Date: 08/03/2013

THE Flying Scotsman will not be back on the tracks before 2015 - if ever, the National Railway Museum has revealed. The York-based museum said an independent engineering report had identified substantial further repairs were needed to the iconic loco, at a substantial cost. And a spokeswoman revealed that the viability of the whole restoration project might even be in doubt. [From Richard Buckby]

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THE Flying Scotsman will not be back on the tracks before 2015 - if ever, the National Railway Museum has revealed.

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