The flying bulkhead in blackWorld famous, fast, strong and a true legend: The steam locomotive, the sounding name Flying Scotsman, set a series of world records, writing railway history. It moved for decades the British express train of the same name, which raced without stopping from Edinburgh to London and back. In 1934, it was the first steam engine to reach the magical speed of 100 miles/hour (160 km/h) and later it even toured the USA and Australia. On the 100-year anniversary of this three-cylinder Power locomotive, Maerklin already released the current museum version in famous green paint in 2023. Now comes as a special execution a black variant, which with extraordinary features tells a fascinating epoch in the history of the locomotive. During the 2. World War II and still a few years later, the famous green color of a noble black paint, as many British steam locomotives wore at that time. Towards the end of the general overhaul started in 2006, the black color was chosen agai