In 1969 Englishman Alan Pegler brought his famous “Flying Scotsman” 4-6-2 and 9-car train over to the USA for a tour, landing at the port of Houston. Just to prove their track gauge us the s... (more)

The refurbished driving wheel sets for FLYING SCOTSMAN arrived at the York workshop during my visit. The leading set has already been installed and it is interesting to see the cranked middle axle... (more)

Ending up in San Francisco after a cross country tour, LNER 4472, "The Flying Scotsman" operated for a while on the State Belt Railroad along The City's Embarcadero. Owner Alan Pegler can be seen... (more)

Sir Alan Pelger's "Flying Scotsman" heads to Anniston for a three way meet with S&A 750, SR 4501. Honeywell Pentax H1a; Kodachrome 64