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Old 27th Feb 2016, 19:33
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Stanwell
 
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Yes, the selfsame, 601.
As Self loading bear says, she was in Oz in 1988/9.
I was priveliged to witness her working hard over the Blue Mountains at the start of her trip across the continent.
To commemorate that visit to Perth (WA), they named a hotel there "The Flying Scotsman".

On that same journey, she ran non-stop from Parkes to Broken Hill, a distance of 679 kilometres - setting a world record for steam locomotives.
During her visit to Australia, she travelled a total of more than 45,000 kilometres.

She was, no doubt, pleased to get home for a bit of a rest after that.

I should mention that her running mate for most of those travels was NSWGR C38 class Pacific, 3801.
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