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Title: The Flying Scotsman. - NGH00102
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Title
The Flying Scotsman. - NGH00102
Description
Seen here at an unknown location sometime after restoration to its LNER livery and number. In the foreground an engine turn table.
The iconic Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 in Doncaster for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), and was one of Sir Nigel Gresley’s powerful A1 class locomotives.
Originally numbered 1472 it was re-numbered the following year to 4472 and then following nationalisation of the railways it was re-numbered again to 60103. It was withdrawn from service in 1963.
It was saved from the scrapyard but then had a chequered history including several changes in ownership. In 2004 a campaign led by the National Railway Museum finally saved it for the nation with the help of a £1.8 million grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and donations from other sources and many from individual members of the public. Since then it has been completely re-built returning to main line service in 2016 with BR’s number 60103 and again in Green Livery. When not in service it is based at the National Railway Museum in York.
The iconic Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 in Doncaster for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), and was one of Sir Nigel Gresley’s powerful A1 class locomotives.
Originally numbered 1472 it was re-numbered the following year to 4472 and then following nationalisation of the railways it was re-numbered again to 60103. It was withdrawn from service in 1963.
It was saved from the scrapyard but then had a chequered history including several changes in ownership. In 2004 a campaign led by the National Railway Museum finally saved it for the nation with the help of a £1.8 million grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and donations from other sources and many from individual members of the public. Since then it has been completely re-built returning to main line service in 2016 with BR’s number 60103 and again in Green Livery. When not in service it is based at the National Railway Museum in York.
Creator
Jim Hargreaves
Rights
PHDA - Nigel Hargreaves
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
NGH00102.tif
Collection
Citation
Jim Hargreaves, “The Flying Scotsman. - NGH00102,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/26770.
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