The iconic Flying Scotsman steam train first entered service 100 years ... The Flying Scotsman and the event was rounded off with a set by rock band the Red Hot Chilli Pipers.

More than 30,000 visitors have been to Shildon to see the world-famous steam engine since it arrived at the museum last month The Flying Scotsman locomotive is set to depart the North East after ...

The locomotive will remain in Shildon after this date, however it will not be on display. The Flying Scotsman was built in Doncaster in 1923 and was the first locomotive to reach 100mph. It hauled ...

Recently, there have been radio and television programmes referring to the 'Flying Scotsman' as being the first train to exceed 100mph ... then taken to the newly set up Transport Railway Museum ...

Why is Flying Scotsman so famous? In 1862, when the East Coast route to Scotland was still young, Walter Leith of the Great Northern Railway had an idea. Why not run a through train from London to ...