answers: 11 August 1968
context: Warrington Central which hadn't seen steam traction since the end of steam in 1968. As a result of the electrification work it wasnt possible to reach Manchester Victoria so the engine changes took place at Longsight. Fifteen Guinea Special The 1T57 'Fifteen Guinea Special' was the last main-line passenger train to be hauled by steam locomotive power on British Rail on 11 August 1968 before the introduction of a steam ban that started the following day. It was a special rail tour excursion train organised for the occasion from Liverpool via Manchester to Carlisle and back, and was pulled by </s> their lives expired. Withdrawal of locomotives generally did not take place until the great locomotive cull of British Railways in the period 1962-1966. A pair of "Black Fives" were the last steam locomotives to be run on British Railways in 1968, although since then there have been almost weekly charter runs for the enthusiast and tourist markets and the occasional timetabled service (for instance at Dawlish and Stratford-upon-Avon). A significant number of LMS locomotives have been preserved: A smaller number of pre-grouping locomotives inherited by the LMS have also been preserved. Locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway The </s> Mainline steam trains in Great Britain Although steam locomotives were withdrawn from normal railway service in Great Britain in 1968, due to sustained public interest including a locomotive preservation movement, steam hauled passenger trains can still be seen on the mainline railway (i.e. Network Rail owned tracks as opposed to heritage railways) in the present day. Following the ramping up of dieselisation efforts in the 1960s, the last steam-hauled service trains on the standard gauge mainline of the British Railways network ran in August 1968, the last train itself being the "Fifteen Guinea Special" on 11th August. The day after
question: when was the last steam train used in the uk