VIDEO: Historic locomotive crosses historic bridge in Boston
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Crowds turned out in Boston on Saturday to see the Flying Scotsman, the world-famous steam locomotive, pass through the town – twice.
The express passenger train was re-creating the Jolly Fisherman excursion from London to Skegness, a popular outing planned by the Great Northern Railway.
It came through Boston about noon, being pulled backwards, and then again in the early evening.
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Hide AdHere we see it passing over the Grade II listed Grand Sluice railway bridge, built for the Great Northern Railway in 1884 to 1885 – about 40 years before the Flying Scotsman was built – to an audience of all ages.
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