Flying Scotsman: The Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Famous Train

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Explore the latest Royal Scotsman prices for 2023 journeys. One of the UK's most luxurious trains, the Royal Scotsman takes passengers on a grand tour of the Highlands in the most luxurious way possible. Offering a wide range of excursions from three nights to seven, passengers have a generous choice of journeys for a wide range of budgets. By 1963 the locomotive, now colored ‘British Rail Green’ was facing the end. The age of steam power was over and diesel trains were taking their place. It looked as though the Flying Scotsman had run out of rail. This cookie is used to a profile based on user's interest and display personalized ads to the users. Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_.

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Apple green, 70ft long, weighing 97 tonnes, with six couple driving wheels each 6ft 8ins in diameter, she caught the eye of King George V, who made headlines by climbing on to the footplate and settling into the padded driver’s seat.

Sir William McAlpine, pictured here in 2016, saved Flying Scotsman in 1973 by putting together a rescue plan and paying off creditors. Following the successful tour of Australia, Flying Scotsman ran special trains around Britain, including regular runs over the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway and trips hauling the prestigious Orient Express Pullman train. The locomotive set two world records for steam traction, becoming the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at reaching 100 miles per hour (161 km/h) on 30 November 1934, and then setting a record for the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive when it ran 422 miles (679 km) on 8 August 1989 while in Australia.

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Departure is at 6:15pm, so there will be time to get up close to see the engine at Sheffield Park Station and get that all important photograph before you depart on the non-stop, return trip to East Grinstead. Starting in daylight, your 1 hour 40-minute trip ends in sunset – giving a perfect opportunity to experience steam by summer day and atmospheric nightfall. We recommend arriving early to make the most of your visit. There are toilets at each of our stations and on some of these services (dependant on carriages on the day)