Sir Nicholas Winton receives special steam-powered tribute in hometown of Maidenhead

The locomotive Tornado made a special stop in Maidenhead, Berkshire, at the statue of Sir Nicholas Winton, in honour of the man who died last week aged 106. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday July 8, 2015. The British hero who saved hundreds of children by helping them flee the Nazis before the Second World War has received a special steam-powered tribute in his home town. The locomotive Tornado made a special stop in Maidenhead, Berks, tonight in honour of Sir Nicholas Winton, who died last week aged 106. Sir Nicholas was known as "Britain's Schindler" for organising eight trains to carry 669 mainly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to London in 1939, fearing they would otherwise be sent to Holocaust concentration camps. The Tornado pulled the British leg of The Winton Train, which recreated the children's journey in 2009. Tonight, decked in Union flags and Czechoslovakian flags, it stopped for four and a half minutes during a scheduled journey from London to Bristol in Maidenhead station, where there is a statue of Sir Nicholas, as a mark of respect. See PA story DEATH Winton. Photo credit should read: Steve Parsons/PA Wire
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