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The very last (standard gauge) steam-hauled train promoted by British Rail ran on Sunday 11th August 1968. Universally (but unofficially) known as the 'Fifteen Guinea Special' because of what was then regarded as an outrageous ticket price (equivalent to almost £340 in 2024), the train ran from Liverpool, to Manchester, and on to Carlisle over the Settle & Carlisle line. It returned by the same route. Remarkably, BR did not give this auspicious train a special name - the locos merely carried its reporting number of 'IT57'! See: Link.
The second leg of the trip, from Manchester Victoria to Carlisle over the Settle & Carlisle line, was headed by BR Britannia class 70013 'Oliver Cromwell'. 70013 survived into the preservation era as part of the National Collection, see: Link.