Flying Scotsman will be on static display at the National Railway Museum (NRM) before resuming rail tours later in the year after a search for a new 'custodian' is completed.
A statement from NRM said a tender will be launched in the coming weeks to operate and maintain the locomotive with an award expected in the spring.
An NRM spokesperson said the one-hundred year-old machine will be displayed in the Flying Scotsman exhibition at the NRM and visitors will be able to see the locomotive for free and access the footplate.
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