4472 'Flying Scotsman', an LNER Class A3 locomotive, on the main line, at speed, circa 1967. LNER Class A3 4472 'Flying Scotsman' is a 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive, built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley. It was employed on long-distance express East Coast Main Line trains by the LNER and its successors, British Railways Eastern and North-Eastern Regions, notably on the London to Edinburgh Flying Scotsman train service after which it was named.

4472 'Flying Scotsman', an LNER Class A3 locomotive, on the main line, at speed, circa 1967. LNER Class A3 4472 'Flying Scotsman' is a 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive, built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley. It was employed on long-distance express East Coast Main Line trains by the LNER and its successors, British Railways Eastern and North-Eastern Regions, notably on the London to Edinburgh Flying Scotsman train service after which it was named. Stock Photo
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Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo

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5433 x 3915 px | 46 x 33.1 cm | 18.1 x 13.1 inches | 300dpi

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3 September 2021

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