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unusual facts about Flying Scotsman



Dinting railway station

Formed by the Bahamas Locomotive Society, at its peak the museum used to feature visits by such famous railway engines as Flying Scotsman, Mallard, and A2 "Blue Peter" and various members of the LMS Jubilee Class.

Kyösti Kylälä

Kylchap exhausts are found on many French and British locomotives notably the Flying Scotsman and the world record holding Mallard.

LMS Jubilee Class 5596 Bahamas

The society took a lease on track based close to Dinting railway station, and created the Dinting Railway Museum, which at its peak used to feature visits by such famous railway engines as Flying Scotsman, Mallard, and A2 "Blue Peter" and various members of the LMS Jubilee Class.

Nigel Gresley

An A1 pacific, Flying Scotsman, was the first steam locomotive officially recorded over 100 mph in passenger service, and an A4, number 4468 Mallard, still holds the record for being the fastest steam locomotive in the world (126 mph).

The Iron Maiden

It was then sold to George Hawkins, before passing into the Dr Tony Marchington collection in Derbyshire, following its sale at the 1993 Great Dorset Steam Fair and became part of the same collection as Flying Scotsman, Nigel Gresley's world famous LNER rail locomotive.


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