LNER class A1 4-6-2 No 2581 Neil Gow waits to leave Kings Cross with a down express as A4 No 4492 Dominion of New Zealand is about to depart with the non-stop 'Flying Scotsman in the adjacent Platform No 9 on July 22, 1937. A3 No 2750 Papyrus is in Platform No 10.

Photo: John P. Wilson/Rail Archive Stephenson