 In 1947 at a meeting of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire Ronald Matthews, a former holder of the office of Master Cutler and Chairman of the London and North Eastern Railway suggested that the 7.40 train from Sheffield Victoria to London Marylebone, returning at 18.15, should be named "The Master Cutler".This was agreed by both the Company of Cutlers and the LNER.The then Master Cutler, A Balfour, later the 2nd Lord Riverdale, rode on the footplate of the inaugural train.