With an experienced driver in the engine, the Flying Scotsman service was steaming along at full speed on its way to London when suddenly, it left the rails. 28 people were killed in the mangled wreckage. The question was, why?

Drawing on official reports and contemporary accounts, I'll tell the full story of what went wrong.

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