VISITORS to the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) will have half a dozen opportunities to see The Flying Scotsman this year.

ELR chairman, Mike Kelly, announced that the famous locomotive will make six appearances on the heritage railway in-between running planned main line rail tours.

Appearances will be a mixture of displays and working trips on the line between March and September.

The dates are:

March 10-11: Public display on ELR.

March 30 to April 1-2: Public display on ELR.

May 12-13: Trips on ELR.

August 24-27: Trips on ELR.

September 5-8: Trips on the ELR.

September 9: Public Display on ELR.

More details of the events, plus ticket information will be announced in due course at eastlancsrailway.org.uk

Flying Scotsman returned to the East Lancashire Railway on January 8.