It was the third of a class of steam locomotives that would eventually number 79 engines and did not originally even carry a name. By booking a journey you agree to these terms, the terms set out by each individual operator and our cancellation policy. But each time Flying Scotsman pulls away, Iris wishes more than anything that she could be in the driver’s cab, just like her dad. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you.

However, we are now able to offer limited "DDP" (Delivered Duty Paid) services to certain EU destinations. On leaving university he served as an officer with the Royal Navy, seeing wide service on land and sea. Eight tons on the tender and if ‘cracked and stacked’ nearer nine: but they were driven like a Great Northern Atlantic, with a long cut-off and plenty of regulator and they thrived on such treatment and were quite economical. Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman chart a twentieth- century history of Flying Scotsman through Iris’s story, which travels through her work in the second world war, to the train’s international journeys too.It is good to read a piece on the work of the Civil Engineers Department ( see here), for there was always an affinity between the Civils and us Loco Running folk, and we worked particularly closely together when our Stratford 45-ton breakdown crane, foreman and gang and the District Engineer’s expert staff were on bridging and electrification work. The Flying Scotsman: Speed, Style, Service tells the story of this remarkable train and how it has become a part of British popular culture, featuring in films, TV documentaries, children’s toys, books, music and artworks.

We had the good fortune to both get into the cab and ride behind this famous engine while it was at the keighley worth valley railway. Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman collaborate on a centenary story about the world famous, record breaking train. In the meantime, you can still enjoy the Flying Scotsman VR Experience and our exhibition Flying Scotsman: 100 Years, 100 Voices at the museum.

But there was a big grate and the fireman would put on an enormous fire before starting, and he might well with good Welsh coal and economical working go halfway to Bristol without touching the fire.

Was it her styling, her name, her performance or simply the work of very talented purveyors of slick PR? N. Atlantic when the lever jammed full open, the driver and I were soaked and the footplate knee-deep in coal brought down by torrents of overflowing water. But once the draft had been compiled and I had read the opening pages, I realised how interesting and enjoyable it was to read in book form what I had first devoured as a teenager or even younger. This book tells the inspiring tale of a young woman following her dreams in the golden age of steam travel – with beautiful illustrations throughout. We extend our thanks and gratitude to the National Railway Museum and everyone concerned in allowing this locomotive to visit our railway.I just wanted to let you know that the books have arrived safely here in Townsville, North Queensland. Join the Northern Belle in a celebratory luxury train journey to Edinburgh hauled by the Flying Scotsman to mark 100 years of service!

I shall never forget the Scottish fireman’s gratitude when he asked me where I was based and what I did for a living. R. Commercial Officer and Charles Dandridge, the Advertising Manager, all of them apart from Mr Gill and the Station Master wearing various shapes and sizes of bowler hat.

In 2004, its ongoing 40 years of fame finally earned it a place in the National Railway Museum collection and, after an unprecedented fundraising campaign and a National Heritage Memorial Fund grant, the museum was able to clear the enormous debts of the engine’s then owning company and acquire Flying Scotsman for the nation, and for a British public which clearly holds the engines in high esteem. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.