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LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman

LNER A1 and A3 4472 Flying Scotsman is a British steam locomotive. It is a LNER Class A3 locomotive, and has a 4-6-2 wheel configuration. It was built in 1923,during the Interwar period in the aftermath of World War 1 from 1918-1939 . It was originally built as an LNER Class A1 Pacific,in 1923 and it was rebuilt in 1947 as a A3 Pacific after World War 2 ended in 1945 . It was withdrawn in 1963 and later preserved and saved from being scrapped during the Cold War .

Flying Scotsman
Flying Scotsman on the West Somerset Railway on 11 September 2017 in BR green livery with prominent German-style smoke deflectors and double chimney.
Power type Steam
Designer Nigel Gresley
Builder Doncaster Works
Build date February 1923 (built as A1) 1947 (rebuilt as A3)
Configuration 4-6-2
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Driver diameter 80 in (2,032 mm) diameter
Length 70 ft (21.34 m)
Height 13 ft (3.96 m)
Locomotive weight 96.25 long tons (97.79 t; 107.80 short tons)
Cylinders 3
Tractive effort
  • as built: 29,835 lbf (132.71 kN)
  • as A3: 32,910 lbf (146.39 kN)
Official name Flying Scotsman
Retired 15 January 1963
Restored 1968, 1996, 2016
Current owner National Railway Museum

LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman Media

  • Flying Scotsman being prepared for the 1924 British Empire Exhibition

  • Flying Scotsman in 1928, with its corridor tender

  • Flying Scotsman ready for its US tour in 1969

  • Flying Scotsman at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, March 1972

  • Flying Scotsman at Carnforth MPD in 1982 with original single chimney and without the smoke deflectors

  • Flying Scotsman at Seymour railway station, Australia in 1989 equipped with electric lighting and air brakes for operation on Australian railways

  • Flying Scotsman in 1994, wearing its British Railways livery and numbering, equipped with double chimney and smoke deflectors

  • A merged view of the Flying Scotsman A3 Pacific locomotive number 4472, photgraphed at the Rail200 Railfest at the National Railway Museum in York, 2 June 2004

  • At Leamington Spa in October 2005, shortly before its 10-year restoration

  • The frames and wheelset in the NRM workshops in 2009

Other websites

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