0241 - Photo: Paul Gildersleve.

It is a matter of time before the HST set on the left would replace 55017 (D9017) "THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY" on the 1S17 10:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh "The Flying Scotsman" service. Time is halted here, however, as 55017 hauls the service via the centre road at York on the 17th April 1978. The final loco-hauled "Flying Scotsman" left King's Cross on the 6th May 1978 and was powered by 55010 (D9010) "THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERER".

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17/04/78 - 1S17 10:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh, "The Flying Scotsman". Deltic Dynasty: rear cover.

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