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Flying Scotsman flies through

Credit: Steam Dreams

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One of the most famous steam locomotives in the world was in Devon on Thursday for the first time in 15 years. 

The Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway. It mostly ran on the London to Edinburgh line - where it got its name.

It has set two world records, becoming the first to reach 100 miles an hour, and the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive when it ran 422 in Australia.

The locomotive retired from regular service in 1963 after covering 2,076,000 miles. It now runs leisure trips through a company called Steam Dreams. 

It will travel back through Devon on Monday 8th after a trip into Cornwall over the weekend. 

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