Flying Scotsman (Locomotive)

Flying Scotsman is an LNER Class A3 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive, numbered 4472, built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway to a design by chief mechanical engineer Nigel Gresley and constructed at Doncaster Works. On 30 November 1934 it became the first steam locomotive officially authenticated at a speed of 100 miles per hour, and in 1928 it hauled the first non-stop passenger service between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley, a 392 mile run completed in just over eight hours. Retired from regular service in 1963, it was preserved and toured internationally, setting a world record for the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive, 422 miles, during an Australian tour, and is now owned and operated by the National Railway Museum. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/