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PART 3 1963–1978
Flying Scotsman has undergone many changes of live
On Saturday, June 23, 1962, our family visited York, a birthday treat for my younger brother and I, whose birthdays fell five days later and five days earlier, respectively. For this nine-year-old tra
From third-class seats open to the elements, to the gold-plated interiors of Queen Victoria’s Royal Train, we mark this milestone anniversary with a nostalgic look through the ages
Following Flying Scotsman and Pendennis Castle ’s recent reunion for the first time in 36 years at Didcot, THOMAS BRIGHT concludes the story of how they last came together in Western Australia, and why it has taken nearly four decades to repeat the feat.
ABOVE: The 1990s were a colourful time with the last of the Trainload liveries, the shadow freight colour schemes and the new privatised company liveries. On January 23, 1996, Loadhaul 37517 leads Tra
PART ONE
The Greatest Gathering at Derby on August 1-3 brings together a host of exhibits from the railway over the last 200 years, but there are more than 100 modern traction locos and multiple units alone, a
