 Flying Scotsman was meant to do three days of journeys |
A breakdown has prevented the famous steam locomotive Flying Scotsman from completing three days of trips from York to Scarborough. When the engine returned from its second day on the rails on Wednesday a problem was found in its firebox.
As a result, Thursday's final day of journeys had to be cancelled.
The trips were to celebrate the first anniversary of the engine's arrival at York's National Railway Museum after a public appeal to keep it in the UK.
Jim Rees from the museum said: "It's very unfortunate not only for those who were expecting to ride behind Flying Scotsman but also for the staff at the National Railway Museum who are genuinely equally disappointed."
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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