| The Flying Scotsman was, and remains, of the world's | | | | train. The corridor innovation cut considerable time off |
| most famous locomotives. The bottle green Victorian | | | | the journey, bringing the 392 mile journey time down to |
| steam train has many historic achievements to its | | | | just 8 hours. |
| name, and is still loved by countless fans to this day. | | | | Soon after this design implementation, the steam train |
| Sir Nigel Gresley designed the steam train that was to | | | | managed to become the first train to travel at speeds |
| become the Flying Scotsman as we know it today. It | | | | of over 100 mph. This record was achieved in 1934 on |
| was built by the London North East Railway in | | | | a light test run when no passengers were aboard. |
| Doncaster, and was then put into service on the | | | | The talent for breaking records didn't stop there. In |
| London - Edinburgh route. Not only was it a pioneering | | | | fact, it soon became the star of the first ever full |
| step towards faster travel, it also managed to achieve | | | | length British feature film with sound. Perhaps |
| scores of records too. | | | | unsurprisingly, the film was called the 'Flying Scotsman'. |
| Before the famous locomotive came to life, the name | | | | In 1989, the unwavering bottle green train travelled 442 |
| Flying Scotsman belonged to the first ever line | | | | miles non-stop from Parkes to Broken Hill, Australia. |
| between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh's | | | | This broke another world record, as it was the furthest |
| Waverley station. When it opened in 1862, the line | | | | a steam locomotive had ever been recorded to travel |
| brought a revolution in cross-country train travel by | | | | in one non-stop journey. Astonishingly, over the course |
| cutting the journey time down to just 10 1/2 hours. | | | | of its working life the Flying Scotsman travelled |
| The vehicle was designed to allow the drivers and | | | | 2,000,000 miles. However, this is not the end of the |
| firemen to swap during the journey, meaning that the | | | | story: the Flying Scotsman is currently being restored |
| train did not have to stop for long periods of time | | | | and is expected to resume work on Britain's rail lines in |
| whilst the workers swapped over. They did this by | | | | 2011. |
| incorporating a corridor leading from the cab to the | | | | |