May have been when Pete Waterman owned it, apparently he had it painted as a BR loco as that is how he remembered it.
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As the indoctrinated son of a railway nutter father, I’ve been waiting for this thread for a long time. 
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Chip in then 
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Wait. What? Pete Waterman owned the Flying Scotsman?
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Never heard of those before. Fantastic, what a beast 
2-6-0 Standard Class 4 built in sunny Horwich Lancashire.
There is a 2-10-0 Standard Class 9 which is a real beast.
And one with a fancy Crosti (sort of double) boiler, which is really mean looking. Sadly none of the Crosti one’s survive.
Beer and steam trains we do this every year and it’s always a good laugh and the beers are always very good.
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I went on one donks ago for my 40th. Goathland to Whitby if memory serves. I’ll dig out some pics hopefully.
Those doors are the closest I will get to a GT50.
Yes, he bought it around 93. The Christmas party on there was amusing.
Fuck you actual facts.
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Nice live view of a well funded transport system.
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Did anyone know about the first-and so far only- Double Deck trains in the UK?
https://www.bulleid4dd.org.uk/
Long shot; anyone here remember them?
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Better video:
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I know of them but withdrawn years before I moved to London. Two carriages survive but in very poor condition. One in Northampton and one in Kent, but plans to bring them together at the Kent site.
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One of these was stored near Ashford Railway Station and was an odd sight for sure! Hope the Preservation Society can get them patched up for display! 
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I am probably biased as I had grandparents in Grosmont, but the NYMR is still my yardstick for preserved railways.
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My earliest train memory is the slam door carriages on the Caterham line going up to East Croydon to get a faster train to Victoria.
I’m not sure when this was though as I think they kept them in service well in to the late 90s on that line. I’m guessing though that it was the late 80s
Generic bbc photo from 2005
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I remember those running the route between Brighton and Southampton. I used to get a train from Bath, carriages had a passageway with cabins completewith bouncy bench seats, change at Fareham onto the 3rd rail service. Happy days.