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''Belmond Royal Scotsman'' is a Scottish luxury charter train run by Belmond 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incident on depot and as a wooden (Teak) bodied vehicle was deemed unsafe to continue passenger operations and was withdrawn from mainline service. Pullman car Swift, was acquired in 2011 as a direct replacement for Dining Car 2 99131 Ex LNER SC1999 “Victory”. Converted by (Assenta Ltd ) in Scotland, it entered service in 2012. ==Carriage data== Train Length (including locos) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Royal Scotsman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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