St Pancras express recalled as Robin Hood rides in

TALISMAN Railwayana’s internet, telephone and postal auction that runs from April 29-May 14 will feature a headboard from a St Pancras express and a works numberplate from a Nigel Gresley-designed 4-4-0 that lived up to its name by operating in Scotland.

The headboard was carried by ‘The Robin Hood’, which was introduced by BR between London St Pancras and Nottingham in February 1959 and ran until 1962, and the works numberplate by No. 62718 Kinross-shire, a Class D49 built at Darlington in May 1928 and withdrawn from the Edinburgh shed of St Margarets (64A) in April 1961.