Picture gallery: Flying Scotsman at York on its way to Scarborough

TRAIN passengers on the platform at York today got an unexpected glimpse of an early departure for the seaside - the Flying Scotsman.
The Flying Scotsman, painted in its traditional colours, passes through York for a run to Scarborough ahead of its inaugural journey from Kings Cross to York later this week.The Flying Scotsman, painted in its traditional colours, passes through York for a run to Scarborough ahead of its inaugural journey from Kings Cross to York later this week.
The Flying Scotsman, painted in its traditional colours, passes through York for a run to Scarborough ahead of its inaugural journey from Kings Cross to York later this week.

The legendary locomotive was making a test run to Scarborough ahead of its inaugural journey from Kings Cross to York later this week.

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The Scotsman, painted in its traditional colours, passed through York just after lunchtime.

The Flying Scotsman, painted in its traditional colours, passes through York for a run to Scarborough ahead of its inaugural journey from Kings Cross to York later this week.The Flying Scotsman, painted in its traditional colours, passes through York for a run to Scarborough ahead of its inaugural journey from Kings Cross to York later this week.
The Flying Scotsman, painted in its traditional colours, passes through York for a run to Scarborough ahead of its inaugural journey from Kings Cross to York later this week.
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It is returning to the tracks after a decade-long, £4.2 million refit. Last month it thrilled hundreds of rail enthusiasts when it emerged into the East Lancashire Railway’s Bury Bolton Street station after the final stages of the work at a nearby yard.

The locomotive has been returned to its BR Green livery and has had its nameplates reattached ahead of its inaugural run.