LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”

express steam locomotive
Vehicle tender_locomotive Q3175270
LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”
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LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”

Summary

LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman” is a tender locomotive[1]. LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman” ranks in the top 2% of tender_locomotive entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (655 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman” is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s image is recorded as Flying Scotsman in Doncaster.JPG[4].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s instance of is recorded as tender locomotive[5].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s owned by is recorded as National Railway Museum[6].
  • Flying Scotsman is named after LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”[7].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s manufacturer is recorded as Doncaster Works[8].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s collection is recorded as National Railway Museum[9].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127126797[10].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s inventory number is recorded as 2004-7103[11].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr98005100[12].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s designed by is recorded as Nigel Gresley[13].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s part of is recorded as LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3[14].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s Commons category is recorded as LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman[15].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[16].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s exhibition history is recorded as British Empire Exhibition[17].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s exhibition history is recorded as Rocket 150[18].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05v6__[19].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s service entry is recorded as +1923-02-24T00:00:00Z[20].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s official website is recorded as https://www.flyingscotsman.org.uk/[21].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[22].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s number of cylinders is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[23].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s has characteristic is recorded as preserved steam locomotive[24].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s plaque image is recorded as Roll On 2024!.jpg[25].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s different from is recorded as Flying Scotsman[26].
  • LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman”'s speed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q180154', 'amount': '+160'}[27].

Why It Matters

LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman” ranks in the top 2% of tender_locomotive entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (655 views/month).[2] LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman” has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] LNER Class A3 4472 “Flying Scotsman” is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Locomotives of the L.N.E.R. Part 1. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Locomotives of the L.N.E.R. Part 2A. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . nrm.org.uk. Retrieved . nrm.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Locomotives of the L.N.E.R. Part 2A. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Locomotives of the L.N.E.R. Part 2A. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Locomotives of the L.N.E.R. Part 2A. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Locomotives of the L.N.E.R. Part 2A. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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