The Flying Scotsman steam locomotive has returned to the city where it was built to mark its 100th anniversary. The engine was built in the LNER works in Doncaster in 1923 and was used to pull an ...
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 ...
with Flying Scotsman by its side. Earlier in the day, hundreds of people filled the platform at York railway station to welcome the locomotive back to the city. During the 'Scotsman Salute ...