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    Withdrawn Flying Scotsman nameplate returns to market

    Jul 23, 2018 2 minutes
    By Geoff Courtney
    NRM

    AN original nameplate from No. 60103 Flying Scotsman that was controversially withdrawn from sale by leading auction house Bonhams in 2016 after an intervention by the late Sir William McAlpine, a former owner of the legendary locomotive, is returning to market.

    The plate was carried by the 1923-built Pacific until 1996, when both nameplates were removed by new owner DrTony Marchington prior to the start

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