In the late 19th century there was considerable competition between the companies on the West Coast lines and those on the East Coast to provide the fastest overnight journey from London (Euston or King's Cross) to Aberdeen.
NZR AB class No.745 North British built Pacific locomotive, makers No. 22880 of 1922.
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In 1913, the North British Diesel Engine Works was built at the company's Clydeholm Shipyard in Whiteinch, a seminal modernist building that was influenced by Peter Behrens' AEG turbine factory in Berlin and continues to stand today.
Lawrence was Chairman of the London and North Western Railway from 1921 to 1923 and of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1923 to 1924 as well as Chairman of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company and the Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway.
At the time of the Grouping in 1923, the North British Railway became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), while the Caledonian Railway became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS).
In 2006 this locomotive was returned to its builder's home city, Glasgow in Scotland, where it was put on static display in George Square by the North British Locomotive Preservation Group for fundraising purposes.
The Balmoral Hotel (formerly the North British Hotel), in Edinburgh, Scotland