LMS Stanier Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No. 45697 'Achilles' backs onto the Warwickshire Railway Society charter, from Birmingham to Edinburgh, at Leeds on 11th December 1965, taking the excursion to Carlisle. Other locomotives used on this tour were LMS Black 5 4-6-0 No. 45134 from Birmingham to Leeds, LNER Pacific Class A2 No. 60528 from Carlisle along the Waverley line to Edinburgh, LNER Pacific Class A4 No. 60034 from Edinburgh to York, and LNER Class V2 No. 60886 from York to Birmingham. No. 45697 was withdrawn in September 1967.
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