Cathy Bolshaw, from Stop The Rail Freight Exchange group, called the decision "devastating for St Albans".

BBC: St Albans rail freight terminal approved

Almost 6, 000 have signed a Stop the Rail Freight Exchange (STRiFE) group petition, asking the authority to keep Radlett Airfield in Park Street from developers HelioSlough.

BBC: Thousands sign St Albans rail freight terminal petition

The engine was chosen to haul LNER's new non-stop London-Scotland rail service in 1928.

BBC: Flying Scotsman on show at National Railway Museum