In 1969 Englishman Alan Pegler brought his famous “Flying Scotsman” 4-6-2 and 9-car train over to the USA for a tour, landing at the port of Houston. Just to prove their track gauge us the same as ours, here’s LNER (London &North Eastern Ry.) 4472 racing northward on AT&SF at Brenham, Texas Nov. 17, 1969, headed for its winter storage at Slaton, Tex. Since 2006 the Flying Scotsman is still undergoing repairs at York’s National Railway Museum and funds are sought to restore it to its as-built 1929 status.
