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Royal trains, when steam hauled were usually preceeded by a pilot. In order to safegaurd the old lass, platelayers were staioned at briges and tunnel vents armed with pickaxe handles and the like. This was in the late 50s and early 60s, I was always amused that in our region. West Yorkshire most of the lads if not Irish were of Irish descent.
In power boxs, the royal train lineman had to be given a list of the terminal numbers for the telephone to the signal box. I was on duty on many occasions when the train came through. In the LMS region, if I remember rightly, the lineman from Grange over the Sands usually accompanied the royal train.
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