STILL GOING STRONG.—Removing from York Railway Museum to Doncaster the 68-year-old engine Patrick Stirling, No. 1 engine of the old Great Northern Railway. It is to be overhauled and given the honour of drawing 'the crack express, the “Flying Scotsman,” on a test run. This old engine has already run a million and a half miles. Its driving wheels are Bft in diameter.
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Northern Advocate, 19 July 1938, Page 10
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63STILL GOING STRONG.—Removing from York Railway Museum to Doncaster the 68-year-old engine Patrick Stirling, No. 1 engine of the old Great Northern Railway. It is to be overhauled and given the honour of drawing 'the crack express, the “Flying Scotsman,” on a test run. This old engine has already run a million and a half miles. Its driving wheels are 8ft in diameter. Northern Advocate, 19 July 1938, Page 10
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