 The Flying Scotsman exhibition will open in April next year |
A �1.4m permanent exhibition telling the story of the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman is to open at the National Railway Museum in York. The project at the famous engine's home got the go-ahead after the Heritage Lottery Fund agreed a �275,000 grant.
Other funds will come from regional development agency Yorkshire Forward and corporate backers.
The exhibition, which will feature live webcam film of the engine under steam, is due to open in April 2006.
People's engine
John Watson, chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund Yorkshire and the Humber Committee, said: "This grant is what lottery funding is all about - opening up our much loved heritage for everyone to enjoy and understand.
"Flying Scotsman really can be described as the people's engine and it's wonderful that it now resides in Yorkshire, its birthplace.
"This new exhibition will tell its fascinating story and make sure it and the National Railway Museum remain one of our region's most popular visitor attractions."
Flying Scotsman returned to York in 2004 after it was kept in the UK thanks to a National Heritage Memorial Fund grant of �1.8m and a public fund-raising appeal.
In 1934 the Doncaster-built engine became the first locomotive to be officially timed in the UK at more than 100mph.
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