Flying Scotsman Tyseley Birmingham 4th May 1969

A re-post in honour of Scotsman's rebirth, only £4.2 million and 10 years late.

One of the early Open Days - the second one in fact, the first was in October 1968 - at the Great Western Railway shed at Tyseley and LNER A3 Pacific 4472 Flying Scotsman arrives from the main line with a special train. By 1969 4472 was the only steam engine allowed to work on British Railways.

In the right distance the large GWR gantry indicates that the main line was still controlled by semaphore signals. These were replaced by colour lights in 1970.