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Plate 81:  The "Flying Scotsman" in motion, climbing a gradient
(This plate added SEP 2003)

In this view, looking south, the "Flying Scotsman" is in forward motion at high speed, climbing up the gradient of the outer spiral.

Click here to see the "Flying Scotsman" in actual motion during a later stage of track construction. (WARNING: Clicking this link causes a download of a 6.3 megabyte file which will load very slowly on low-bandwidth connections.)