Great Express starts on record breaking dash to Scotland . The famous " Royal Scot " train left Euston Station , London , a record breaking dash to Glasgow , in which it is scheduled to reduce the usual time taken by twenty minutes . This is part of the British railways scheme of speeding up their long distance expresses . F C Bishop the driver and Sidney Banting oiling up their engine before the start of the record run to Glasgow from Euston . 2 May 1932