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Posted by Big Merl (Member # 3251) on :

The famed Flying Scotsman was set to make one last run on the way to retirment in a museum, however a boiler tube split, causing the trip to be done with a diesel providing the power.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&u=/ap/20040530/ap_on_re_eu/britain_flying_scotsman&printer=1