The Royal Scotsman

 The Royal Scotsman hauled by class 37 heading east along the Kyle of Sutherland

Executive summary by darmansjah

The Royal Scotsman is a Scottish luxury charter train run by Orient-Express Hotels Ltd.

The train is composed of nine cars; two dining cars, five state cars, one crew car, and one observation car. The two dining cars are named Victory and Raven with seating for sixteen and twenty people respectively.

The observation car was converted from Pullman Kitchen Car - Snipe - built in 1960 by Metropolitan Cammell. Along with the other Pullman cars, Amber, Pearl, Topaz and Finch they were acquired by GS&WR (Great Scottish and Western Railway Co.) in 1989 and converted into the observation saloon and passenger sleeping cars.

Pullman car Raven, acquired at the same time as the other Pullman cars, was converted in 1992 as a replacement for the Gresley car that formed the kitchen. The Gresley car was damaged in a shunting incident on depot and as a wooden (Teak) bodied vehicle was deemed unsafe to continue passenger operations and was withdrawn from mainline service.