organisations in the rail industry as well as from LNER. Locomotives As a major link between the capital cities of England and Scotland, the Flying Scotsman was an extremely long and heavy train, especially in the days before road and air transport became common. As such, it has required very powerful locomotives. Locomotives used to haul (and in some cases, specifically designed to haul) the Flying Scotsman have included: Stirling 4-2-2 'Singles' (GNR 1870) Ivatt Class C1 (GNR 1897), the first British Atlantics Gresley A1 and A3 Class Pacifics (LNER 1922), including the locomotive named after the train Gresley A4 Class Pacifics (LNER 1935), the holder of the steam rail-speed record British Railways Class 40 (BR 1958) British Railways Class 55 Deltic (BR 1961) British Rail InterCity 125 (BR 1976, GNER 1996–2007, NXEC December 2007 – November 2009, EC 2009–2015, VTEC from 2015) British Rail InterCity 225 (BR 1990, GNER from 1996 until 2007, National Express East Coast from December 2007 until November 2009, East Coast from November 2009 to March 2015, Virgin Trains East Coast from April 2015 to June 2018, and London North Eastern Railway from June 2018 to July 2019) Classes 800 and 801 Azuma (London North Eastern Railway from 1 August 2019) References External links The official National Railway Museum print website containing many Flying Scotsman prints and posters , description of the train in the 1930s Named passenger trains of the London and North Eastern Railway Named passenger trains of British Rail East Coast Main Line Railway services introduced in 1862 1862 establishments in the United Kingdom