The following list of Named Trains is generally reckoned to be definitive. It was compiled by the highly esteemed Mr Cecil J. Allen. Some of the names might be classed as "generic" in the sense that there were several of them, e.g. the Cambridge Buffet Expresses and the Trans-Pennines, and not all of the named trains necessarily carried headboards or were shown as named trains in the timetable.

Cecil J. Allen's List of Named Trains in Alphabetical Order

Aberdonian
Atlantic Coast Express
Belfast Boat Express
Birmingham Pullman
Blackpool & Fylde Coast Express
Blackpool Club Train*
Blue Pullmans (Western Region)
Bon Accord
Bournemouth Belle
Bournemouth Limited
Brighton Belle
Bristol Pullman
Bristolian
Broadsman
Caledonian
Cambrian Coast Express
Cambridge Buffet Expresses
Capitals Limited
Capitals United
Car-Carriers
Cathedrals Express
Channel Islands Boat Express
Cheltenham Spa Express
Cheltenham Flyer*
City Limited*
City-to-City Express
Clansman
Comet
Continentals (Eastern Region)
Cornish Riviera Express
Cornishman
Coronation
Coronation Scot
Corridor*
Day Continental
Devon Belle
Devonian
East Anglian
Easterling
Eastern Region Executives and others
Elizabethan
Emerald Isle Express
Essex Coast Express
Executive
Fair Maid
Fast Belfast
Fenman
Fife Coast Express
Flying Scotsman
Golden Arrow
Golden Hind
Grampian
Granite City
Heart of Midlothian
Hebridean
Highlandman
Highwayman
Hook Continental
Hull Pullman
Inter-City
Irish Mails
Irish Mail (via Fishguard)
Irishman
Kentish Belle
Lakes Express
Lancastrian
Lewisman
Limited*
Liverpool Pullman
Llandudno Club Train
Manchester Club Trains
Manchester Pullman
Mancunian
Man of Kent
Manxman
Master Cutler
Mayflower
Merchant Venturer
Merseyside Express
Midday Scot
Midlander
Night Aberdonian
Night Ferry
Night Limited
Nightrider
Night Scot
Night Scotsman
Norfolk Coast Express
Norfolkman
North Briton
North Country Continental*
North Eastern
Northern Irishman
Northumbrian
Oxford Pullman
Paddy*
Palatine
Peak Express
Pembroke Coast Express
Pines Express
Ports-to-Ports Express*
Queen of Scots
Red Dragon
Red Rose
Robin Hood
Royal Duchy
Royal Highlander
Royal Scot
Royal Wessex
Scandinavian
Scarborough Flyer
Shakespeare Express
Sheffield Special
Silver Jubilee
South Wales Pullman
South Yorkshireman
Southern Belle
St Mungo
Sunny South Express
Talisman
Tyne-Tees Pullman
Thames-Clyde Express
Thames-Forth Express
Torbay Express
Trans-Pennines
Tynesider
Ulster Express
Waverley
West Coast Postal*
West Riding
West Riding Limited
White Rose
William Shakespeare
Windermere Club Train
Yorkshire Pullman
Yorkshireman