RTC’s multi-day ‘Great Britain XII’ tour heads for Aberdeen

AFTER several years of speculation about whether or not The Railway Touring Company will run its regular ‘The Great Britain’tour in the Spring or not, things seem to have settled down a bit and it is generally assumed that such a trip will run each year, steam-hauled the length and breadth of the country.

For ‘Great Britain XII’ in 2019, the motive power for the first three days in the west country and Wales was scheduled to be LMS Princess Coronation Pacific No. 6233 and the big red engine duly steamed out of Paddington with 10 coaches on time at 8.05am on Saturday, April 27. The diesel that brought the stock into the terminus stayed on the rear as far as Bristol, as there was no other path available for it, but it was expected that the tour would be largely diesel-free after this.