Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3, that ran on the Great Northern (GNR) and latterly the London and North Eastern Railway network.

The Flying Scotsman was completed at Doncaster, at a cost of £7,944, in February 1923 as 1472, an A1 pacific-class locomotive. Under ownership of the London and North Eastern Railway Company (LNER) it was renumbered the 4472 and christened the Flying Scotsman.

No. 4472 Flying Scotsman is a LNER Class A3 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotive built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley.

The world famous LNER A3 Pacific No. 60103 "Flying Scotsman" will be making its very first visit to the Mid-Norfolk Railway for the first time this Autumn from September 29th to October 21st 2020 as part the 25th anniversary of the Mid-Norfolk Railway this year.

The Flying Scotsman is a 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive that was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, built February 24, 1923 by Doncaster Works in Yorkshire, Britain as GNR No. 1472 (later renumbered to LNER 4472), and was the first locomotive in the world to …

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Flying Scotsman would retain her streamlined tender until her withdrawal from British Railways service, numbered 60103, in 1963.In preservation, Flying Scotsman has captured the hearts of the nation, becoming recognised by even those with less than a …

Billed as the world’s most famous steam locomotive, how has Flying Scotsman captured the public’s imagination in a way nothing else has? Author ANDREW RODEN explains why it is so important.

The Icon Of Steam returns in a big way, LNER A3 Locomotive 103/502 or as people known it as 4472 or 60103 Flying ScotsmanStanding on the Turntable at the Nat...

LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman is a 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley.