Crossrail tunnel's Royal connection

摘要

Following the report (June) about Crossrail project work on the 135-year-old Connaught tunnel under the Royal Victoria Dock at Silvertown, readers might recall that the tunnel was traversed by steam for the last time in November 1984 when a white-roofed Flying Scotsman hauled a Royal train conveying Her Majesty The Queen Mother for the official opening of the Great Eastern Railway Museum at North Woolwich station.