Nov 30, 2014
St. Andrew's Day 2014
This Doodle’s Key Themes
What better way to mark St Andrew’s Day than to celebrate the 80th anniversary of ‘The Flying Scotsman’ being the first steam locomotive to chug its way to 100mph?
Designed by Edinburgh-born Sir Nigel Gresley, this world famous train vitally linked London to Scotland and went on to record the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive at an incredible 422 miles.
The train steamed along over 2 million miles of track before retiring at its final station in 1963 after 40 years of loyal service.
So light the fires, serve the feasts, play the bagpipes and start the shindigs, all in honour of this inspirational Scotsman.
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