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The iconic Flying Scotsman, built in 1923, will be using the West Somerset Railway to run services between Bishops Lydeard ...
The West Somerset Railway has announced a visit from No 60103 Flying Scotsman this summer. Following agreement with the ...
The Flying Scotsman has made its first passenger journeys of the year in Cambridgeshire to commemorate the anniversary of ...
World-famous locomotive, Flying Scotsman, is set to haul trains on the West Somerset Railway later this year. An agreement ...
The Flying Scotsman will be at Peterborough's Nene Valley Railway (NVR) until 9 March as part of a celebration of 200 years ...
Why is Flying Scotsman so famous? In 1862, when the East Coast route to Scotland was still young, Walter Leith of the Great Northern Railway had an idea. Why not run a through train from London to ...
Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ... A shortlist of the 20 best-loved railway artworks in Britain have been unveiled as part of bicentenary ...
West Somerset Railway last hosted the Flying Scotsman in 2017 and Ms Noble said ... It was also the first locomotive in the UK to reach 100mph on a test run, in 1934. It was retired from regular ...
In 1934, the Flying Scotsman was clocked at 100mph on a test run, the first locomotive in the UK to reach that speed. Owned by the National Railway Museum, the engine underwent a £4.2 million ...