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A group of Pontefract primary schoolchildren are digging deep to help keep the Flying Scotsman in the UK. The pupils, from Inglebrook School, are donating their pocket money to the National Railway Museum's bid to keep the locomotive from going abroad.
The museum has until 2 April to enter its sealed bid and donations have now exceeded the �350,000 mark.
Museum chief Andrew Scott said it was a "tremendous gesture" that spoke volumes about the Flying Scotsman's heritage.
Own contribution
The Inglebrook children, who are aged six and seven, are due to hand over their pocket money during a trip to the museum in York.
Vice Principal at the school, Gillian Bellamy, said: "We have all been following the campaign to save Flying Scotsman and the children were very keen to make their own contribution."
At the moment, the Doncaster-built engine is privately owned by Flying Scotsman Plc.
It is being sold because it did not bring in the returns expected, and plans to build a visitor centre at Edinburgh Waverley have fallen through.
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