became a flagship locomotive for the LNER, representing the company twice at the British Empire Exhibition and in 1928, hauled the inaugural non-stop Flying Scotsman service. On 30 November 1934, it set a world record for steam traction, becoming the first locomotive to reach the officially authenticated speed of 100 mph.

Retired from British Railways in 1963 after covering , the locomotive earned considerable fame in preservation under the ownership of, successively, Alan Pegler,