Date: 10/04/2013

The world famous steam locomotive, LNER ’A3’ No. 4472 Flying Scotsman has been undergoing what has turned out to be a highly controversial and expensive overhaul for the last seven years. Rail.co.uk has been following the story but the history of the engine’s fall from grace has not been really been documented. Here is a brief history from when it was sold in 1996.

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Preserved 4472 'Flying Scotsman' still undergoing its major overhaul in the workshops of the National Railway Museum, York, on 25 March 2010. Looks like they've finished work on the nameplate...
Location: National Railway Museum York
Company: National Railway Museum
25/03/2010 John Furnevel

4472 Flying Scotsman runs north through Tweedmouth station on 9 May 1964 with Pegler's Pullman en route from Doncaster to Edinburgh. Tweeedmouth shed (52D) can be seen in the rear right of the photograph. The locomotive spent the following 9 days in Scotland on railtour duty and returned south light engine on 18 May. It was during this visit that the initial work on the Terence Cuneo painting of 4472 on the Forth Bridge was undertaken.
Location: Tweedmouth
Company: Newcastle and Berwick Railway
09/05/1964 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

4472 Flying Scotsman struggles to round Shipley station west to south curve with the empty stock of The North Yorkshireman heading from Keighley to Bradford Forster Square in June 1981.
Location: Shipley
Company: Skipton Branch (Leeds and Bradford Railway)
30/06/1981 David Pesterfield