Amazing pictures of the Flying Scotsman

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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