Flying Scotsman

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Flying Scotsman\nby Brian Sharpe\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Brian Sharpe\nTitle: Flying Scotsman\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Trains and railways: general interest\nPublisher: Mortons Media Group\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9781911658023\nISBN-10: 1911658026\nRRP: \u00A314.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nNo 1472 was the third of a class of steam locomotives that was eventually to number 79 engines, and did not originally even carry a name. The Great Northern Railway A1 4-6-2 though, was the biggest express steam engine ever to have been seen in Britain at the time. It was chosen to be displayed at a major exhibition at Wembley in 1924, and for this it was given the name Flying Scotsman. It hauled the .