information on the 4472 [ The Flying Scotsman]. Its trip to the USA and Canada in 1968 thru to 1972. At first it was sponsored by Alan Pegler, and then a consortium that bought the 4472 out of his Bankruptcy.

http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/740/t/213383.aspx