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the flying scotsman

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Sylvia

Sylvia Report 22 Aug 2010 17:49

i'm trying to find out if a friends grandfather was a driver on the flying scotsman,as he has been told that he was

Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Aug 2010 17:55

You could try here?

http://www.nrm.org.uk/ResearchAndArchive.aspx

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 22 Aug 2010 18:00

thanks i will try there, is there any other places i could try just in case i cant find what i'm looking for

Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Aug 2010 18:29

There is some advice given re this re records at Kew on a query at

http://www.lner.info/forums/drivers-flying-scotsman-t1606.html

Katherine

Katherine Report 22 Aug 2010 19:33

Try the National Railway Museum based in York which houses the original Flying Scotsman. They have a family history section on their website so you can trace railway workers and which trains they worked on.

There was also another train called The Flying Scotsman which left Kings Cross in London at 10.00am just to confuse everybody