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The Railway Touring Company ran its 15th ‘Great Britain’ tour across the UK network from April 15-23. As reported in Main Line News, pages 56-57, the Scottish leg of the tour to Edinburgh was being worked by LMS Royal Scot No. 46115 when it ran a tender hotbox owas replaced by Jubilee No. 45596 which had never worked in Scotland since being preserved. Running 47 minutes late on April 19, is seen passing the new

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