The World's Most Famous Locomotive Flying Scotsman

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In 2004, its ongoing 40 years of fame finally earned it a place in the National Railway Museum collection and, after an unprecedented fundraising campaign and a National Heritage Memorial Fund grant, the museum was able to clear the enormous debts of the engine's then owning company and acquire Flying Scotsman for the nation, and for a British public which clearly holds the engines in high esteem. If it had not acquired fame, largely as a result of its name, in the 1920s and 1930s, then maybe Alan Pegler would not have had the enthusiasm to purchase it in 1963. If it had been scrapped, what would then have become Britain's most famous steam engine? And now it's back. No-one expected it to take ten years of toil, but the National Railway Museum finally has an engine to be proud of. This book tells the story of the legend that is Flying Scotsman; the ultimate in British express steam design elegance.
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Stock Code GB802.0
Author Sharpe B
ISBN13 9781911658023
Format Hardback
Height(mm) 240
Width(mm) 165
Page Count 250
Pictures 62
Publication Date 12 Dec 2019
Publisher GRESLEY BOOKS
Publication Status Out of print
Record last updated 19/06/2025