Brigg people will be among those turning out to watch the world famous Flying Scotsman steam loco when she visits northern Lincolnshire on Saturday (June 11).
It’s also odds-on that some locals will be aboard the special train being pulled by this icon of the steam age, built at Doncaster in the 1920s to reach 100mph along the East Coast Mainline.
The best places locally to view the train, take pictures and video will be Elsham and Barnetby. Or you could drive over to Scunthorpe.
However, you are strongly advised to get there early to secure a vantage point.
Safety is paramount and people must NOT be tempted to get too near the tracks or to encroach on Network Rail property.
Specialist firm The Railway Touring Company is running this already fully-booked train from Cleethorpes to Newcastle.
The Flying Scotsman is due at Barnetby at 8am, where it will be stopping to pick up passengers, and is due to do likewise in Scunthorpe at 8.20am.
So if you are going to Elsham to take a look at it passing by, we estimate that will be circa 8.06 am. Appleby level crossing would also be a good location.
Brigg Blog visited the North Yorkshire Moors a few weeks ago to watch the Flying Scotsman just after she had re-entered service following a multi-million pound refit, which is where we took these pictures.
What a magnificent example of British engineering!
Some years ago we were honoured to meet Alan Pegler, the businessman who bought the Flying Scotsman from British Railways in the early 1960s when the iconic engine had been withdrawn and was threatened with a final trip to the breaker’s yard.
Flying Scotsman came through Brigg in the late 1960s while Alan owned her, heading an enthusiasts’ train.
The express loco also came to Barnetby during the same period and a good many young trainspotters from Brigg stood in pouring rain to enjoy a close-up look on the station. Including you know who!
Note that the Flying Scotsman will NOT be hauling Saturday’s train by the time it gets back to North Lincolnshire in the evening. A diesel will take charge for the final leg.
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also try worlaby carr crossing & appleby pump house crossing good view's along stanton road,melton ross railbridge,wrawby to barnetby footbath's [see it @ the footpath crossing next to the garage or follow the track next to old elsham station] or take a cycle down the ancholme to appleby railway bridge.
The Flying Scotsman caused the famous Chesterfield CAthedral spire to twist..Dead true, Nige.
The main London to Scotland rail line is close to the cathedral.
Sitting quietly on top of the spire was the weathet cock...a magnificient cockerall...
The weather cock spied a puff of steam in the distance..it became a white streak..and the Flying Scotsman whizzed passed at enormous speed...so much so that the cockerall exclaimed, What the dickens was that!!!??' as it contorted itself -spinning about on its perch with so much force the whole spire twisted and buckled into the shape we see today...
The Flying Scotsman caused the famous Chesterfield CAthedral spire to twist..Dead true, Nige.
The main London to Scotland rail line is close to the cathedral.
Sitting quietly on top of the spire was the weathet cock...a magnificient cockerall...
The weather cock spied a puff of steam in the distance..it became a white streak..and the Flying Scotsman whizzed passed at enormous speed...so much so that the cockerall exclaimed, What the dickens was that!!!??' as it contorted itself -spinning about on its perch with so much force the whole spire twisted and buckled into the shape we see today...
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