2018
SH7977 : 60103 The Flying Scotsman
taken 5 years ago, near to Llandudno Junction, Conwy, Wales
60103 The Flying Scotsman
On a visit through to Holyhead. The train had been diesel hauled to Crewe where the iconic steam locomotive joined the train.
Ironically one of the tankers used recently in the alleviation of the drought was used to 'top up' the tank.
Britain’s (and probably the World’s) most famous locomotive, the LNER Class A3 Pacific steam locomotive No 4472/60103 Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of HN Gresley. It was employed on long-distance express trains on 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.
The locomotive become the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at reaching 100 miles per hour in November 1934 and set a record for the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive when it ran 422 miles in August 1989 while in Australia. It was retired from regular service in 1963.
During its working life, the Flying Scotsman carried five different numbers. Originally built in 1923, it initially carrying the Great Northern Railway number 1472 which it carried for a short period before being renumbered 4472 by LNER in time for its appearance at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924. It was renumbered twice during the war; it became No. 502 in January 1946 but in May the same year its number was changed again to become No. 103. Following nationalisation of the railways the Flying Scotsman became 60103 in December 1948.
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