Flying Scotsman

Flying Scotsman
Number: 60103, formerly 1472, 4472, 502 and 103 Class: LNER Class A3, originally A1 Designer: Sir Nigel Gresley Builder: LNER Doncaster Works Built: February 1923, rebuilt 1947 Retired: 14th January 1963 Restored: 1968, 1996 & 2016 Configuration: 4-6-2 Top Speed: 100 mph

"Flying Scotsman, coming through!"

— Flying Scotsman

Flying Scotsman, nicknamed "Scotty", is a famous engine and the last of Gordon's brothers. He holds the records for being the first engine to officially run at 100 mph in 1934 and having the longest non-stop run for a steam engine, which was 442 miles non-stop while on tour in Australia in 1989.