Locomotion No. 1

Is there only one Flying Scotsman?

It was employed on long-distance express East Coast Main Line trains by the LNER and its successors, British Railways Eastern and North-Eastern Regions, notably on the London to Edinburgh Flying Scotsman train service after which it was named....LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman.

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When was the first locomotive?

In 1802, Richard Trevithick patented a "high pressure engine" and created the first steam-powered locomotive engine on rails. Trevithick wrote on February 21, 1804, after the trial of his High Pressure Tram-Engine, that he "carry'd ten tons of Iron, five wagons, and 70 Men...

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Where was locomotion built?

Named Locomotion, the locomotive on that historic day had been the first to be built at the celebrated Stephenson works in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, but for its working life it was indelibly associated with Shildon—the world's first railway town—where it will return for the first time in over 150 years as part of ambitious ...

Shildon, the Cradle of the Railways and Locomotion No.1

Who owns locomotion?

The National Railway Museum owns the locomotive due to an accident of history. “Much of the original finance came from Edward Pease, a Darlington man, and it has been on display in Darlington for 163 years … You wouldn't remove the crown jewels from the Tower of London.”

Rival railway museums in row over steam locomotive ownership