Full steam ahead to Preston for 90-year-old train

Preston train station had an elderly visitor this morning when the 90-year-old Scots Guardsman steamed in.

The vintage steam train arrived in Preston at 9.30am from Carnforth, and then continued on to Shrewsbury.

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Built in Glasgow in 1927, the steam engine is also a film star - it appeared in the film Night Mail in 1936.

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