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 ...

Flying Scotsman exhibition at the National Railway ... Ironically, they are standing in front of Mallard. Scotsman was saved for the nation in 2004, when money was raised from several different ...

No 4472 Flying Scotsman is a Pacific steam locomotive built in1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at the Doncaster Works. It cost £7,944, weighed 97 tons and was was retired from ...

The RAIB said the Flying Scotsman’s driver was expecting the Royal Scotsman carriages to be parked further along the tracks.

The Flying Scotsman will be at Peterborough's Nene Valley Railway (NVR) until 9 March as part of a celebration of 200 years of British Railways, with tickets sold out for the weekend passenger ...

An 89-year-old has been reunited with the historic Flying Scotsman more than 75 years after he first worked aboard the locomotive. Peter Westerman, who was a Cleaner and Fireman on the Flying ...

If you are looking for something to do with your family over the next few weekends, going to see the Flying Scotsman might make the ideal day trip. The Flying Scotsman, often described as the most ...

The Flying Scotsman has made its first passenger journeys of the year in Cambridgeshire to commemorate the anniversary of British Railways. Train lovers were photographed smiling from the vintage ...