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July 20, 2014

International & UK Railway News Sunday 20th July 2014

 Total Railway News

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Not much happening today.... a battle on to get HS1 trains to stop at Rye...(& Battle!), and some differing opinions on high speed rail in India, especially since the network is seriously congested....where have we heard that cry before??


A look ahead to the mainline steam schedule in the UK.. and where will Bongo be for the next couple of days.....???


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Headlines


UK
The fight is on for HS1 trains to stop at Rye.(Rye & Battle Observer).




International
World rail infrastructure market July 2014 - Railway Gazette.


France
Alstom plays down added layer of complexity in deal with GE.(FT.com).




India
Alstom, SNCF may bid for bullet train project.(Business Standard).


Train track congestion behind 50% of delays.(The Asian Age).


Ahmedabad- Mumbai one way ticket on bullet train is Rs 75,000: Kejriwal.(One India News).




UK Mainline Steam Schedule


Railway Herald - Railtours

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Monday 21st July 2014

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William


The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William



Tuesday 22nd July 2014

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William


The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William


The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Steam pool York (pu) - Normanton (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Woodlesford (pu) - Castleford (pu) - York (pu) - Scarborough
  • WCRC Steam Pool Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York



Wednesday 23rd July 2014

The Forth & Tay Bridges Express (Compass Tours)

  • WCRC Class 47 & 57 Hereford (pu) - Leominster (pu) - Ludlow (pu) - Craven Arms (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Preston (pu) - Carlisle (pu) - Lockerbie - Carstairs - Cumbernauld - Falkirk - stirling - Perth - Dundee
  • To be confirmed Dundee (pu) - Tay Bridge - Leuchars - Kirkcaldy - Inverkeithing - Forth Bridge - Dalmeny - Linlithgow - Falkirk - Cumbernauld - Carstairs - Lockerbie - Carlisle (sd) - Penrith (sd) - Wigan North western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Shrewsbury (sd) - Craven Arms (sd) - Ludlow (sd) - Leominster (sd) - Hereford


The Dorset Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 34046 or 34067 or 70000 London Victoria (pu) - Barnes Bridge - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Winchfield (water) - Basingstoke (pu) - Worting Junction - Winchester - Southampton - Bournemouth (sd) - Weymouth and return
  • 34046 or 34067 or 70000 Weymouth - Upwey Bank - Dorchester South (detach banker) - Bournemouth - Basingstoke (sd/water) - Woking (sd) - London Waterloo (sd)


The Fellsman (Statesman Rail)

  • WCRC Pool Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - Long Preston (pu) - Settle - Appleby - Carlisle (break) and return


The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William


The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William


The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Steam pool York (pu) - Normanton (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Woodlesford (pu) - Castleford (pu) - York (pu) - Scarborough
  • WCRC Steam Pool Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York



Thursday 24th July 2014

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

  • 70013 London Victoria (pu) - Twickenham (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return


The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William


The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William


The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Steam pool York (pu) - Normanton (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Woodlesford (pu) - Castleford (pu) - York (pu) - Scarborough
  • WCRC Steam Pool Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York



Friday 25th July 2014

The Scarborough Flyer (Railway Touring Company)

  • 46233 Crewe (pu) - Wilmslow (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Mirfield - Wakefield Kirkgate - Castleford - York (sd) - Malton - Scarborough (sd) and return


The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William


The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William


Saturday 26th July 2014

The White Rose Moorlander (Compass Tours)

  • WCRC Class 47 & 57 Perth (pu) - Dunblane (pu) - Stirling (pu) - Larbert (pu) - Cumbernauld (pu) - Coatbridge Central (pu) - Wishaw (pu) - Carluke (pu) - Lockerbie (pu) - Carlisle (pu) - S&C - hellifeld - Skipton - Leeds - York (break/rev) & return


The Cumbrian Coast Explorer (Great Railway Journeys Of Britain)

  • tbc Nottingham (pu) - Long Eaton (pu) - Derby (pu) - Belper (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Dronfield (pu) - Carnforth - Grange over Sands - Ravenglass - Workington - Carlisle
  • tbc Carlisle (pu) - Appleby - S&C - Hellifield - Dronfield (sd) - Chesterfield (sd) - Belper (sd) - Derby (sd) - Long Eaton (sd) - Nottingham


The Anglo Scotsman (NENTA Traintours)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Norwich (pu) - Diss (pu) - Ipswich (pu) - Stowmarket (pu) - Bury St Edmunds (pu) - Cambridge (pu) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Doncaster - York - Durham - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Edinburgh and return


The Cardigan Bay Express (Pathfinder Tours)

  • DBS Class 66 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Bescot Yard
  • NR Class 97/3 (Pair) Bescot Yard (tbc) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Wellington (pu) - Shrewsbury Abbey Foregate Curve - Welshpool - Machynlleth - Aberystwyth (break/rev) - Aberystwyth - Machynlleth - Welshpool - Shrewsbury Abbey Foregate Curve - Wellington (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Bescot Yard
  • DBS Class 66 Bescot Yard - Tame Bridge Parkway (sd) - Stourbridge Junction (sd) - Kidderminster (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Cam & Dursley (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads


Cumbrian Mountain Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Class 47 Crewe (pu) - Runcorn (pu) - Liverpool Lime Street
  • 60009 Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Broad Green (pu) - St Helens Central (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Hellifield - Settle - Appleby - Carlisle
  • 60009 Carlisle - Penrith - Shap - Carnforth - Preston (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - St Helens Central (sd) - Broad Green (sd) - Liverpool Lime Street (sd)
  • WCRC Class 47 Liverpool Lime Street - Runcorn (sd) - Crewe (sd)


The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William


Sunday 27th July 2014

Weymouth Seaside Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 5029 or 34046 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Keynsham (pu) - Bath (pu) - Trowbridge (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Weymouth and return
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34046 Braunton


The Waverley (Railway Touring Company)

  • 44932 or 45699 or 46115 York (pu) - Church Fenton - Leeds (pu) - Shipley (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Settle - Appleby - Carlisle and return


The North Wales Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 45305 Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Broad Green (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Frodsham (pu) - Chester (pu) - Rhyl - Llandudno Junction - Llandudno
  • WCRC Class 47 Llandudno - Llandudno Junction
  • 45305 Llandudno Junction - Conwy - Bangor - Holyhead (break) and return
  • WCRC Class 47 Llandudno Junction - Llandudno
  • 45305 Llandudno - Llandudno Junction - Rhyl - Chester (sd) - Frodsham (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Broad Green (sd) - Liverpool Lime Street (sd)


Shakespeare Express (Vintage Trains)

  • 4965 or 5043 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley-in-Arden - Stratford-upon-Avon (break) - Hatton - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill (sd) (two trips)
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5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe


The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig (break) - Glenfinnan - Fort William





Stephenson Museum Newcastle 21st & 22nd July
Bicentennial of the locomotive Blucher.  Chris feels rather honoured to have been invited to display Bongo/Fiery Fox in the home of the steam locomotive!
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Chris Vine, Bongo and Peter's Railway at the Severn Valley Railway in May 2014

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