The world’s most famous steam train came to London
Among the rabble of commuters at Kings Cross this morning, there was something a little more unusual.
The station was visited by what is arguably the world’s most famous steam train – the Flying Scotsman.
The refurbished steam locomotive was bought by the National Railway Museum in York for £2.3m in 2004. The restoration project, in which the machine had to be almost completely rebuilt, started in 2006.
Here are some pictures of the train leaving the station this morning:
An aerial view of the Flying Scotsman on its inaugural run from London to York. Picture: @parsnippo pic.twitter.com/qMa13xa74e
— Press Association (@PA) February 25, 2016
The Flying Scotsman just passed my train outside St Neots Station pic.twitter.com/ZBzxCofU9C
— Chris Choi (@Chrisitv) February 25, 2016
The Flying Scotsman keeps taking over this “modern” train pic.twitter.com/YJiS1mgjDG
— Chris Choi (@Chrisitv) February 25, 2016
What a modest way to describe #FlyingScotsmanpic.twitter.com/pSSUt86A70
— Sir Peter Luff (@PeterJLuff) 25 February 2016
Flying Scotsman 25-02-2016 what a great site to see https://t.co/xthKKUDKy3
— Raymond Wanless (@raymondwanless) February 25, 2016
Flying Scotsman steaming through Ally Pally this morning pic.twitter.com/e1nVnhbEJh
— Virginia Preston (@virginia875) February 25, 2016
#flyingscotsmanpic.twitter.com/X7b8XjuT4Y
— Doctor Lionheart (@doctorlionheart) February 25, 2016
And here’s the oldest picture we have of the Flying Scotsman, from 1927.
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