As hundreds of train enthusiasts stood along the Great Eastern Main Line waiting to get a glimpse of the world famous Flying Scotsman as she passes through Norfolk into Suffolk after rescheduling due to a breakdown last month.
The week running up to her East Anglian trip she suffered a mechanical issue which one of the axles was over heating so the Flying Scotsman limped to the Nene Valley railway near Peterborough where engineers worked tirelessly to get her ready but they were unable to fix her in time. To everybodys disappointment, organisers cancelled the trip and rescheduled for the 11th November.
10th November, reports coming out in the evening that she had suffered another fault and there was a possibility that she might not be traveling down to Ipswich but engineers managed to fix her so she would not disappoint this time.
The Flying Scotsman departed Norwich at 08:04 and steamed down to Westerfield via the Ipswich chord or known to many as the Bacon factory curve before reversing into Ipswich station by a diesel loco at the stern of the train.
A few minutes later than planned she made her way back towards Norwich with around 250-300 passengers. As she came in to sight at Stowmarket train station with smoke billowing from her funnel spectators got their camera out taking many photos of the magnificent locomotive.
After arriving in Norwich she had a break while reloading she took the Thetford line via Ely and to Kings Cross in London.
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