Flying Scotsman on Tour Australia by Dudley, John - 1990

London, England: Chapmans Publishing, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Muter, Michael. Unpaginated Approx 50 Pages with Colour Photos. In October 1988 the locomotive arrived in Australia to take part in the bicentenary celebrations and during the course of the next year it travelled more than 45,000 kilometres (28,000 mi) over Australian rails, including a transcontinental run from Sydney to Perth. It was a central attraction in the Aus Steam '88 festival, double heading with NSWGR locomotive 3801, and running alongside Victorian Railways R class locomotives along the 300 km (190 mi)-long parallel broad and standard gauge tracks of the North East railway line, Victoria. The Flying Scotsman stayed in Victoria for two months before heading back to New South Wales. On 8 August 1989 Flying Scotsman set another record, travelling 442 miles (711 km) from Parkes to Broken Hill non-stop, the longest such run by a steam locomotive ever recorded. A plaque on the engine records the event.