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Antrim, where it was outfitted with two Bamford SPA rooms and 2 additional bedrooms (1 PRM Twin and 1 Double) with inter-connection. Upon completion the carriage was taken back to CRRES for final mechanical works and entry into the rolling stock library as 99337. The carriage entered service in September 2016.
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Belmond acquired another Pullman coach in 2015 from CRRES (West Coast Railway Co Ltd) and again employed Assenta Rail to undertake outfitting and project management in order to create "State car - SPA". After provisional mechanical and body works at CRRES the coach was shipped to Mivan Marine in
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kitchen car, was damaged in a shunting incident on depot and, as a wooden (Teak) bodied vehicle was deemed unsafe to continue passenger operations, it was withdrawn from mainline service. It was followed in 1992 by Pullman car
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sleeping cars were added to the train in 1997 as service carriages, replacing two Mk1 coaches (99987 & 99966). One of them has also got double sleeping cabins.
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and three vintage dining and lounge carriages. After the inauguration of the current train set in 1989, the vintage coaches have kept on running as the
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is a Scottish overnight luxury train, started in 1985 by GS&WR (Great Scottish and Western Railway Co.), and run since 2005 by
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The train's two dining cars have been replaced over the years. Dining Car 1, which used to be a
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in Hampshire. 66746 appeared first, being released on 11 April with 66743 following on 30 May.
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Two spa rooms, a double cabin and a PRM-accessible Twin cabin with inter-connection
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Two double cabins, staff sleeping cabins, staff toilet and shower, generator
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Loose chairs and sofas with coffee tables, bar, outside observation platform
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Following an announcement in March 2023, a new accommodation category,
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Staff sleeping cabins, staff toilet and shower, staff mess, generator
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20-seat dining saloon, pantry, cellar, linen closet, managers office.
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Its itineraries include 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- or 7-night journeys around the
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66746 hauling the Belmond Royal Scotsman through North Queensferry
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For the second train batch the train's former owner acquired
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For the 2016 season, the haulage contract was taken over by
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Until 2015, the Royal Scotsman motive power was provided by
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was launched in May 2024. Similar to their namesakes on the
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The train length is 675 feet (206 m) without locos.
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and the abandoning of the Single cabins is scheduled.
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