Flying Scotsman filmed chugging through countryside
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The world-famous Flying Scotsman was pictured steaming through Berkshire earlier.
The legendary locomotive is taking journeys between Newbury Racecourse and Didcot Parkway stations over the weekend and was spotted by fans who had gathered between Thatcham and Newbury Racecourse on Saturday.
It originally went into service in 1923 and was given its name the following year, after the Flying Scotsman passenger service between London and Edinburgh.
It became famouswhen it was featured in the British Empire Exhibition in 1924, then in 1934 it became the first locomotive to officially reach 100mph (160.9km/h).
