Flying Scotsman May Visit Scunthorpe
03 June 2011 by Visit Scunthorpe EditorsThe world famous Flying Scotsman was aquired by the National Rail Museum in York in 2004, and following a series of inspections was found to be in a very unstable condition.
York Railway museum then carried out an extensive restoration project which has recently been completed. As part of this restoration the boiler on the train was completely rebuilt.
In order to rebuild the boiler the museum needed some very specific, high grade steel specifically making for the job which was donated to the project by what was the Corus works at Scunthorpe.
The Flying Scotsman is now fully restored and will be undergoing trials in June, following these trials the train will make a series of journeys between York and Shillon in September.
Moves are currently underway to bring the Flying Scotsman to the Scunthorpe works as a thank you to Tata Steel and the workers who helped make the restoration possible. Not only would this be excellent news for the town and the works, it would also appeal to a huge number of steam fans as opportunities to photograph a train such as this in an industrial setting are few and far between.
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