LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington
LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth
LMS Route: Rugby to Leicester
LMS Route: Rugby to Market Harborough

Rugby Station: lnwrrm2465

An unidentified ex-LMS 8P 4-6-2 Princess Coronation class locomotive roars through Rugby's sidings at the head of the Royal Scot service. This service ran between London Euston and Glasgow Central with a portion previously also going to Edinburgh having divided at Carstairs Junction. For many years the up and down services departed from the respective stations at 10:00 which mirrored the LNER service the 'Flying Scotsman'. The Royal Scot passenger train first ran in 1862 being handled by a variety of powerful locomotives. From 1933 the 4-6-2 pacifics locomotives of the LMS took over duties, first the Princess Royal class took over to be followed by LMS Princess Coronation class locos during 1937. The latter engines sometimes worked the train 'non-stop' throughout, but with a brief stop at Carlisle for a change of crew. Post-war, the 4-6-2 locomotive and crew normally changed over at Carlisle. In 1960 the down Royal Scot had its departure time from Euston changed to 09:05. The down train was speeded up by 40 minutes and the up train by 15 minutes, for a new journey time in both directions of 7 hours 15 minutes, identical with the other two daytime named trains between London and Glasgow, The Caledonian and the Mid-day Scot. All three trains at this period were restricted to eight coaches to save weight, and the number of passengers carried was limited to the seating capacity of the train, standing passengers not being permitted. All three ran non-stop between London and Carlisle.

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