MERLIN 27
60103 NUNEATON 5434 DNC-
FAST LINE FLYING SCOTSMAN
The NRM's LNER A3 60103 'Flying Scotsman' was entrusted to run on the WCML Up Fast line from Colwich Junction through to Rugby with the 5Z50 02:50 Bury East Lancashire Railway to SOUTHALL WCR LE +POB move on 12th October 2022. Here, 60103, with gleaming paintwork, passes through Nuneaton 6 minutes ahead of schedule, running smoothly with a breath of steam to maintain its maximum permitted speed of 75mph. This was Flying Scotsman's first mainline outing following overhaul at Riley & Sons and was made to allow 60103 to be displayed at Kings Cross station on 15th & 16th October to celebrate the station's 170th Anniversary.
60103 NUNEATON 5434 DNC-
FAST LINE FLYING SCOTSMAN
The NRM's LNER A3 60103 'Flying Scotsman' was entrusted to run on the WCML Up Fast line from Colwich Junction through to Rugby with the 5Z50 02:50 Bury East Lancashire Railway to SOUTHALL WCR LE +POB move on 12th October 2022. Here, 60103, with gleaming paintwork, passes through Nuneaton 6 minutes ahead of schedule, running smoothly with a breath of steam to maintain its maximum permitted speed of 75mph. This was Flying Scotsman's first mainline outing following overhaul at Riley & Sons and was made to allow 60103 to be displayed at Kings Cross station on 15th & 16th October to celebrate the station's 170th Anniversary.