Mainline Railtours for week starting May 21st 2012. Courtesy: Railway Herald. 20th May 2012

Mainline Railtours for week starting May 21st 2012

As always, check with operator to confirm runnings..

Listings offered in good faith, and not guaranteed.

 

Monday 21st May 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Tuesday 22nd May 2012

The Cathedrals Explorer: Day 5 (Steam Dreams)

• 60163 Inverness (pu) - Elgin - Aberdeen (break) - Montrose - Dundee - Tay Bridge - Kirkcaldy - Inverkeithing - Forth Bridge - Dalmeny - Haymarket West Jct - Gorgie Jct - Craiglockart Jct - Edinburgh Suburban - Edinburgh Waverley

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Wednesday 23rd May 2012

The Sussex Coast Express (Compass Tours)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Hooton (pu) - Chester (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Kidsgrove (pu) - Stoke on Trent (pu) - Rugeley Trent Valley (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley Low Level (pu) - Tamworth Low Level (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Milton Keynes Central - Watford Junction - Ashford - Rye - Hastings (sd) - Eastbourne (sd) (rev) - Brighton (break/rev) & return

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

• DRS Class 47 (Pair) Glasgow Central (pu) - Carlisle (pu) - Preston (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Southampton Docks

The Cathedrals Explorer: Day 6-evening Excursion (Steam Dreams)

• 4464 (60019) Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Edinburgh Suburban - Dalmeny - Forth Bridge - Inverkeithing - Kirckcaldy - Thornton Jcts - Cowdenbeath - Dunfermline Town - Culross - Alloa - Stirling - Polmont - Linlithgow - Haymarket West Jct - Edinburgh Suburban - Edinburgh Waverley

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Thursday 24th May 2012

The Cathedrals Explorer: Day 7 (Steam Dreams)

• 4464 (60019) Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Carstairs - Beattock - Carlisle (break) - Appleby - S&C - Hellifield

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Friday 25th May 2012

The Snowdon Mountaineer (Compass Tours)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Carnforth (pu) - Morecambe (pu) (rev) - Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Garswood (pu) - St. Helens Central (pu) - Liverpool Lime Sreet (pu) (rev) - Liverpool South Parkway (pu) - Runcorn (pu) - Frodsham - Chester - Llandudno Junction (rev) - Llanwrst North - Betws y Coed - Blaenau Ffestiniog (break/rev) - & return-

The Cathedrals Explorer: Day 8 (Steam Dreams)

• 70000 Hellifield (pu) - Leeds - Chesterfield - Loughborough - Melton Mowbray - Harringworth - Kettering - St. Albans - London Victoria

The Snowdonian, Bodnant Gardens & Llandudno (UK Railtours)

• DBS Class 67 (Pair) London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) Rugby (pu) - Stafford - Crewe - Chester - Rhyl - Llandudno Junction (sd) (for Llandudno & Blaenau Ffestiniog) - Bangor (sd) (for Caernarfon) (break/rev) & return

Additional Tour Information

7/4: includes through working on FFestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways between Caernarfon, Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog or vice versa, or Bodnant Gardens and Llandudno.

Added 16:22 on Sunday 8th April 2012

7/4: includes through working on FFestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways between Caernarfon, Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog or vice versa, or Bodnant Gardens and Llandudno.

Added 16:22 on Sunday 8th April 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Saturday 26th May 2012

Settle & Carlisle, Carlisle And The Cumbrian Coast (Cheshire Cat Tours)

• To be confirmed Holyhead (pu) - Bangor (pu) - Llandudno Junction (pu) - Colwyn Bay (pu) - Rhyl (pu) - Prestatyn (pu) - Flint (pu) - Chester (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Blackburn - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) - Maryport - Workington - Ravenglass - Ulverston - Carnforth - Preston - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Chester - Flint - Prestatyn (sd) - Rhyl (sd) - Colwyn Bay (sd) - Llandudno Junction (sd) - Bangor (sd) - Holyhead

Cancelled

The Citadel Express (PMR Tours)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Lincoln (pu) - Newark Castle (pu) - Nottingham (pu) - Uttoxeter (pu) - Stoke on Trent (pu) - Crewe (pu) -
• 46233 Crewe - Preston - Carnforth - Shap - Penrith - Carlisle (break/rev) Carlisle - Penrith - Shap - Carnforth - Preston - Crewe (sd) -
• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Crewe - Stoke on Trent (sd) - Uttoxeter (sd) - Nottingham (sd) - Newark Castle (sd) - Lincoln

Settle & Carlisle Statesman (Statesman Rail)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Yate (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Ashchurch (pu) - Barnt Green (pu) - Birmingham New St (pu) - Sandwell & Dudley (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Penkridge (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe - Warrington Bank Quay - Wigan North Western - Blackburn - Hellifield - S&C - Appleby - Carlisle (break/rev) - Carlisle - Penrith - Shap - Preston - Warrington Bank Quay - Crewe - Stafford (sd) & return setting down as outwards

The Shambles (Charitable Charter Organised And Operated By GBRf) (UK Railtours)

• 2x Cl 317 Shenfield (pu) - Stratford (pu) - Finsbury Park (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Doncaster - York (break/rev) & return

Additional Tour Information

7/4: Charter organised by GBRf in aid of Motor Neurone Disease Association. Operated by 2 Greater Anglia Class 317 EMUs throughout. No set fare, but a minimum donation of £20 applies. Bookings are being taken by UK Railtours.

Added 16:12 on Sunday 8th April 2012

Castle To Scotland (Vintage Trains)

• 5043 Tyseley Warwick Road (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Preston - Lancaster - Shap - Carlisle (short break) - Beattock - Carstairs - Edinburgh Waverley

Sunday 27th May 2012

The Peak Forester (Railway Touring Company)

• 70013 London King's Cross (pu) - Peterborough (pu only*) - Oakham (pu) - Melton Mowbray - Loughborough - Derby - Duffield - Ambergate - Cromford - Matlock - Rowsley (Peak Rail) (break/rev) Rowsley - Matlock - Cromford - Ambergate - Derby - Loughborough - Oakham (sd) - Harringworth - Corby - Ketterng - Bedford - London St. Pancras (*passengers for Peterborough change at Oakham on the return)

Forth Circle Luncheon (Vintage Trains)

• 5043 Linlithgow (pu) - Dalmeny (pu) - Forth Bridge - Inverkeithing (pu) - Burntisland - Kirkcaldy - Thornton Jcts - Cowdenbeath - Dunfermline Town - Alloa - Stirling (break) - Larbert - Polmont - Linlithgow (sd) - Dalmeny (sd) - Forth Bridge - Inverkeithing