YOUR report on the permanent exhibition planned for next year at York's National Railway Museum (June 16) touched on a number of Scotsman-related landmark occurrences; but, as usual, you omitted to mention the specific birthplace in Yorkshire of "the world's most famous locomotive", because you chose to describe the old train.

You have had plenty of column-inches out of the Flying Scotsman since it came to live down Leeman Road. I seem to remember you describing its original acquisition as a homecoming to York, whereas, in truth, York was just a place it passed through en-route to Scotland.

I refuse to believe you are being petty about it so, working on the assumption nobody has ever mentioned to you just which body of Yorkshire craftsmen built the wondrous beast, I will give you a clue and hope you will give due credit next time you cover the subject.

It was constructed about 42 miles south of your offices, at the same major railway workshop complex that gave us Mallard, which some would say is an even more "world's most famous locomotive". Geddit?

B West,

York Road,

Elvington, York.

Updated: 11:11 Tuesday, June 28, 2005