UK Mainline Steam Week Starting 25th June 2012

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Monday 25th June 2012

The Magnificent Snowdonian (Pathfinder Tours)

• DBS Class 67 (Pair) Didcot Parkway (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Stafford - Crewe - Chester - Rhyl - Llandudno Junction (sd) - Bangor (sd) - Holyhead (break/rev) return

Additional Tour Information

28/2: Includes a through working between Blaenau Ffestiniog, Porthmadog and Caernarvon for passengers detraining at Llandudno Junction, and from Caernarvon to Blaenau Ffestiniog for those leaving at Bangor. Train continues to Holyhead.

Added 18:36 on Tuesday 28th February 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

The Jacobite: Afternoon Train (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Tuesday 26th June 2012

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

• 60163 Westbury (pu) - Melksham (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Reading (pu) - Canterbury West (break) & return

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

The Jacobite: Afternoon Train (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Wednesday 27th June 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

The Jacobite: Afternoon Train (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Thursday 28th June 2012

The Thanet Belle (Railway Touring Company)

• 34067 London Victoria (pu) - East Croydon (pu) - Redhill (pu) - Edenbridge - Tonbridge - Tonbridge - Ashford International - Canterbury West (sd) - Ramsgate - Margate - Whitstable - Faversham (break/rev) - Canterbury East (pu) - Dover - Folkestone - Ashford International - & return as outwards

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

• 60163 Salisbury (pu) - Andover (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Reading West (pu) - Pangbourne (pu) - Worcester (break/rev) & return

The Maid Marian (UK Railtours)

• DBS Class 66 (Pair) London Finsbury Park (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Grantham (pu) - Nottingham - Trowell Junction - Pye Bridge Junction - Pinxton - Shirebrook - Warsop Junction - Network Rail Proving Track to High Marnham (rev) - High Marnham - Warsop Junction - Shirebrook - Shireoaks West Junction - Brancliffe East Junction - Maltby - St. Catherines Junction - Decoy South Junction - Doncaster - Shaftholme Junction - Askern - Knottingley - Pontefract Monkhill - Crofton East Junction - Oakenshaw South Junction - Monk Bretton (rev) - Monk Bretton - Oakenshaw South Junction - Castleford - Church Fenton - York (break/rev) - Doncaster - Grantham (sd) - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - Finsbury Park

Postponed

Additional Tour Information

29/5: Postponed as High Marnham branch will not be passed for passenger trains in time

Added 17:27 on Tuesday 29th May 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

The Jacobite: Afternoon Train (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Friday 29th June 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

The Jacobite: Afternoon Train (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Saturday 30th June 2012

York And Scarborough (in Partnership With Pathfinder Tours) (Cheshire Cat Tours)

• DRS Class 37 (Pair) Cardiff Central (pu) - Newport (pu) - Cwmbran (pu) - Abergavenney (pu) - Hereford (pu) - Leominster (pu) - Ludlow (pu) - Craven Arms (pu) - Church Stretton (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - York (sd) - Scarborough (break/rev) and return

Additional Tour Information

9/4: now advised traction will be 2 x DRS 37s instead of 2 x DRS 47s.

Added 01:40 on Tuesday 10th April 2012

9/4: now advised traction will be 2 x DRS 37s instead of 2 x DRS 47s.

Added 01:39 on Tuesday 10th April 2012

The Snowdon Mountain Ranger (Compass Tours)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Skipton (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Shipley (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Huddersfield (pu) - Denton (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Altricham (pu) - Knutsford (pu) - Chester - Rhyl - Llandudno Junction (rev) - Llanrwst - Betws y Coed (sd) - Blaenau Ffestiniog (break/rev) & return

The Royal Wessex (Railway Touring Company)

• 34067 Three Bridges (pu) - Haywards Heath (pu) - Preston Park (pu) - Hove (pu) - Worthing (pu) - Chichester - Havant - Fareham - Eastleigh - Southampton - Bournemouth (sd) - Poole - Wareham (sd) Dorchester South - Weymouth (break/rev) -
• 70013 and 34067 Weymouth - Dorchester South (detach banker )
• 70013 Dorchester South - Wareham (pu) - Poole - Bournemouth (pu) - Southampton - Eastleigh - Fareham - Havant - Chichester - Worthing (sd) - Hove (sd) - Preston Park (sd) - Haywards Heath (sd) - Three Bridges

Additional Tour Information

Train is booked to be banked from Weymouth to Dorchester South by 34067

Added 12:45 on Tuesday 3rd January 2012

Aviemore & Inverness (SRPS Railtours)

• 46115 Glenrothes with Thornton (pu) - Cupar (pu) - Leuchars for St.Andrews (pu) - Dundee (pu) (rev) -
• WCRC Class 47 Dundee - Perth (pu) (rev) -
• 46115 Perth - Pitlochry - Aviemore (sd) - Inverness - (break/rev) - Inverness - Aviemore - Pitlochry - Perth (sd) (rev) -
• WCRC Class 47 Perth - Dundee (sd) (rev) -
• 46115 Dundee - Leuchars for St. Andrews (sd) - Cupar (sd) - Glenrothes with Thornton

Additional Tour Information

20/6: 46115 will now operate this tour

Added 10:24 on Wednesday 20th June 2012

17/6: SRPS advise that 60009 will not be available for this tour. A replacement steam locomotive is being lined up, the identity of which will be announced shortly.

Added 11:52 on Sunday 17th June 2012

The train will be hauled between Dundee and Perth in each direction with diesel traction, and 60009 positioned at the rear

Added 11:08 on Friday 13th January 2012

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

• 60163 London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - York - Durham (break/rev) & return

The Rossendale Venturer (UK Railtours)

• DBS Class 66 (Pair) London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe Independent Line - Sydney Bridge Junction - Stockport - Heaton Norris Junction - Denton Junction - Brewery Curve - Ashton Moss North Junction - Castleton (rev) - Castleton West Junction - Heywood (ELR) - Bury Bolton Street (ELR) - Rawtenstall (ELR) (rev) - Rawtenstall (ELR) - Bury Bolton Street (ELR) - Buckley Wells (ELR) (rev) - Buckley Wells (ELR) - Bury Bolton Street (ELR) (rev) - Bury Bolton Street (ELR) - Heywood (ELR ) - Castleton West & South Junctions - Manchester Victoria - Newton-le-Willows - Winwick Junction - Warrington Bank Quay - Crewe - Stafford (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston

The Scarborough Flyer (Vintage Trains)

• 46233 Tyseley Warwick Road (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Burton upon Trent (pu) - Derby (pu) - Chesterfield - York - Scarborough
• 46233 Scarborough - York - Chesterfield - Derby (sd) -
• Tyseley Class 47 Derby - Burton upon Trent (sd) - Tamworth High Level (sd) - Coleshill Parkway (sd) - Tyseley Warwick Road

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Sunday 1st July 2012

The Weymouth Seaside Express (Railway Touring Company)

• 5029 or 34046 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Keynsham (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Trowbridge (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Frome (pu) - Castle Cary - Yeovil Pen Mill - Maiden Newton - Dorchester West - Weymouth (break/rev) & return

The Torbay Express (Torbay Express Ltd)

• 4492 or 70000 or 71000 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Weston Super Mare (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St. David's - Newton Abbott - Paignton (sd) - Kingswear be and return

The Shakespeare Express (Morning And Afternoon Trains) (Vintage Trains)

• 6201 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley in Arden (pu morning/sd afternoon) - Stratford upon Avon
• 6201 Stratford upon Avon - Claverdon - Dorridge - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

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