Pastor Salt, who is a close family friend, and the young journalist Miss Agatha Frisky are also in attendance. Lord and Lady Eton-Mess have been joined on the historic trip by their ward, Jock Strap and his latest dalliance: society beauty Silly Billy Leggs-Upp. In May of 1928, the Flying Scotsman had taken the London to Edinburgh route for the first time and the company is optimistic that their project will rival the best in the world. It is 1930 and Lord Eton-Mess has provided a considerable fortune to his trailblazing protégée, the young female Scottish engineer, Miss Wee Winnie Wallace who designed the ground breaking vehicle. The scene is set in the dining car of the Leyton Orient Express for the inaugural journey of a new luxury train travelling from east London to Aberdeen in Scotland.
