William McAlpine: Self - Second Owner of Flying Scotsman

Quotes 

• [Robson meets Sir William McAlpine who rescued Flying Scotsman and brought her back to the UK after Alan Pegler's ill-fated tour of the USA left her stranded there when Pegler went bankrupt] 

  Robson Green : I'll be honest with you, I've never come across a place quite like this. It's got a train station along with a steam engine. Bill, you're the first person I've ever met who's got a steam engine in their back garden. Are you addicted to steam engines?

  Sir William McAlpine : Oh, definitely an addiction, I would say. I was interviewed once by a fellow and he said "In Sweden we call people like you train-sexuals".

  [they laugh]