30th November & 1st December 1996
Days Out
The Royal Scot
| Locos Used | at least steam: 46229 'Duchess of Hamilton' |
Route :
| Date | Loco(s) | Route |
| 30/11 | 46229 + diesel | London Euston - (via WCML, Northampton & Trent Valley) - Newton - Cathcart East Jn - Cathcart West Jn - Maxwell Park - Muirhouse Central Jn - Muirhouse North Jn - Glasgow Central |
| 01/12 | 46229 + diesel | Glasgow Central - (reverse of outward route) - Motherwell - Carstairs - Midcalder Jn - Maymarket - Edinburgh Waverley - (via ECML) - York |
| 01/12 | ????? | York - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross |
(1) Originally uploaded as a Glasgow to York return trip on 1st December only, run by S.R.P.S. Railtours however a timing sheet confirms Days Out as the organiser. How exactly S.R.P.S. Railtours were involved requires confirmation.
Sources :
Richard Mellish & Brian Knights
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Richard Mellish)
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Euston | 06.15d [P2] | ? |
| Willesden Junction | 06/25 | ? |
| Harrow & Wealdstone | 06/35 | ? |
| Watford Junction | 06.42a ~ 06.44d | ? |
| Tring | 07/01 | 07/06 |
| Ledburn Jn | 07/08 | ? |
| Bletchley | 07/17 | 07/22 |
| Milton Keynes Central | 07/21 | 07/26 |
| Hanslope Jn | 07/28 | ? |
| Northampton | 07/44 | 07/43 |
| Long Buckby | 07/54 | 07/55 |
| Rugby | 08.12a ~ 08.45d | 08.12 ~ ?08.50? |
| Attleborough Jn | 09/00 | ? |
| Nuneaton | 09/02 | ? |
| Tamworth | 09.17a ~ 09.26d | ? |
| Lichfield TV | 09/35 | ? |
| Armitage | 09/40 | ? |
| Colwich | 09/46 | ? |
| Stafford | 09/58 | 10/02½ |
| Norton Bridge | 10/06 | ? |
| Madeley | 10/18 | ? |
| Basford Hall Jn | 10/28 | 10/25 |
| Crewe | 10w34a ~ 12w32d [P12] | 10.3? ~ ??.?? |
| Winsford | 12/44 | ? |
| Weaver Jn SB | 12/53 | ? |
| Acton Grange Jn | 12/59 | ? |
| Warrington Bank Quay | 13/00 | ? |
| Wigan South Jn | 13/11 | ? |
| Wigan North Western | 13/15 | ? |
| Balshaw Lane | 13/25 | ? |
| Preston | 13.36a ~ 13.38d | ? |
| Barton & Broughton GL | 13w48 ~ 14w16 | ? |
| Lancaster | 14/36 | ? |
| Morecambe South Jn | 14/37 | ? |
| Carnforth North Jn | 14/41 | ? |
| Oxenholme | 14/56 | ? |
| Tebay | 15/11 | ? |
| Penrith | 15/33 | ? |
| Carlisle | 16w00 ~ 16w40 | ? |
| Gretna Jn | 16/50 | ? |
| Signal MC963 | 16/55 | ? |
| Lockerbie | 17/08 | ? |
| Beattock | 17/23 | ? |
| Beattock Summit DPL | 17w38 ~ 18w03 | ? |
| Abington | 18/13 | ? |
| Carstairs South Jn | 18/31 | ? |
| Lanark Jn | 18/35 | ? |
| Law Jn | 18/43 | ? |
| Motherwell | 18.51 ~ ??.?? | ? |
| Uddingston | 18/58 | ? |
| Newton | 19/06 | ? |
| Cathcart East Jn | 19/15 | ? |
| Cathcart West Jn | 19/16 | ? |
| Muirhouse Central Jn | 19/24 | ? |
| Muirhouse North Jn | 19/25 | ? |
| Glasgow Central | P11 19.30a ~ 11.00d [P1] | ??.?? ~ ??.?? |
| Muirhouse North Jn | 11/05 | ? |
| Muirhouse Central Jn | 11/06 | ? |
| Cathcart West Jn | 11/12 | ? |
| Cathcart East Jn | 11/13 | ? |
| Newton | 11/22 | ? |
| Uddingston Jn | 11/25 | ? |
| Motherwell | 11/30 | ? |
| Shieldmuir | 11/33 | ? |
| Law Jn | 11/37 | ? |
| Lanark Jn | 11/47 | ? |
| Carstairs | 11/52 | ? |
| Carstairs East Jn | 11/54 | ? |
| Midcalder Jn | 12/14 | ? |
| Haymarket | 12/28 | ? |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 12w33 ~ 13w03 [P11] | ? |
| Portobello Jn | 13/09 | ? |
| Monktonhall Jn | 13/12 | ? |
| Drem | 13/25 | ? |
| Dunbar | 13/38 | ? |
| Grantshouse UPL | 13*53 ~ 14*00 | ? |
| Rurgon | 14/08 | ? |
| Signal EG402 | 14/17 | ? |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed Loop | 14w20 ~ 14w45 | ? |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 14.47a ~ 14.57d | ? |
| Heaton South Jn | 16w40 | ? |
| Newcastle | 17.20a ~ 17.30d | ? |
| York | 19L12a ~ 19L42d | ? |
| Newark Northgate | 20.39a ~ 20.41d | ? |
| Peterborough | 21.24a ~ 21.27d | ? |
| Kings Cross | 22.41a [P1] | ? |