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The Flying Scotsman is an express passenger train service that operates between Edinburgh and London, the capitals respectively of Scotland and England, via the East Coast Main Line. The service began in 1862 as the Special Scotch Express until it was officially adopted in 1924. It is currently operated by the London North Eastern Railway.
No. 4472 Flying Scotsman is a LNER Class A3 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotive built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley. It was employed on long-distance express passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line by LNER and its successors, British Railways ' Eastern and North Eastern ...
66746 hauling the Belmond Royal Scotsman through North Queensferry. Until 2015, the Royal Scotsman motive power was provided by West Coast Railways, usually using Class 37, Class 47 or Class 57 diesel locomotives. For the 2016 season, the haulage contract was taken over by GB Railfreight. Two of their class 66 locomotives, 66743 and 66746 ...
Flying Scotsman is due to have a full mechanical inspection after a low speed crash. The 100-year-old steam train was involved in a “shunting incident” on Friday at Aviemore Railway Station ...
King Charles III took the opportunity to climb onboard the footplate of the Flying Scotsman as the royal train was pulled into a station by the iconic steam locomotive. The King chugged into the ...
On 12 June 2023, King Charles III travelled behind LNER Class A3, 4472 Flying Scotsman in the Royal Carriages along the North Yorkshire Moors Railways heritage line to Pickering, in part to mark the 50th Anniversary of the official opening of the railway. In keeping with tradition, the cab of the Flying Scotsman had the roof painted white, and ...
Flying Scotsman was on a tour of Great Britain to mark its centenary at the time of the accident. The 97-tonne locomotive is owned by the National Railway Museum in York.
LNWR / BR. London Euston – Glasgow Central (sleeper train) From inauguration in 1927 it ran to Aberdeen, but this was soon after changed to Glasgow. Night Scotsman[4][5] LNER / BR. London King's Cross – Edinburgh Waverley (sleeper train) 1930s to transfer of all Scottish sleepers to Euston. Norfolk Coast Express. GER.