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 is back on the mainline this Monday (17th March) as it heads to the National Railway Museum in York.
The Flying Scotsman will be running passenger services ... a successful bid with the museum to have the 102-year-old steam train at Peterborough. Mr O'Regan added: "It is quite possibly the ...