What is LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman?
{{Infobox Locomotive | name=''Flying Scotsman'' | powertype=Steam | image=Kentford - 60103 climbing towards Minehead.JPG | caption=''Flying Scotsman'' on the [[West Somerset Railway]] on 11 September 2017 in [[British Rail|BR]] green livery with prominent German-style [[smoke deflectors]] and double chimney. | gauge={{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}} | designer=[[Nigel Gresley]] | cylindercount=3 | locoweight={{convert|96.25|LT|t ST|lk=on}} | length={{convert|70|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | height={{convert|13|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | driverdiameter={{convert|80|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} [[diameter]] |maxspeed= | tractiveeffort={{plainlist| *as built: {{convert|29835|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on}} *as A3: {{convert|32910|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on|}}}} | operator=[[London and North Eastern Railway]], [[British Rail]]ways | operatorclass=[[LNER Class A3|A3]] | whytetype=[[4-6-2]] | fleetnumbers={{ubl|1472 (to February 1924)|4472 (February 1924 – January 1946)|502 (January–May 1946)|103 (May 1946–December 1948)|60103 (December 1948 on)}} | officialname=''Flying Scotsman'' | builddate=February 1923 (built as A1) 1947 (rebuilt as A3) | builder=[[Doncaster Works]] | retiredate=15 January 1963 | restoredate=1968, 1996, 2016 | currentowner=[[National Railway Museum]] }} [[London and North Eastern Railway|LNER]] A1 and A3 4472 '''Flying Scotsman''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[steam locomotive]]. It is a [[LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3|LNER Class A3]] locomotive, and has a [[4-6-2]] wheel configuration. It was built in 1923, during the [[Interwar period]] in the aftermath of [[World War 1]] from 1918-1939. It was originally built as an [[LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3|LNER Class A1 Pacific]] in 1923 and it was rebuilt in 1947 as a [[LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3|A3 Pacific]] after [[World War 2]] ended in 1945. It was withdrawn in 1963 and later preserved and saved from being [[Scrap|scrapped]] during the [[Cold War]]. ==Other websites== {{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.flyingscotsman.org.uk/ National Railway Museum's site] about ''