Flying Scotsman Flying Scotsman on the
West Somerset Railway on 11 September 2017 in
BR green livery with prominent German-style smoke deflectors and double chimney.
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Nigel Gresley Builder Doncaster Works Build date February 1923 (built as A1) 1947 (rebuilt as A3)
Performance figures Tractive effort
as built: 29,835 lbf (132.71 kN)
as A3: 32,910 lbf (146.39 kN)
LNER A1 and A3 4472 Flying Scotsman is a British steam locomotive . It is a LNER Class A3 locomotive, and has a 4-6-2 wheel configuration. It was built in 1923, during the Interwar period in the aftermath of World War 1 from 1918-1939. It was originally built as an LNER Class A1 Pacific in 1923 and it was rebuilt in 1947 as a A3 Pacific after World War 2 ended in 1945. It was withdrawn in 1963 and later preserved and saved from being scrapped during the Cold War .
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Pre-grouping railway designs:
Great Central: A5 • B1/B18 • B2/B19 • B3 • B4 • B5 • B6 • B7 • B8 • B9 • C4 • C5 • C13 • C14 • D5 • D6 • D7 • D8 • D9 • D10 • D11 • D12 • E2 • E3 • E8 • F1 • F2 • G3 • J8 • J9 • J10 • J11 • J12 • J13 • J58 • J59 • J60 • J61 • J62 • J63 • L1/L3 • M1 • N4 • N5 • N6 • O4 • O5 • Q4 • S1 • X4 • Y2
Great Eastern: B12 • D13 • D14 • D15 • D16 • E4 • F3 • F4 • F5 • F6 • F7 • G4 • J14 • J15 • J16 • J17 • J18 • J19 • J20 • J65 • J66 • J67 • J68 • J69 • J70 • N7 • Y5 • Y6 • Z4/J92
Great North of Scotland: D38 • D39 • D40 • D41 • D42 • D43 • D44 • D45 • D46 • D47 • D48 • G10 • J90 • J91 • Z4 • Z5
Great Northern: A1 • C1 • C2 • C12 • D1 • D2 • D3 • D4 • E1 • G1 • G2 • J1 • J2 • J3 • J4 • J5 • J6 • J7 • J50 • J51 • J52 • J53 • J54 • J55 • J56 • J57 • K1 • K2 • K3 • N1 • N2 • O1 • O2 • Q1 • Q2 • Q3 • R1
North British: C10 • C11 • C15 • C16 • D25 • D26 • D27 • D28 • D29 • D30 • D31 • D32 • D33 • D34 • D35 • D36 • D50 • D51 • E7 • G7 • G8 • G9 • J31 • J32 • J33 • J34 • J35 • J36 • J37 • J81 • J82 • J83 • J84 • J85 • J86 • J84 • N14 • N15 • Y9 • Y10
North Eastern: A2 • A6 • A7 • B13 • B14 • B15 • B16 • C6 • C7 • C8 • D17/1 • D17/2 • D18 • D19 •
D20 • D21 • D22 • D23 • E5 • E6 • F8 • G5 • G6 • H1 • J21 • J22 • J24 • J25 • J26 • J27 • J71 • J72 • J73 • J77 • J78 • J79 • N8 • N9 • N10 • Q5 • Q6 • Q7 • T1 • X1 • X2 • X3 • Y7 • Y8 •
EB1 •
EE1 •
ES1 North Eastern (ex Hull & Barnsley) D24 • J23 • J28 • J75 • J80 • N11 • N12 • N13 • Q10
LNER Designs:
Gresley (1923–1941): A1 • A3 •
A4 • A8 • B17 • D49 • J38 • J39 • J50 • K4 • P1 • P2 • U1 • V1 • V2 • V3 • V4 • W1 •
EM1 Thompson (1941–1946): A1 • A2 • B1 • B2 • K1 • K5 • L1 • O1 • Q1
Peppercorn (1946–1947): A1 • A2 • K1
Other designs: J64 • J94 • O6 • O7 •
Y11