Railway Touring Company

The Railway Touring Company (RTC) is a private company that runs special trains across the UK. The company only actually owns 1 engine, Scots Guardsman, a former LMS engine, but has been known to borrow other engines, and formerly owned Clan Line.

The company is managed by Richard Goodman.

Owned Engines
Engines that are known to be owned by the RTC are listed below:


 * Scots Guardsman (purchased from the LMS following Clan Line's withdrawal)

Previously Hired Engines
Engines that are known to have been previously hired by the RTC for whatever reason are listed below:


 * Scott (hired from the LNER)
 * Tornado (hired from the LNER)

Former Engines
Engines that are known to have been formerly operated by the LMS, but no longer are for whatever reason, are listed below:


 * Clan Line (withdrawn following the Hull Station Crash)

Hull Station Crash
In October 2020, Clan Line was working a passenger service between London Kings Cross and Hull while on hire to the LNER. Throughout most of the run, Clan Line was extremely reckless and ignored nearly all speed restrictions, overshooting many of his stops, and finally crashing right through the buffers at Hull station at over 50mph. The entire train was derailed, with Clan Line himself ending up lying in the street, and hundreds of people were killed and injured, the train crew included. As a result, Clan Line was withdrawn and put into storage, and the company was fined and had its license suspended for 3 months, after which Scots Guardsman was purchased from the LMS.

Routes Operated
Since the RTC is not a public operator, there are no fixed routes. However, there are a few special trains that tend to be brought back frequently:


 * British Pullman- a luxury tour operated between London Victoria and various destinations, including Gillingham (Kent), Shalford, Weymouth, Faversham and Dover. The train is entirely steam hauled
 * The Lakelander- Wolverhampton-Carlisle via Telford, Shrewsbury and the West Coast Mainline. The train is diesel hauled as far as Crewe and then steam hauled to Carlisle
 * The White Rose- Wolverhampton-York via Telford, Shrewsbury, Crewe, Manchester, Sheffield and Pontefract. The train is diesel hauled as far as Crewe and then steam hauled to York

Other one time tours have also been operated:


 * The Ticket To Ride- A steam hauled tour from Darlington to Liverpool Lime Street. Scott was hired from the LNER to operate it. The tour was supposed to run via Leeds, Huddersfield and Manchester, but ended up being diverted at the last minute via Derby, Stoke and Crewe. The train eventually ended up being cancelled at Crewe after the train derailed due to faulty points just outside of the station
 * The Cumbrian Coast Express- A steam hauled tour from London Kings Cross to Barrow In Furness via Newcastle and Carlisle. Tornado was hired from the LNER to operate this train. It is assumed that this tour was successful as the audience are given no indication that anything went wrong.