After the war, it became green again and was rebuilt as an A3 Pacific. In , British Railways was formed and rail travel in Britain was nationalised. Scotsman, now numbered , was painted blue for a time, then BR Green. It remained this colour until , when it was retired by British Rail. By this time, it had undergone several alterations to improve its performance—but it had been pulling trains for 40 years, and steam engines were becoming old-fashioned.
As part of the deal, Pegler negotiated a complete overhaul of the locomotive. It was converted back to single-chimney condition and repainted in LNER livery.
The tender was exchanged for a corridor type, and an agreement made that enabled it to run on the main line. In May on the 40th anniversary of the first non-stop run, Flying Scotsman travelled non-stop from London King's Cross to Edinburgh. The tour broke even in its first year, but the second lost money. In a bid to balance the books, Pegler arranged for the train to travel to San Francisco. The trip worked well operationally but was a financial disaster. Flying Scotsman at King's Cross station in , taken just before its last journey to Doncaster after being bought by Alan Pegler.
Alan Pegler with Flying Scotsman before it leaves on its last scheduled trip from King's Cross in He promptly put together a rescue plan, paying off the creditors and buying the locomotive. McAlpine had the engine restored at Derby Works and kept it running for 23 years in his ownership, extensively overhauling it twice. He even took Flying Scotsman to Australia, making it the first steam locomotive to circumnavigate the globe on its voyage there and back.
While in Australia in it also set a new record for the longest non-stop run by a steam locomotive at miles. The only parts remaining from the locomotive that first reached mph in are the rear two-thirds of the frames, part of the cab sides, some parts of the motion, and possibly the driving wheel splashers.
Some may argue that the current locomotive is almost on the verge of being considered more of a replica of the original.
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This train was soon nicknamed the 'Flying Scotsman'. In the London and North Eastern Railway decided to 'officially' name the train 'Flying Scotsman' and to promote the service they named an express locomotive 'Flying Scotsman'.
In the locomotive was no longer required as the railway moved away from the steam age and was bought privately. It swiftly became a symbol of the 'great days of steam', running pleasure trips all over the country whilst the railway busily promoted its modernised service. This continued the confusion between the locomotive and the passenger service which had started in when the LNER decided to name one of their fleet of 'Gresley' pacific's 'Flying Scotsman'.
In , the National Railway Museum saved the iconic locomotive from being sold abroad.
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