Railway Touring Company will run two steam-hauled specials over the Settle-Carlisle Line on August 11 to mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary ‘15 Guinea Special’ of 1968.
One of West Coast Railways’ Stanier ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0s, either No. 45690 Leander or No. 45699 Galatea, will haul the ‘Cumbrian Mountain Express’ from Carnforth to Carlisle via Shap, returning south via the S&C, after a break in the border city.
Haulage to and from London Euston will be by electric locomotive.
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On the same day, either No. 46233 Duchess of Sutherland or ‘Jubilee’ No. 45596 Bahamas will power ‘The Waverley’ from York to Carlisle, picking up at Leeds, Shipley, Keighley and Skipton.
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