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The Flying Scotsman - which has just returned home from America
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The Flying Scotsman - which has just returned home from America
The Flying Scotsman - which has just returned home from America, is pictured here at Chinley, Derbyshire. It is enroute to British Rail Derby for an overhaul. 19th February 1973.
Railway workers show the engine some respect by raising their spades as the train passes by.
The Flying Scotsman returned to passenger-hauling service in July 1973 on the Torbay Steam Railway, and returned to hauling special excursions over BR mainline tracks in September of that year.
The Flying Scotsman, designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley, is an express passenger train service that has operated between Edinburgh and London, the capitals of Scotland and England, via the East Coast Main Line. The service began in 1862; the name was officially adopted in 1924.
On 1st May 1928 The A1 class locomotive 4472 Flying Scotsman hauled the inaugural non-stop train from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh. 392 miles (631 km) without stopping, a record at the time for a scheduled service.
Picture taken 19th February 1973
Howard Walker
Daily Mirror
Mirrorpix
Chinley
Derbyshire
England
73 - 1688 9b
Media ID 21926213
© Mirrorpix
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