The Flying Scotsman was built in 1923 and in a 40-year working life travelled 2m miles.

Its "retirement" started in 1963 but since then there have been many twists and turns on the way to public ownership at the National Railway Museum in York and a £4.2m restoration.

You can see how good a job they have done by joining Evening Mail Readers Travel to see the locomotive on display at York, along with three of its original 1920s luxury carriages.

The trip also gives you free time in the city and a visits of Howorth, home of the Bronte sisters.

Details of how take up this opportunity to see an icon of British transport history are at the bottom right of the page.

Hundreds were at Bury's Bolton Street station on Sunday for the locomotive's last three trips on the East Lancs Railway.

Many more lined its route to Rawtenstall with their cameras and mobile phones at the ready to record the excitement on a cold and snowy day.

Flying Scotsman is currently in matt black wartime livery but by the time it goes on show at York it will be in a more familiar green.

It was due to pass through Carnforth around 4pm today but minor problems with the brakes during test runs has has forced Flying Scotsman to be replaced by a pair of black five steam locomotives.

The clamour to see the locomotive has seen every seat sold for its planned 21 journeys on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in March.

On November 30 in 1934 the locomotive became the first to be officially recorded at 100mph.

It was built at Doncaster to a design by Sir Nigel Gresley and was a star attraction at the Wembley Empire Exhibitions.

It was sold off by British Railway for £3,000 but cost around £2.3m when it was bought for the nation in 2004.