Table 65 WCML

Having featured the Flying Scotsman from Table 26 it's only fair to include the 5 hour Royal Scot from Table 65. Note C is interesting, the 08:00 St Pancras to Glasgow Central, the former Thames Clyde Express, one of two daily trains over the Midland route to Glasgow, albeit north of Carlisle the train follows the Caledonian mainline over Beattock rather than the G&SW via Dumfries and Kilmarnock. Still it did involve a daylight run over the Settle and Carlisle, in 1975 one of only two daytime weekday trains over the route (there was an extra one on Saturdays between 7th June and 30th August).