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    Scotsman nameplate owner reveals thoughts on ‘iconic piece of history’

    Jan 15, 2019 2 minutes
    By Geoff Courtney
    ROBIN JONES

    THE railway nameplate collector who in November paid a world-record £64,500 for a plate from No. 60103 Flying Scotsman, has revealed that it may be donated to the National Railway Museum on his passing.

    While he expressed a wish to remain anonymous, the collector, his thoughts on the future of the nameplate: “My motivation to buy it was that I am a collector of nameplates, and it is both a beautiful as well as iconic piece of history that I am fortunate enough to have the means to own.

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