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LNER Class A3 60103 'The Flying Scotsman' at Townsend Fold on the East Lancs Railway today.
The Flying Scotsman
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The Flying Scotsman was built in Doncaster in 1923. It was the first locomotive to run on the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway. It left the works on 24 February 1923 with number 1472. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley as part of the A1 Class Pcifics, the most powerful locomotives used by the LNER at that time. It was the world's first steam locomotive to officially hit 100mph in service in 1934 - a truly incredible feat for its time!