In Pictures: Flying Scotsman returns to steam for the first time in a decade

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In Pictures: Flying Scotsman in steam once again
In the early hours of Friday morning engineers prepared to light the fire of Flying Scotsman, as it prepared to take to the tracks under steam for the first time in a decade.

Departing from Bolton Street Station in its black undercoat, the legendary loco began a series of weekend test runs to mark the completion of a painstaking £4.2m restoration project by specialist engineers at Riley and Son Ltd, appointed by the York-based National Railway Museum who own the engine.

The test runs took place along 12 miles of the East Lancashire Railway in Bury near to the restoration workshops.

60103 Flying Scotsman, resplendent in its new BR green livery, will make its full inaugural run between London Kings Cross and York in February (dates tbc) with the locomotive due back at the National Railway Museum on February 26 when it will be in steam in the North Yard area of the museum until March 1.

It will then take pole position on the turntable in the Great Hall between March 6 and March 12.

Scotsman will then be heading back out onto the tracks with Riley & Son Ltd managing the operation of the locomotive for the first two years.

'Scotsman on the Tracks' begins with a spell on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (March 12 – 20) before undertaking more than twenty further appearances across the UK over the summer.

For full details including timetable and booking details see: www.nrm.org.uk/flyingscotsman/scotsman-season.aspx

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