Picture shows Mr Alan Pegler, who bought The Flying Scotsman engine in 1963

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Picture shows Mr Alan Pegler, who bought The Flying Scotsman engine in 1963

Picture shows Mr Alan Pegler, who bought The Flying Scotsman engine in 1963, leans out the cabin window to greet Lord Provost Sir Herbert Brechin at Waverley Station, Edinburgh. Scotland. The train has traveled up from London on its 40th anniversary run.
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 1st May 1968

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Edinburgh
Greater London
Scotland
FlyingScotsman 1/5/1968

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