Home»All my photos»Scotsman again on the ELR 18 March 2023

I am back at the ELR, this time with a ticket for the special Flying Scotsman run to Rawtenstall and back. This is the first of five today and they are all fully booked. Over the five days of running, well over 10,000 will have travelled - good news for steam preservation in general and the ELR and NRM in particular.
I have taken hundreds of pictures of scores of engines from the south end of Rawtenstall station, but asI look nat Scorsman I reflect on its 100 year life. Record breaker, world traveller, millionaire bankrupter, beautifully restored in Bury, still working hard for its living, a true national treasure.
I am reminded of the Stone Roses song played before every match at Old Trafford: "this is the one, this is the one, THIS IS THE ONE!"