Date: 22/04/2017

World famous locomotive Flying Scotsman will travel alongside three modern trains in Yorkshire tomorrow to celebrate the past, present and future of Britains railway. The trains will line up on the East Coast Main Line at Tollerton, North Yorkshire, at around 6am before moving south to York. Flying Scotsman will be joined by an HST and InterCity 225 from Virgin Trains current fleet, as well as one of the operators new Azuma trains, which come into service next year.

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Flying Scotsman will measure up to modern trains in unique Yorkshire railway event

Yorkshire Post

World famous locomotive Flying Scotsman will travel alongside three modern trains in Yorkshire tomorrow to celebrate the “past, present and future” of Britain’s railway.

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4472 Flying Scotsman stands at York station on 2 May 1964 with the Gresley Society's 9 coach 'London North Eastern Flyer' which ran between Kings Cross and Darlington North Road. The trip included a visit to Darlington Locomotive Works.
Location: York
Company: North Eastern Railway
02/05/1964 K A Gray

A CrossCountry service runs north through the site of Tollerton station in the Vale of York on 25 March 2010. Nothing remains of the station, which closed to pasengers in 1965, but the site sees regular use nowadays by engineering and maintenance staff.
Location: Tollerton
Company: Great North of England Railway
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Deltic 55002 The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at the head of an up ECML train passing the Edinburgh - London half way sign at Shipton, on the northern approach to York, on 16 August 1980
Location: Beningbrough
Company: Great North of England Railway
16/08/1980 Peter Todd