2016

SO7289 : Flying Scotsman comes through Eardington Halt

taken 7 years ago, near to Chelmarsh, Shropshire, England

Flying Scotsman comes through Eardington Halt
Flying Scotsman comes through Eardington Halt
Following an expensive 10-year-long restoration programme, the iconic steam loco 60103 'Flying Scotsman' is back on the rails, and spent 4 days as a guest of the Severn Valley Railway, travelling the full length of the line in late September 2016. Non-stop trips between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth were sold out months in advance, and hundreds (probably thousands) of people turned out along the track to watch the loco make 4 journeys on each of the 4 days of running.
Flying Scotsman Return to Steam 2016 :: SD8010

January 2016 saw the famous steam locomotive Flying Scotsman returned to the tracks for its first public appearances in steam for more than a decade.

The locomotive made its first test runs on 8th January 2016 following a £4.2m restoration project. One of the world’s most iconic railway locomotives, the Scotsman has been restored for York’s National Railway Museum (NRM) in a shed in Bury by specialist Bury-based engineering firm Riley & Son Ltd (LinkExternal link Manchester Evening News photos of the restoration). The Scotsman made a number of runs under full steam between the East Lancashire Railway stations in Bury and Heywood ahead of two full weekend of events on the East Lancashire Railway LinkExternal link (Scotsman in Steam).

The locomotive was in its wartime livery of black, rather than its famous green. After the test runs and Scotsman in Steam weekends, Flying Scotsman is scheduled to return to the Bury workshop where it was restored to be transformed by Blackburn-based firm Heritage Painting into its famous British Rail green livery ahead of a full mainline run between Manchester and Carlisle later in January and a “welcome home event” at the National Railway Museum in York in late February. The locomotive’s return to the NRM will then kick off the ‘Scotsman season’ during its birthday month - the engine was built at Doncaster and completed in February 1923.

Postscript: The Flying Scotsman returned to the East Lancashire Railway (wearing its Brunswick green livery) in October when it operated the Bury to Rawtenstall service for four days between Thursday 13th and Sunday 16th October.

Flying Scotsman 2016 Programme LinkExternal link National Railway Museum


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Geographical Context: Railways Primary Subject: Railway Locomotive
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Severn Valley Railway Line [9] · Eardington Halt [7] · Flying Scotsman [5] Other Photos: · The Severn Valley line north of Eardington Halt ·
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SO7289, 109 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Richard Law   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 24 September, 2016   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 24 September, 2016
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OSGB36: geotagged! SO 7295 8936 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:30.0878N 2:23.9947W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SO 72978 89331
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