3008 - Photo:  Marcus Gilmour Collection.

On the first day of the 1962 summer timetable, and with the commencement of a complete Deltic service on the ECML, an immaculate D9020 "NIMBUS" waits at Newcastle with the 10:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh, "The Flying Scotsman" service on the 18th June 1962.

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18/06/62 - 0B01 Finsbury Park - King's Cross. Deltic Locomotives of British Rail: Page 46.
18/06/62 - 0B01 Finsbury Park - King's Cross. Railway Reflections: Page 20.
18/06/62 - 0B01 Finsbury Park - King's Cross. Book of the Deltics: Page 147.
18/06/62 - 1A16 10:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh, "The Flying Scotsman" (with headboard). Locomotives Illustrated No.17: Page 8.
18/06/62 - 1A16 10:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh, "The Flying Scotsman" (with headboard). Rail Portfolio No.3: Page 9.
18/06/62 - 1A16 10:00 King's Cross - Edinburgh, "The Flying Scotsman" (with headboard). Railway Reflections: Page 20.

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