<P> 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 four different steam locomotives in turn during the four legs of the journey ( with two engines sharing the third leg ) . </P>
<P> 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 four different steam locomotives in turn during the four legs of the journey ( with two engines sharing the third leg ) . </P>
when was the last steam train used in uk
when was the last steam train used in uk
11 August 1968
11 August 1968