Replica headboard, Flying Scotsman

Made:
1978 in National Railway Museum

Headboard (replica), London & North Eastern Railway, "Flying Scotsman", A4-type black letters on white background, between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley, officially adopted in 1923, ran non-stop to Newcastle from 1927 and non-stop to Edinburgh from 1928. This is a replica of the headboard designed by Eric Gill and attached to the train 21st Nov. 1932.

Details

Category:
Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Object Number:
1978-8394
Materials:
metal (unknown)
Measurements:
overall: 228.6 mm x 1016 mm
type:
headboard
credit:
Made in NRM Workshop