The 1844 North British Railway Company was ambitious. Like its rival The Caledonian Railway, it wanted to operate south of Berwick-on-Tweed. By railways’ 1923 amalgamation it was fifth largest in the UK so was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) yet its hotel above Waverley Station remained, steadfastly The NB. “North British”. Earnest Scot Nats could scarcely contain their delight in 1991, when it was reopened by (soon-to-be Sir) Thomas Sean Connery, and renamed The Balmoral.