No. 4472 Flying Scotsman is a LNER Class A3 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotive built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley.

The Flying Scotsman is an LNER A3 "Pacific" steam locomotive that was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, built February 24, 1923 by Doncaster Works in Yorkshire, Britain as GNR No. 1472 (later renumbered to LNER 4472), and was the first locomotive in the world to …

The Flying Scotsman was completed at Doncaster, at a cost of £7,944, in February 1923 as 1472, an A1 pacific-class locomotive. Under ownership of the London and North Eastern Railway Company (LNER) it was renumbered the 4472 and christened the Flying Scotsman.

It was built as an A1, initially carrying the GNR number 1472, because the LNER had not yet decided on a system-wide numbering scheme. Flying Scotsman was something of a flagship locomotive for the LNER. It represented the company at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park in 1924 and 1925.

2008年6月6日 · The London and North Eastern Railway LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3 locomotives represented two distinct stages in the history of the British 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley.

Upon delivery, it carried the number 1472, as the LNER had not devised a definitive numbering system, later it was renumber 4472, and was one of five A1 Pacifics given the privilege to haul the railway’s flagship train, “The Flying Scotsman”, from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh.

2022年3月6日 · The third A1, initially 1472 but soon renumbered 4472, was completed in February 1923 and named Flying Scotsman. The legend starts here. Through 1924 and 1925, she was exhibited at the Empire Exhibition in London – something akin to a modern Expo, but featuring only the culture, achievements and industry of the British Empire.

The locomotive in question, number 1472, was originally outshopped from the GNR’s Doncaster Works as a class A1 with GNR colouring, lettering and numbering before being renumbered and named in 1924 to promote the LNER’s Flying Scotsman service.

Built in 1923, this loco was never a GNR locomotive, but received the GNR number 1472 which, along with the early L&NER lettering, were both located on the tender. The loco was renumbered as 4472 shortly after. Although the nameplate is fitted here, it is possible that 1472 never ran with nameplates, only gaining them when renumbered.