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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
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Ben Lyons & Lana Adkin

Chance to ride Flying Scotsman on train journey travelling through parts of Nottinghamshire

A journey to celebrate the Flying Scotsman's 100th Anniversary will take place this year, starting at Derby and travelling through Nottinghamshire The locomotive leaves Derby in the early hours of the morning on Saturday, October 14.

Initially diesel hauled, along the journey it will stop so passengers can board the train at Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire stations before reaching its final stop in York. The train is due to leave at 6am from the Derby Train Station, and will stop to pick up passengers from Long Eaton, Beeston, Ilkeston, Alfreton and Chesterfield.

As the train arrives in York, steam locomotive No.60103 Flying Scotsman will replace the diesel locomotive for the onward journey, via Leeds, to Carlisle, reports Derbyshire Live.

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