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All a far cry from 100 years ago next month, when the now legendary Flying Scotsman locomotive, designed by Edinburgh-born Sir Nigel Gresley for the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway ...

THE National Railway Museum has reiterated its commitment to restoring Flying Scotsman following claims et another major flaw has been discovered in the iconic loco. A rail magazine, Steam Railway ...

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 ...

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FLYING Scotsman has returned to York on her historic "inaugural run" from King’s Cross. She arrived in York on Thursday afternoon to huge crowds, and there was then a celebration and official ...

The Scotsman’s politics team share highlights and behind-the-scenes chat From Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation to the fall of Boris Johnson, The Steamie has covered it all. The Scotsman’s ...

Starting in February, Robson is given the task of cutting off the front end of the Scotsman and welding on a whole piece, and sets out to Durham, where he discovers how the invention of the steam ...

A photo of a bearded masked man was posted on the Facebook group 'Travel Scotland Goals Group'. Jake Shearer, the person who posted the photo, claimed the bearded man was the original inspiration ...

THE celebrated train, the Flying Scotsman, made its first post-war, non-stop journey from London to Edinburgh on June 1, 1948. The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Frederick Wells, went to platform 8 at ...

The Flying Scotsman arrived at NRM sister museum ‘Locomotion’ in Shildon, County Durham, on Thursday, December 14 after receiving a clean at the NRM in York, following its latest main line tour.

The Flying Scotsman is a true story based on the inspirational and remarkable Scottish cyclist, Graeme Obree. In 1993, this unemployed amateur broke the world one-hour record on a bike of his own ...