11th March 1967

Liverpool University Public Transport Society
The Caledonian

This tour fell foul of a railtour ban introduced by BR and never took place.

Planned route & locos:

Loco Route (1)
a class A2 or V2 Liverpool - Carlisle
Britannia 70004 Carlisle - Liverpool

Notes :
(1) This train was booked to run on high speed timings over both Shap and Ais Gill and was to have been composed of six LMS coaches plus Buffet car,

Source : Charles Roberts (LUPTS)

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