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May 13, 2012

Rail Tours for the Week Starting Monday 14th May 2012

Kind Permission "Railway Herald"

 

Monday 14th May 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan (short break) - Mallaig & return
 

Tuesday 15th May 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan (short break) - Mallaig & return
 
Wednesday 16th May 2012

The Lancashire Rose (Railtourer)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Skegness (pu) - Wainfleet (pu) - Boston (pu) - Heckington (pu) - Sleaford (pu) - Bottesford (pu) - Nottingham (pu) - Hope Valley - Manchester (tbc) (sd) - Blackpool North (break/rev) & return

The Bath Spa Express (Torbay Express Ltd)

  • To be confirmed Poole (pu) - Bournemouth (pu) - Brockenhurst (pu) - Southampton Central (pu) - Salisbury - Westbury - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

29/4: cancelled due to lack of motive power

Added 16:22 on Sunday 29th April 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan (short break) - Mallaig & return

Thursday 17th May 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan (short break) - Mallaig & return

Friday 18th May 2012

Cruise Saver Express (Private Charter) (Cruise Saver Travel)

  • DRS Class 47 (Pair) Southampton Docks (pu) - Derby (sd) - Leeds (sd) - Newcastle Central (sd) - Edinburgh Waverley

The Cathedrals Explorer: Day 1 (Steam Dreams)

  • 70000 Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Guildford (pu) - Dorking West - Reigate - Edenbridge - Tonbride - South Bromley - London Victoria r-
  • 60163 London Victoria - Peterborough - Doncaster - York - Durham

Additional Tour Information

12/5: note that Surrey Hills pick up working now runs in the reverse direction from Staines via Woking and Guildford to Victoria

Added 12:05 on Saturday 12th May 2012

7/5: 70000 replaces 34046 around Surrey Hills on first leg of Cathedrals Explorer

Added 19:54 on Monday 7th May 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan (short break) - Mallaig & return

Saturday 19th May 2012

The Brief Encounter Steam Special (Carnforth Station Visitor Centre)

  • To be confirmed Carnforth (pu) - Bentham (pu) - Giggleswick - Hellifield - Skipton - Leeds - York (break/rev) & return (loco from Carnforth pool)

The Cumbrian Streaker (Pathfinder Tours)

  • To be confirmed Birmingham International (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warringtolm Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Preston (pu) - Lancaster (pu) - Shap - Penrith - Upperby Curve - Wetherall - Hexham
  • 4492 Hexham - Wetherall; - Currock Junction - Maryport - Workington - Ravenglass - Ulverston - Grange over Sands - Carnforth - Lancaster (sd) - Preston (sd) -
  • To be confirmed Preston (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Birmingham International
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

30/3: train cancelled due to gauging issues affecting the A4 along the Cumbrian Coast Line.

Added 11:17 on Friday 30th March 2012

The Welsh Dragon (PMR Tours)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Birmingham New St (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) -
  • 46233 Crewe - Chester - Rhyl - Llandudno Jct - Bangor - Holyhead (break/rev) Holyhead - Bangor - Llandudno Jct - Chester - Crewe (sd) -
  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Crewe - Stafford (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads

The Cornishman (Railway Touring Company)

  • 70013 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St. Davids (pu) - Plymouth (pu) - Liskeard - Bodmin Parkway (sd) - Par (break/rev) & return

Additional Tour Information

21/3: 70013 replaces 5029 which is unavailable

Added 17:12 on Wednesday 21st March 2012

The Glasgow Avoider (was The Glaswegian Growler) (Retro Railtours)

  • DRS Class 37 (Pair) Crewe (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Reddish South (pu) - Stalybridge (pu) - Huddersfield (pu) - Motherwell (sd) - Stirling (break/rev) & return

Additional Tour Information

12/5: now to Motherwell (set down for Glasgow) and Stirling as train cannot be accomodated in Glasgow Central. Note also that York pu & sd no longer available as train will run WCML both ways.

Added 10:27 on Saturday 12th May 2012

28/2: route to be confirmed, but outline is to run north over 'Cumbrian Fells' and back along the ECML. Listings will be updated as soon as route confirmed.

Added 19:13 on Tuesday 28th February 2012

The Golden Arrow Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Birmingham New Street (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Dorridge (pu) - Warwick Parkway (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Bicester North (pu) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (pu) - Princes Risborough (pu) - High Wycombe - Willesden
  • 34067 Willesden - Canterbury West (break) - Willesden -
  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Willesden - High Wycombe (sd) - Princes Risborough (sd) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (sd) - Bicester North (sd) - Banbury (sd) - Leamington Spa (sd) - Dorridge (sd) - Solihull (sd) - Birmingham New Street

The Cathedrals Explorer; Day 2 (Steam Dreams)

  • 60009 Durham (pu) - Newcastle upon Tyne - Berwick upon Tweed - Edinburgh Suburban - Dalmeny - Forth Bridge - Inverkeithing - Kirkcaldy - Ladybank - Perth -
  • 60163 Perth - Pitlochry - Aviemore - Inverness

Beamish Open Air Museum (UK Railtours)

  • DBS Class 67 London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Doncaster - York - Durham (break/rev) & return

Sunday 20th May 2012

Faversham To Dover (Shepherd Neame)

  • To be confirmed Faversham (pu) - Dover & return (nb route and traction to be confirmed, but is booked for steam at least one-way)
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

29/$: cancelled due to engineering work

Added 16:25 on Sunday 29th April 2012

The Spitfire (Shepherd Neame)

  • To be confirmed London Victoria (pu) - Bromley South - Maidstone East - Ashford - Canterbury - Faversham (break/rev) - Faversham - Dover - Folkestone - Ashford - Bromley South - London Victoria
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

29/4: cancelled due to engineering work

Added 16:24 on Sunday 29th April 2012

The Cathedrals Explorer: Day 3 (Steam Dreams)

  • 61994 Inverness (pu) - Dingwall - Kyle of Lochalsh (brerak/rev) & return (nb: day 4 is a free day)

Note: Always check with operator to confirm running.
Information provided in good faith.

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