UK Mainline Railtours for week beginning 2nd July 2012.(Courtesy: Railway Herald) 1st July 2012

Railway Herald

 

Monday 2nd July 2012

The Saltburn Solent (Saltburn Railtours): Return (To Be Confirmed)

• 47580 and 47760 Portsmouth Harbour (pu) - Havant - Guildford - Woking - Staines - Willesden Junction High Level - Gospel Oak - Hertford North - Peterborough - Grantham - Doncaster - York - Nothallerton - Eaglescliffe - Middlesbrough (sd) - Saltburn

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 3rd July 2012

Glenfinnan (Private Charter)

• WCRC Class 47 Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle - Beattock - Carstairs - Motherwell - Dumbarton Central - Crianlarich - Rannoch - Fort William Mallaig Junction (rev) - Glenfinnan

The Peninsular And Oriental Ocean Liners 175th Anniversary Special (UK Railtours)

• DBS Class 66 (Pair) London Victoria (pu) - Guildford - Haslemere - Portsmouth Harbour (break/rev) - Havant - Horsham - Crawley - Three Bridges - London Victoria

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 4th July 2012

The Fenland Cathedrals Express (Compass Tours)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Blackpool North (pu) - Poulton-le-Fylde (pu) - Preston (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Walsall (pu) - Sutton Park - Water Orton - Nuneaton - Hinckley - Leicester - Melton Mowbray - Stamford - Peterborough - March - Ely (break/rev) - & return

The Fellsman (Statesman Rail)

• 44932 or 46115 or 48151 Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Bamber Bridge (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - Long Preston (pu) - Settle - S&C - Appleby - Carlisle (break/rev) & return as outwards

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 5th July 2012

The Dorset Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

• 30777 or 34067 or 4492 London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Eastleigh - Southampton Central - Bournemouth (sd) - Poole - Warham - Dorchester South - Weymouth (break) (rev)
• 30777 or 34067 or 4492 Weymouth - Dorchester South (detach banker)
• 30777 or 34067 or 4492 Dorchester South - Wareham - Poole - Bournemouth p - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - London Waterloo

Cancelled

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

• 60163 Lewes (pu) - Haywards Heath (pu) - Three Bridges (pu) - Redhill (pu) - Purley (pu) - Kensington Olympia (pu) - Oxford (break/rev) & 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

Friday 6th July 2012

VSOE British Pullman Luncheon Circular (VSOE)

• 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Clapham Jct - Staines - Virginia Water - Woking - Guildford - Shalford - Redhill - East Croydon - London Victoria

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 7th July 2012

Settle & Carlisle, Carlisle And The Cumbrian Coast (in Partnership With Pathfinder Tours) (Cheshire Cat Tours)

• DRS Class 20 (Pair) Stratford upon Avon (pu) - Dorridge (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Bloxwich (pu) - Hednesford (pu) - Rugeley Trent Valley (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe - Warrington Bank Quay - Blackburn - Hellifield (pu) - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) Carlisle - Maryport - Workington - Ravenglass - Ulverston - Carnforth - Preston - Warrington Bank Quay - Crewe - Stafford (sd) - Rugeley Trent Valley (sd) - Hednesford (sd) - Bloxwich (sd) - Tame Bridge Parkway (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Solihull (sd) - Dorridge (sd) - Stratford upon Avon

Additional Tour Information

9/4: 2 x DRS 20s confirmed as the traction.

Added 01:33 on Tuesday 10th April 2012

The Channel Two (Hastings Diesels Limited)

• Hastings DEMU Hastings (pu) - St. Leonards Warrior Square (pu) - Battle (pu) - Etchingham (pu) - Tunbridge Wells (pu) - Tonbridge (pu) - Bromley South (pu) - Clapham Junction (pu) - Reading - Swindon - Chippenham - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (sd) - Weston super Mare (break/rev) & return

The Cotswold Venturer (Railway Touring Company)

• 70013 London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Oxford - Moreton in the Marsh - Evesham - Worcester Shrub Hill (break/rev) - Worcester Shrub Hill - Cheltenham Spa - Stroud - Kemble - Swindon - Didcot Parkway (sd) - Reading (sd) - Slough (sd) - London Paddington

The Prisoner (Spitfire Railtours)

• WCRC tbc Leeds (pu) - Dewsbury (pu) - Huddersfield (pu) - Stalybridge (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) -
• NR Class 97/3 (Pair) Shrewsbury - Welshpool - Newtown - Machynlleth - Barmouth (sd) - Minffordd (pu) - Porthmadog (sd) - Pwllheli (break/rev) - Pwllheli (pu) - Porthmadog (pu) - Barmouth (pu) - Machynlleth - Newtown - Welshpool - Shrewsbury (sd) -
• WCRC tbc Shrewsbury - Crewe (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Stalybridge (sd) - Huddersfield (sd) - Dewsbury (sd) - Leeds

The Northumbrian Statesman (Statesman Rail)

• WCRC Class 47 & 57 Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Whittlesea (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Stamford (pu) - Oakham (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Loughborough (pu) - East Midlands Parkway (pu) - Langley Mill (pu) - Alfreton (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - York - Durham (sd) - Alnwick (sd) - Berwick upon Tweed (break/rev) & return

Chester & The Pennines (UK Railtours)

• To be confirmed Stevenage (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Finsbury Park (pu) - Camden Junction - Watford Junction - Rugby - Nuneaton - Stafford - Crewe - Chester (break/rev) Chester - Warrington Bank Quay - Wigan North Western - Blackburn - Accrington - Copy Pit - Hebden Bridge - Mytholmroyd - Wakefield - Doncaster - Peterborough - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - Finsbury Park

Grand Junction 175 (Vintage Trains)

• Tyseley Class 47 Tyseley Warwick Road (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) -
• 6201 Birmingham New Street - Aston - Bescot , Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford - Crewe - Runcorn - Liverpool Lime Street
• 6201 Liverpool Lime Street - Runcorn - Crewe - Stafford - Wolverhampton (sd) - Tyseley Warwick Road

Cancelled

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Sunday 8th July 2012

Glenfinnan (Private Charter)

• WCRC Class 47 Glenfinnam - Fort William Mallaig Junction (rev) - Rannoch - Crianlarich - Dumbarton Central - Motherwell - Carstairs - Beattock - Carlisle - Shap - Carnforth

The Weymouth Seaside Express (Railway Touring Company)

• tbc 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)

• To be confirmed Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Weston Super Mare (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St. David's - Newton Abbott - Paignton (sd) - Kingswear (break/rev) and return

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

• 4965 or 5043 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley in Arden (pu morning/sd afternoon) - Stratford upon Avon
• To be confirmed 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

For Information only. No guarantees offered...so always check with operators to confirm runnings.