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Flying Scotsman.

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For ten years it's been away,

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undergoing a painstaking
£4 million rebuild.

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Massive relief.
There have been times when
you think we'll never finish it.

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For us to work on it,
it's quite a privilege.

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Dirty, but a privilege.

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The National Railway Museum
celebrates with an emotional return

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to the main line
and Scotsman speeding home to York.

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She's running like a sewing machine.
She's perfect.

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The engine's over 90 now.

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Since Scotsman came to life in 1923

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in a South Yorkshire
engineering shed,

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this machine has become
the stuff of legends.

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It's been a celebrity locomotive
more than any other locomotive

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that's ever been constructed
in this country.

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The first engine
to officially clock 100mph.

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Speed. Power. Beauty.

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The first locomotive to run

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a regular nonstop passenger service
from London to Edinburgh.

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That's history.

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From 1963, a string of private
owners kept Scotsman alive.

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I'm not buying it for me,
I'm buying it for Britain.

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And its fame took it
round the world.

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TV: The locomotive has
arrived in Australia,

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lashed to the deck of cargo ship.

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In 2004, with the help of
countless generous donations,

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the National Railway Museum acquired
the weary locomotive for the nation

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and they vowed to return the engine
to its former glory.

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We had to finish it,
we had to put it back out,

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and it had to be as good
as it possibly could be.

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Now Scotsman's back on track.

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The legend lives on.

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TANNOY: Flying Scotsman
is due into the station shortly.

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Early January, and the press
are gathering at Bury Station

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on the East Lancashire Railway.

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Like everyone else, they're
clamouring to catch a first glimpse

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of the world's favourite engine
after a ten-year absence.

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It'll undertake trial runs
on this heritage line

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before, if all goes well,
returning to main-line service.

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The engine's custodians,
the National Railway Museum,

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are planning a celebratory run
from King's Cross to York.

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But before that,
it has to prove itself fit enough
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It's been a long time away.

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The Flying Scotsman has travelled
many millions of miles

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since it was built in 1923.

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It was very, very worn out.

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And whilst you can patch and mend
a steam locomotive,

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there comes a point when you have
to literally strip it down

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to every nut, bolt and rivet.

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The boiler has been
completely refurbished,

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it's the 18th boiler

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that Flying Scotsman's had in
its history.

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The frames have been stripped down
and it was discovered

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that part of the frames
were damaged,

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so they had to replace
the front third of the frames.

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So this all had to be
manufactured and assembled

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and lots of testing to make sure
that everything is as it should be.

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The engineers step forward
to take a bow.

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It's been a long haul to bring
Flying Scotsman back to life.

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They've lavished care and attention

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on every single part
of this grand old lady of steam.

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It's probably the most extensive
restoration of any steam locomotive

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that's been carried out to date.

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The engine was very worn

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when the National Railway Museum
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and basically all the working parts
have been renewed.

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For steam enthusiasts,

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these are sights and sounds
that stir the blood.

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I'm a grown man and I didn't sleep
very well last night,

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such was my excitement.

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And I think it creates
that kind of excitement.

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I was very tearful when it pulled
into the station this morning,

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to see such a great locomotive back.

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We've not seen her for ten years,

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so we've been starved
of this great locomotive

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and I think there's
just so much anticipation

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to see it back
on our UK rails again.

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Speed, power, beauty.

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The press have had
their sneak preview.

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Tomorrow, the public
will get their chance

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to ride behind
this national treasure.

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4.15 on a bitterly cold
Lancashire morning.

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In the yard of
Locomotive Engineers Riley and Son,

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they're firing up the engines
for the first of two busy weekends

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on the East Lancashire Railway.

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Wheels and bearings drink oil
straight from the can.

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You can tell it's cold, the oil's
crawling out of the bottle.

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It's Jack Johnson's job
to put fire in Scotsman's belly.

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At just 18, he's one of the
country's youngest
main-line firemen.

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There's nowhere else
he'd rather be.

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Once you've got that steam bug,
you've got it.

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And this is the icing on the cake,
firing the Flying Scotsman.

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To fire it on the main line
and to fire it here,

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it's like a childhood dream - that's
what I've always wanted to do.

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It's actually back after ten years
and it's living again.

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It doesn't deserve
to be in a museum,

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it deserves to be out there
where everyone can see it.

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I can't wait to get this thing
out on the main line.

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It's a beast.

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It's sometimes felt like
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kicking and screaming
back onto the line.

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It's been very stubborn,
this engine.

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When I first started back here about
a year and a half ago, it was just

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a scattered piece of parts all over
the floor like a big jigsaw puzzle.

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We've had to cut
the whole entire front end off

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and replace the cylinders
and set the frames up

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literally down to thousandths
of an inch to keep everything
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it's been very complicated and had
to go through a lot of procedures

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and engineering certification
to get it to that point.

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With such a radical overhaul,
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much of the original 1923 Scotsman
has actually survived.

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The last three-quarters of the
frames are definitely original

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and the wheels are all original
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and a lot of the parts we've been
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have still had
the original stamp numbers on it.

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The majority of it's original

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and the most important thing
is its soul is original.

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No matter how many pieces of
material you change in a locomotive

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it'll always be that engine.

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The steam locomotive, in particular,
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various different forms,
ferrous and non-ferrous,

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but when you put a fire in it,
it comes to life

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and it just takes on
a whole different nature.

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There's a nagging problem
with the brakes, so to be safe,

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they run a second engine
on every train, just to assist.

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And with every mile
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there's a growing confidence.

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TANNOY: The 11.30 Flying Scotsman
service to Rawtenstall...

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As the passenger trials begin,

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every platform on the
East Lancashire Railway is packed.

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Fantastic. Tremendous.

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Earth-shattering for us.

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But to see it actually appear,
there have been tears in the eye.

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We expected a lot of people to come,

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but we didn't expect the numbers
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Look over there.

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We expect over 20,000,
25,000 passengers

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to have been on the railway
over these two weekends.

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To put that into context, we carried
about 160,000 passengers last year.

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This engine seems
to cast a spell on people.

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One of the most treasured
Scotsman souvenirs

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is a piece of coal from the tender.

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It's a bit dirty. No problem, sir,
thank you. 50 pence.

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Give him that big bit.

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BLOWS WHISTLE

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Stay back!

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Stand back from the train!
Stand back, sir!

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The restoration
has called on old skills

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to breathe new life into the engine.

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The loco was not in great condition
when we got it,

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so it's taken a lot
of engineering challenges

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to get it back up
to the standards it needs to be.

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Some of the problems are, nowadays,
you know, the engineering techniques

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used back in the olden days
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so it's difficult to find places

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that make the components
that you need.

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We have got engineering centres
like Ian Riley and Son Engineering,

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who've done the work on this
that are training up apprentices

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and, you know,
keeping those skills alive.

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And this small Lancashire
engineering company is now building

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an international reputation
in steam expertise.

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We overhaul steam locomotives
for people

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all over the world, really,
from the smallest component

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to complete locomotives
like Flying Scotsman.

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I think this is the biggest contract
we've ever done,

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and if everything goes all right,

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I think it'll be the best one
we've ever done.

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There's only two or three companies
left in the United Kingdom

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that can carry out
this kind of work...

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Riley's being the best, of course!

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Every seat on every train
was sold out weeks in advance.

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And whatever their age,

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everyone seems to feel the same
about this glorious engine.

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It's brilliant, it's a legend is the
Flying Scotsman. Everybody loves it.

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Those other great icons of
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like Concorde and the Queen Mary,
they no longer operate

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and you can no longer
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You can travel
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and that is so important to us.

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There was a train line always went
past the park I used to play in,

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football, there was
always steam trains.

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Used to stop playing football
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Hang on, where are we going now?

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Oh, flippin' Nora,
we're in another tunnel!

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When I was in my teens,
all my friends had

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pictures of Elvis Presley
on their bedroom wall.

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I had a huge poster
of the Flying Scotsman,

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and so to be on it today
is incredible.

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It was the spaceship of its day.

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It broke the 100-mile record.

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And that's, you know,
that's history.

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The passenger trials
are a runaway success.

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But in the excitement,

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none of the crew forget
exactly why they're doing this.

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In the age of computers
and iPads and tablets,

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you need to have
some sort of tangible machine

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so that people can see,
and the young kids can see.

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This engine will still be running,
I hope, well after I'm gone.

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And it was running, you know, well
before I was even thought about.

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So, it's important to keep history
and the nation's heritage alive,

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for everyone, really.

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Over the years,
the engine has appeared

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in several different liveries,

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perhaps most familiar in apple
green, sporting the number 4472.

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Soon, Scotsman will be painted
green again, but before that,

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the engine will have to prove itself
fit to run on the main line.

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Early February, and Scotsman is
finally starting

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those main-line trials.

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It's pulling some lucky excursion
passengers up the steep inclines

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from Lancashire to Cumbria...

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..and then returning on the scenic
Settle-Carlisle line.

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It's crucial
the engine performs well today,

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with less than three weeks to go
before the planned inaugural run.

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Veteran driver Ron Smith
can finally let the thoroughbred
stretch its legs,

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aiming to clock up
the maximum allowed - 75mph.

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It's starting to feel
a lot like the old days.

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In its heyday, the Flying Scotsman
was the very height of glamour.

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Passengers enjoyed first-class
service and all the mod cons -

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a dining car, a cocktail lounge,
even a hairdressing salon.

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Today's Cumbrian Mountain Express
offers a glimpse of what rail travel

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must have been like
three generations ago.

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It's less of a picnic
by the track-side.

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Hundreds of steam enthusiasts
line the route,

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frozen to the bone,
but glued to the view.

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You can't believe the amount
of people that are standing

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watching the train come along.

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They must have been standing there
for hours, some of them.

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Every field seems to have
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even though it's a cold, wet day
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Why would you stand in a field
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with a four-year-old child
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You're trying to get a glimpse

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of this past that created
the world we live in now.

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At Carlisle,
some have been waiting for hours

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to see Scotsman
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It's a reminder of what a draw
this black beast can still be.

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You've only got to see
all the people

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that were at Carlisle
when we ran in.

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I've never seen Carlisle
like that, ever,

240
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and we've been into Carlisle with
some good engines over the years.

241
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But I got the shock of my life
when I approached Carlisle.

242
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So that tells you the interest
that is there.

243
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So what it's going to be like
on its inaugural run, I do not know.

244
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Ron's spent his life around steam
engines, it's in his family's blood.

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WHISTLE BLOWS

246
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He started his career
while Scotsman was still in service

247
00:14:49,020 --> 00:14:51,940
and it's not the first time
their paths have crossed.

248
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I've been on the footplate
since 1961, July.

249
00:14:55,380 --> 00:14:59,180
And, actually,
I did work on this engine in '62,

250
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before she went
out of traffic in '63.

251
00:15:02,220 --> 00:15:05,260
And my father and my grandfather
were both drivers,

252
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all on the same engine,
worked on it,

253
00:15:06,820 --> 00:15:09,980
so three of us
have now worked on this engine.

254
00:15:09,980 --> 00:15:12,740
My father always thought A3s
were better than anything, really.

255
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In fact, it's a shame
he still isn't here

256
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because he'd be quite impressed,
you know.

257
00:15:17,300 --> 00:15:19,540
Yeah, very proud.

258
00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:24,820
A bit choked, actually.

259
00:15:29,020 --> 00:15:32,540
The engine's heading south now,
towards the Yorkshire Dales,

260
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on the beautiful
Settle-Carlisle line.

261
00:15:37,540 --> 00:15:39,820
Before heading over
the Ribblehead Viaduct,

262
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there's a stop for water at Appleby.

263
00:15:45,180 --> 00:15:47,860
It's a chance for the engine
to take a breather

264
00:15:47,860 --> 00:15:49,700
and the crew to take stock.

265
00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:51,300
Today, it's been exceptional.

266
00:15:51,300 --> 00:15:54,540
In fact, the engine... Well,
it is new, it's virtually new,

267
00:15:54,540 --> 00:15:56,500
and she's rode
just like a Rolls-Royce

268
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coming down the bank at 75mph.

269
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Everything we could have hoped for,
you know,

270
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the engine's performed
faultlessly, really.

271
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You know, we got up to 75mph
on the West Coast Main Line,

272
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which is brilliant, you know,
it's kind of the culmination

273
00:16:10,860 --> 00:16:13,380
of ten years of hard work
by a lot of people.

274
00:16:16,620 --> 00:16:20,340
I've not heard a Pacific sound
like this does at the front end

275
00:16:20,340 --> 00:16:23,260
because she were absolutely
just sharp and clear, you know,

276
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so the valves are absolutely...
They're set perfectly.

277
00:16:30,940 --> 00:16:33,260
There's lots of
really lovely engines out there

278
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that run on this line,
you know, at speed.

279
00:16:36,060 --> 00:16:39,620
But Scotsman evokes memories
in a way those don't.

280
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That means that what we've got
on the front of us,

281
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blowing all this smoke past
the window, is a memory machine.

282
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If you could have a penny
for everybody who watched her,

283
00:17:11,260 --> 00:17:13,500
and everybody who took a photograph,

284
00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:18,620
you could afford to overhaul her,
you know, once every two years.

285
00:17:18,620 --> 00:17:21,820
Sir William McAlpine
knows all about overhauls.

286
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He footed the bill for two of them

287
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during the 23 years
he owned Scotsman.

288
00:17:26,580 --> 00:17:28,380
Sir William bought the engine

289
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from the previous owner,
Alan Pegler, in 1973,

290
00:17:32,060 --> 00:17:35,580
rescuing it from San Francisco,
where it had ground to a halt

291
00:17:35,580 --> 00:17:38,660
at the end of
an ill-fated tour of the States.

292
00:17:38,660 --> 00:17:41,460
It was an unexpected chance
to save Scotsman,

293
00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:43,340
having to make his mind
up straight away

294
00:17:43,340 --> 00:17:46,180
or risk the engine never returning.

295
00:17:46,180 --> 00:17:48,220
It was wham-bang, you know.

296
00:17:48,220 --> 00:17:51,140
"If you want this locomotive,
say yes tomorrow."

297
00:17:51,140 --> 00:17:53,340
I had the money,
I had the opportunity

298
00:17:53,340 --> 00:17:54,900
and there wasn't any time.

299
00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:57,860
It had to be...
It was an instant decision.

300
00:17:57,860 --> 00:18:01,260
But I thought, "Well, you know,
here's a true British icon

301
00:18:01,260 --> 00:18:04,660
"and I'm not buying it for me,
I'm buying it for Britain,"

302
00:18:04,660 --> 00:18:07,380
and so I said yes.

303
00:18:10,860 --> 00:18:13,660
I never really felt
I owned the engine.

304
00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:16,660
I'll be going along and I'm sitting
in the fireman's seat

305
00:18:16,660 --> 00:18:19,220
and I'm wondering
what on Earth am I doing here?

306
00:18:19,220 --> 00:18:22,220
You know, I own this engine,
I actually own it,

307
00:18:22,220 --> 00:18:24,020
but I don't feel I own it.

308
00:18:24,020 --> 00:18:27,460
I feel I've just got it in trust
for the nation.

309
00:18:36,540 --> 00:18:38,620
She gave so much pleasure
to so many people,

310
00:18:38,620 --> 00:18:40,540
and that was a wonderful feeling.

311
00:18:43,700 --> 00:18:46,900
Not everyone has a full-sized
railway in their back garden,

312
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but Sir William does.

313
00:18:48,980 --> 00:18:51,820
It's a love of railways
that's coloured his life,

314
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something he believes he shares
with the great British public.

315
00:18:56,740 --> 00:18:59,900
Of course, we did invent them,
and if we hadn't had railways,

316
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we couldn't have
an Industrial Revolution.

317
00:19:01,980 --> 00:19:04,980
Didn't have an Industrial Revolution
we'd have never had an empire.

318
00:19:04,980 --> 00:19:07,020
So, I mean, we owe a lot to railways

319
00:19:07,020 --> 00:19:09,180
and if you can rescue
some of these things,

320
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it's a wonderful thing to do.

321
00:19:10,860 --> 00:19:13,060
PEACOCK CALLS

322
00:19:14,460 --> 00:19:18,220
Definitely look back with fondness.
I mean, I love her.

323
00:19:18,220 --> 00:19:20,220
And it's wonderful
to be able to enjoy her

324
00:19:20,220 --> 00:19:23,380
without having the responsibility
of paying the bills!

325
00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:27,900
Even with the constraints
of the modern world,

326
00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,420
I hope she can continue running
for a long, long time.

327
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TOOLS WHIR

328
00:19:36,140 --> 00:19:38,900
A week to go to the inaugural run.

329
00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:43,220
Scotsman's mechanically sound
and she's being pampered and preened

330
00:19:43,220 --> 00:19:47,540
before tackling the busy main line
between King's Cross and York.

331
00:19:47,540 --> 00:19:50,500
We're in good shape. I mean,
we've proved the engine now,

332
00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:52,780
you know, it's done 1,000 miles,

333
00:19:52,780 --> 00:19:54,700
got 1,000 miles under its belt

334
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both on preserved railways

335
00:19:56,020 --> 00:19:57,620
and now on the main line, too.

336
00:19:57,620 --> 00:19:59,740
So we know that
the engine does perform,

337
00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:03,460
it can, you know, haul large trains
over steep gradients

338
00:20:03,460 --> 00:20:06,860
and now we're just looking forward
to the run up from London.

339
00:20:06,860 --> 00:20:08,780
They've brought in
a team of craftsmen

340
00:20:08,780 --> 00:20:11,260
to make the engine
look its very best.

341
00:20:11,260 --> 00:20:14,100
Scotsman will be painted
in the livery she was in

342
00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:17,700
when she left
British Rail service in 1963.

343
00:20:17,700 --> 00:20:21,940
It's a challenging job
done in a very traditional way.

344
00:20:21,940 --> 00:20:25,260
Everything is brush-painted that
we do, no spray-painting involved.

345
00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:28,100
It's all done by hand, it's all done
just through hard graft.

346
00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:31,620
It is a huge amount of materials
we use - 20 litres of undercoat,

347
00:20:31,620 --> 00:20:34,380
30 litres of gloss,
20 litres of varnish,

348
00:20:34,380 --> 00:20:37,060
85 litres of white spirit, thinners.

349
00:20:37,060 --> 00:20:38,460
Quite lot of work in that,

350
00:20:38,460 --> 00:20:40,780
quite a lot of man-hours
and a lot of labour.

351
00:20:45,980 --> 00:20:47,860
Proud, very much.
I think, you know,

352
00:20:47,860 --> 00:20:51,340
we've done a lot of
high-profile jobs in our time,

353
00:20:51,340 --> 00:20:53,340
but this is the absolute
icing on the cake.

354
00:20:53,340 --> 00:20:55,140
This is the pinnacle of a career.

355
00:20:55,140 --> 00:20:57,140
From this point, you can stand back

356
00:20:57,140 --> 00:21:00,340
and, as a family, I can say
to my kids, "We painted that."

357
00:21:00,340 --> 00:21:03,300
We have painted
the world's most famous locomotive.

358
00:21:09,940 --> 00:21:13,660
Great engines like this should
always be done the traditional way.

359
00:21:17,420 --> 00:21:19,860
You get a greater sense of pride...

360
00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:24,860
..doing it by hand.

361
00:21:24,860 --> 00:21:29,260
To get it right and to get it
looking...pristine

362
00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:33,100
for when it goes
on its inaugural journey, yeah,

363
00:21:33,100 --> 00:21:36,820
this is special, this is a...

364
00:21:36,820 --> 00:21:40,180
..highlight of somebody's career,
I would think.

365
00:21:40,180 --> 00:21:42,620
Painting the Flying Scotsman?

366
00:21:42,620 --> 00:21:45,020
There's not many people
that have done that.

367
00:21:49,460 --> 00:21:54,740
It gives a great sense
of job satisfaction.

368
00:21:54,740 --> 00:21:58,860
It's one of those things
where not many people

369
00:21:58,860 --> 00:22:00,900
can see the fruits of their labour.

370
00:22:05,820 --> 00:22:07,220
There's still only

371
00:22:07,220 --> 00:22:09,780
a handful of sign-writers
that have ever done it...

372
00:22:11,300 --> 00:22:12,780
..and I'm one.

373
00:22:55,380 --> 00:22:57,860
Massive relief.
Massive relief, yeah.

374
00:22:57,860 --> 00:23:00,460
There have been times when
you think we'll never finish it,

375
00:23:00,460 --> 00:23:03,260
we'll never ever finish it, there
has just been so many setbacks.

376
00:23:03,260 --> 00:23:07,140
But now we are where we are
and it's ready to go.

377
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Battersea in London,
on the eve of the inaugural run.

378
00:23:13,340 --> 00:23:16,940
Belmond British Pullman
is one of the few main-line depots

379
00:23:16,940 --> 00:23:19,700
where Scotsman
can be fed and watered.

380
00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:22,180
It'll take on board
five tonnes of coal

381
00:23:22,180 --> 00:23:25,660
and almost 5,000 gallons of water.

382
00:23:25,660 --> 00:23:28,260
The crew and engineers
are exhausted

383
00:23:28,260 --> 00:23:31,460
after working all hours
to fix a broken spring

384
00:23:31,460 --> 00:23:34,180
which nearly scuppered
the celebration.

385
00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:35,900
But they're here, ready...

386
00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:37,860
and just a little nervous.

387
00:23:37,860 --> 00:23:40,460
Some of the lads at the works
have spent years on this engine

388
00:23:40,460 --> 00:23:42,740
and it's really fought them
all the way.

389
00:23:42,740 --> 00:23:45,540
And then tomorrow, to see it
out there, for them seeing that,

390
00:23:45,540 --> 00:23:48,580
you know, it'll be a good feeling.
It's good for us, good for everyone

391
00:23:48,580 --> 00:23:50,620
to see it out there,
doing what it's meant to do.

392
00:24:00,380 --> 00:24:02,220
King's Cross.

393
00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:05,900
The inaugural run
has become a global media event...

394
00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:07,660
Lovely to see you! How are you?

395
00:24:07,660 --> 00:24:11,740
..with reporters and cameramen
rubbing shoulders with passengers

396
00:24:11,740 --> 00:24:13,580
and the great and the good.

397
00:24:13,580 --> 00:24:16,980
It's been a long time since Scotsman
graced the platforms here,

398
00:24:16,980 --> 00:24:20,820
but slowly, she rolls in
like she's never been away

399
00:24:20,820 --> 00:24:23,700
and now the old girl's
ready for her close-up.

400
00:24:30,060 --> 00:24:32,740
It's the start
of an epic 200-mile journey

401
00:24:32,740 --> 00:24:35,700
which will need five hours
and two footplate crews

402
00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:37,180
to get the train to York.

403
00:24:37,180 --> 00:24:39,100
HE BLOWS THE WHISTLE

404
00:24:42,140 --> 00:24:44,060
Right, here we go.

405
00:24:44,060 --> 00:24:46,620
TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS

406
00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:52,780
There's hundreds here
to see Flying Scotsman head home,

407
00:24:52,780 --> 00:24:55,380
and there will be thousands more
lining the route.

408
00:25:19,380 --> 00:25:23,780
put their feet up and enjoy some
well-earned first-class service.

409
00:25:23,780 --> 00:25:26,500
It's the end of a ten-year struggle.

410
00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:28,460
Cinderella didn't want
to go to the ball,

411
00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:31,300
but we were determined
Cinderella was going, you know,

412
00:25:31,300 --> 00:25:32,980
whether she were
kicking her legs or not.

413
00:25:32,980 --> 00:25:34,220
And here she is today.

414
00:25:34,220 --> 00:25:36,540
She's running like a sewing machine.

415
00:25:36,540 --> 00:25:39,100
That is it, you know -
she's sweet, she sounds sweet,

416
00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:42,540
everything's running at the right
temperatures, she's perfect.

417
00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:52,500
It's been an uphill challenge,
but we're finally there.

418
00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:54,300
The blood, the sweat, the tears,

419
00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:56,140
it is physical blood,
sweat and tears.

420
00:25:56,140 --> 00:25:58,980
You know, you hurt yourself,
you cut yourself, you bleed.

421
00:25:58,980 --> 00:26:02,020
You have your head in your hands
at some point, where you think,

422
00:26:02,020 --> 00:26:04,460
"Oh, my God,
we've got all this to do."

423
00:26:04,460 --> 00:26:07,700
And it's given the engine a new
lease of life, doing all that work.

424
00:26:12,380 --> 00:26:17,940
Alan Pegler saved Scotsman
from the breaker's yard in 1963.

425
00:26:17,940 --> 00:26:21,860
Today's run is a poignant journey
for his daughter.

426
00:26:21,860 --> 00:26:25,940
It is absolutely wonderful, I just
hope that my dad is looking down.

427
00:26:25,940 --> 00:26:31,300
This is what he wanted, for people
to go on enjoying the engine,

428
00:26:31,300 --> 00:26:35,140
and the fact that it's going
afterwards to the museum

429
00:26:35,140 --> 00:26:39,300
is fantastic, because it'll be
enjoyed now for generations to come,

430
00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:40,980
which is really what he wanted.

431
00:26:40,980 --> 00:26:42,660
He would be very, very happy.

432
00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:46,900
Through Doncaster now,

433
00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:49,900
where Scotsman began life
all those years ago,

434
00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:52,420
a survivor against all the odds.

435
00:26:53,580 --> 00:26:56,140
It was originally built
in this country

436
00:26:56,140 --> 00:26:58,060
and it was rebuilt in this country,

437
00:26:58,060 --> 00:27:02,620
to retain the Flying Scotsman
for ever and ever and ever.

438
00:27:20,420 --> 00:27:24,020
York - journey's end, and the
warmest of Yorkshire welcomes.

439
00:27:27,940 --> 00:27:30,380
TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS

440
00:27:38,340 --> 00:27:40,540
OK. He's happy right where you are.

441
00:27:46,780 --> 00:27:51,020
TANNOY: Welcome to the
Flying Scotsman. Welcome to York!

442
00:27:51,020 --> 00:27:53,620
Thank you very much. Cheers.

443
00:27:53,620 --> 00:27:55,620
Thank you!

444
00:27:57,900 --> 00:27:59,820
Well done, Jim.

445
00:28:04,620 --> 00:28:08,260
Now it's just a short hop
to the National Railway Museum.

446
00:28:08,260 --> 00:28:10,820
APPLAUSE

447
00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:18,220
Flying Scotsman is finally home.

448
00:28:28,220 --> 00:28:32,140
Tiring, but we've made it,
so we're very, very happy.

449
00:28:32,140 --> 00:28:36,020
We've overcome the odds this week
and got the engine ready

450
00:28:36,020 --> 00:28:38,660
and got it up here
on the front of the train,

451
00:28:38,660 --> 00:28:40,620
so very relieved,

452
00:28:40,620 --> 00:28:42,420
but content and happy as well.