IT was a case of good things come to those who wait as hundreds braved the cold and wet conditions to see the Fying Scotsman steam through East Lancashire this evening.
The famous locomotive arrived at Blackburn Railway Station's platform two over half an hour behind schedule to loud cheers and applause from both young and old.
The 93-year-old locomotive, which has been restored at a cost of £4.2million, was pulling the Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express — a service which started in London — from Carnforth to Carlisle.
It then travel down the famous Settle to Carlisle line and over the Ribblehead Viaduct and through Hellifield, where it took on water, and into East Lancashire.
The Flying Scotsman, the first train in history to reach the magical 100mph mark, was due to steam through Clitheroe at 5.24pm before pulling into Blackburn Railway Station at 5.49pm, before heading back to the mainline at Farrington Junction. But it didn't arrive in Blackburn until around 6.20pm.
The train was tested on the East Lancashire Railway last month.
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