The Flying Scotsman approaching Eldroth during a test run on Thursday. Picture by Philip Winstansley
THE Flying Scotsman will travel on the Settle-Carlisle Railway this afternoon.
The journey had been in a doubt because of a landslide at Appleby.
But, the Railway Touring Company says final confirmation has been given that the Flying Scotsman can haul the Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express on the Settle-Carlisle line.
It should cross the Ribblehead Viaduct at 4.10pm, go past Settle at 4.30pm and then stand in Hellifield from around 4.45pm to 5pm.
The Flying Scotsman, the first locomotive to reach 100mph in 1934, has just undergone a decade long, £4.2m restoration project by the National Railway Museum.
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