No. 4472 Flying Scotsman is a LNER Class A3 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotive built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster...
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During the General Strike on 11 May 1926, the Flying Scotsman was derailed by strikers near Newcastle. No. 4472 hauled the inaugural non-stop train from London...
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time of the formation of the LNER in 1923. This included the future sole surviving member of the class, 4472 Flying Scotsman, then nameless and numbered...
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London to Edinburgh, also featuring the famous locomotive LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking...
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Flying Scotsman may refer to: LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman, steam locomotive built in 1923 Flying Scotsman (train), London to Edinburgh service since...
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Chairman of the LNER was honoured in the same way in 1924 when LNER no. 2563 was named William Whitelaw. No. 4472 was named Flying Scotsman after the 10...
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tender for conversion to a second, water carrying only tender for 4472 Flying Scotsman. Currently 60009 is fitted with a 1928 pattern streamlined corridor...
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Nigel Gresley (section LNER)
2-6-2. The first steam locomotive to officially achieve 100 mph, the A3 "Flying Scotsman" 4-6-2. The fastest steam locomotive in the world, the A4 "Mallard"...
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which time it had also donated parts to the restoration of A3 class locomotive 4472 Flying Scotsman, which had recently returned from America and was being...
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distance travelled for 408.65 miles. It would hold this record until 4472 Flying Scotsman's visit to Australia in 1988. Improved methods of aligning the Gresley...
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overhauled at the time, LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman. In 2000, after the over-budgeted £1 million restoration of Flying Scotsman was complete, Marchington...
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of Oxford Molecular, and the former owner of the famous Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman locomotive. Born in Buxton, Derbyshire, he was brought up on the...
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and at the same time it was renamed the Flying Scotsman Stakes in honour of the LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman, a locomotive which was built at Doncaster...
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Studebaker Scotsman, an American economy car from the 1950s LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman, a 1923 4-6-2 tender locomotive Scottish Civil War (disambiguation)...
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world steam locomotive speed record. It also built the world-famous 4472 'Flying Scotsman'. However, its locomotive inheritance was much greater than just...
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Alan Pegler (section 4472 "Flying Scotsman")
Honours in recognition of his contribution. Pegler first saw LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman in Wembley at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition. In 1961...
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were exploited by the LNER publicity department, and embedded the non-stop London to Edinburgh services such as the Flying Scotsman in the public imagination...
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Dymchurch Railway, recreating an LNER publicity shot held previously with Typhoon and LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman. On 21 December, Tornado rescued...
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Witte-type deflector, such as those found on the preserved LNER Gresley A3 class 4472 Flying Scotsman. The Southern Railway in the UK was one of the first adopters...
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East Coast Main Line (section LNER era)
several of which became famous, these included the Class A3, including 4472 Flying Scotsman, and the later Class A4, including 4468 Mallard. During this...
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of the LNER. Part 2A. Tender engines—classes A1 to A10. 1978. 231pp. Willie Yeadon, Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol.1: Gresley's A1, A3 Classes...
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exceptions. Some ex-LNER locomotives have numbers based on their LNER pre-1946 numbers, these being Class A3 Flying Scotsman (4472), Class A4s Mallard...
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London and North Eastern Railway locomotives include: LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard 4488 Union of South Africa London...
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the introduction of the London and North Eastern Railway's non-stop Flying Scotsman service on 1 May 1928, ten special tenders were built with means to...
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In the early 2000s, when the locomotive went for overhaul, LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman took over those trains.[citation needed] As of January 2024...
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Studios in Berkshire. The locomotive pulling the train is LNER A3 Class 4-6-2 No. 4472 Flying Scotsman, disguised as sister locomotives no. 4474 Victor Wild...
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Race to the North (section LNER and LMS)
trial was run in 1934 between London and Leeds using locomotive 4472 Flying Scotsman, then in modified A1 condition. During this run, the first fully...
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Hokkaido, Japan, is opened. November 30 - Steam locomotive LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first officially to exceed 100 miles per hour...
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Britain: Walter Heinemann Limited. p. 30. ISBN 0-434-92803-8. "The Wisbech and Upwell Tramway: Toby and Mavis". lner.info. LNER. Retrieved November 5, 2017....
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GWR 6000 Class, LMS Coronation Class, SR Merchant Navy Class, LNER Gresley Class A3). From 1951, all but one of the 999 new British Rail standard class...
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