The Flying Scotsman Reference Guide

A printable guide to Flying Scotsman: Gresley’s A1 Pacific, its colours and numbers, the 1928 non-stop run, the 100mph and 422-mile records, its owners and travels, the rescue and restoration, the centenary, a timeline, the sources compared, myths and a glossary.

What’s inside:

• Flying Scotsman at a glance
• Gresley’s A1 Pacific
• Size, speed and weight
• One locomotive, many colours
• Fame, and a corridor tender
• London to Edinburgh, non-stop
• 100mph and 422 miles
• Who has owned it
• Saved for the nation
• Flying Scotsman today
• From Doncaster to the centenary
• Where good sources disagree
• Myths, checked
• Credits, licence and sources

Pages: 15 (A4) / 15 (US Letter). Formats: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Most inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; the cover and a few drawings are in full colour, so print those in colour or skip them to save ink.

Every fact is written in our own words and checked against named sources from the National Railway Museum (its history pages, press releases and blog), the Science Museum Group Collection and BBC News (checked 10 Nov 2026); the sources are listed on the credits page. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with its source. Our own opinions are clearly labelled.

Drawings and charts are our own. Photos are from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons or public-domain terms, credited on the credits page. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Railway Museum, the Science Museum Group, Riley & Son (E) Ltd, the BBC, the Royal Mint or any other organisation, person or photographer named here.

Licence: personal use. Print as many copies as you need for yourself and your household. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For club, school or commercial use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind flying-scotsman.railways.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.