Railway Herald - Railtours for week starting Monday & World Railway News 10th September 2012

Railway Herald - Railtours for week starting Monday 10th September 2012

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Monday 10th September 2012

The West Highlander (Railway Touring Company)

• 46115 Glasgow Central - Carlisle - Preston (sd) - Bolton (sd) - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Stockport (sd) - Wilmslow (sd) - Crewe

Postponed

Additional Tour Information

3/8: now booked to operate on Monday 23rd September 2013

Added 18:55 on Friday 3rd August 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Tuesday 11th September 2012

The Bath & Avon Explorer (Compass Tours)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Bolton (pu) - Manchester Piccadilly (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Macclesfield (pu) - Stoke on Trent (pu) - Rugeley Trent Valley (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley (pu) - Tamworth Low Level (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Watford Junction - Kensington Olympia - Acton - Slough - Maidenhead - Reading - Swindon (sd) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

• 70000 Salisbury (pu) - Romsey (pu) - Southampton Central (pu) - Eastleigh (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Woking (pu) - Staines (pu) - West Hampstead (pu) - Cambridge (sd) - Ely (break/rev) & return

Additional Tour Information

25/8: 70000 replaces 71000 which is unavailable.

Added 19:57 on Saturday 25th August 2012

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Wednesday 12th September 2012

Leeds, York Or Scarborough (SRPS Railtours)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Ayr (pu) - Prestwick Town (pu) - Troon (pu) - Kilmarnock (pu) - Auchinleck (pu) - Sanquhar (pu) - Dumfries (pu) - Annan (pu) - Gretna Green (pu) - Carlisle (pu) - S&C - Hellifield - Leeds (sd) - York (sd) - Scarborough (break/rev) & return

The British Pullman (VSOE)

• DBS Class 66 (Pair) London Victoria (pu) - Chesterfield (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Thursday 13th September 2012

The Dorset Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

• 30777 or 34067 or 4464 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 4464 Weymouth - Dorchester South (detach banker)
• 30777 or 34067 or 4464 Dorchester South - Wareham - Poole - Bournemouth p - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - London Waterloo

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

• 60163 Norwich (pu) - Diss - Ipswich (pu) - Colchester (pu) - Chelmsford - stratford - Camden Road - Gospel Oak - Willesden High Level - Kew East Jct - Hounslow - Staines - Woking - Basingstoke - Andover - Salisbury (break/rev) & return

The Northern Belle (VSOE (Northern Belle))

• DRS Class 47 (Pair) Cardiff Central (pu) - Newport (pu) - Hereford (pu) - Oxenholme (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Friday 14th September 2012

The Royal Borders Scotsman (Compass Tours)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Southport (pu) - Burscough Bridge (pu) - Parbold (pu) - Wigan Wallgate (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Rochdale (pu) - Hebden Bridge - Brighouse - York - Newcastle upon Tyne - Berwick upon Tweed - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

The Scarborough Flyer (Railway Touring Company)

• 60009 Crewe (pu) - Wilmslow (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Stalybridge - Standedge - Huddersfield (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Castleford - York (sd) - Malton - Scarborough (break/rev) & return

The Northern Belle (VSOE (Northern Belle))

• DRS Class 47 (Pair) Cardiff Central (pu) - Swansea (pu) - tbc - Swansea (sd) - Cardiff Central

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

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

Saturday 15th September 2012

(Cheshire Cat Tours)

• NR Class 97/3 (Pair) Aberystwyth (pu) - Borth (pu) - Machynlleth (pu) - Newtown (pu) - Welshpool (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) -
• DRS Class 37 (Pair) Shrewsbury m Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay - Blackburn (pu) - Hellifield (pu) - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) - Maryport - Workington - Ravenglass - Ulverston - Carnforth - Preston - Warrington Bank Quay - Crewe (sd) - Shrewsbury (sd) -
• NR Class 97/3 (Pair) Shrewsbury - Welshpool (sd) - Newtown (sd) - Machynlleth (sd) - Borth (sd) - Aberystwyth

Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

4/4: redated from 14 April

Added 11:31 on Wednesday 4th April 2012

Edinburgh (Cheshire Cat Tours)

• To be confirmed Holyhead (pu) - Bangor (pu) - Llandudno Junction (pu) - Colwyn Bay (pu) - Rhyl (pu) - Prestatyn (pu) - Flint (pu) - Shotton (pu) - Chester (pu) - Frodsham (pu) - Edinburgh (break/rev) and return

Cancelled

 

 

 

 

The Western Forester (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 (pu) - Swindon - Kemble - Stroud - Gloucester (sd) - Lydney Junction (break/rev) & return

Settle, Carlisle & Cumbrian Coast Circular (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 - Leeds - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) Carlisle - Workington - Ravenglass - Ulverston - Carnforth - Preston - Blackburn - Copy Pit - Hebden B ridge - Doncaster - Peterborough (sd) - March (sd) - Ely (sd) - Cambridge (sd) - Bury St. Edmunds (sd) - Stowmarket (sd) - Ipswich (sd) - Diss (sd) - Norwich (

The Scenic Settler (Pathfinder Tours)

• DBS Class 66 Eastleigh (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) -
• Freightliner Class 70 Crewe - Warrington Bank Quay - Blackburn - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) Carlisle - Penrith - Shap - Lancaster - Preston - Warrington Bank Quay - Crewe (sd) -
• DBS Class 66 Crewe - Stafford (sd) - Tame Bridge Parkway (sd) - Birmingham International (sd) - Coventry (sd) - Leamington Spa (sd) - Banbury (sd) - Oxford (sd) - Didcot Parkway (sd) - Basingstoke (sd) - Eastleigh

Additional Tour Information

6?9: the DBS Class 66 will remain on the train tghroughout and be positioned dit behind the Class 70 between Crewe-Carlisle-Crewe

Added 12:48 on Thursday 6th September 2012

The Mayflower (Railway Touring Company)

• 34067 London Euston (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Newbury (pu) - Westbury - Taunton
• 70000 and 4464 Taunton - Exeter St. Davids - Newton Abbot - Totnes - Plymouth (break/rev) - Plymouth - Totnes - Newton Abbot - Exeter St. Davids - Taunton -
• 34067 Taunton - Westbury - Newbury (sd) - Reading (sd) - Slough (sd) - London Paddington

Cumbrian Mountain & Coast Statesman (Statesman Rail)

• NR Class 97/3 (Pair) Aberystwyth (pu) - Borth (pu) - Machynlleth (pu) - Caersws (pu) - Newtown (pu) - Welshpool (pu) - Shrewsbury
• DRS Class 47 (Pair) Shrewsbury - Whitchurch (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Blackburn - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle (break) (rev) - Carlisle - Maryport - Workington - Ravenglass - Ulverston - Carnforth - Preston - Wigan North Western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Whitchurch (sd) - Shrewsbury (sd) -
• NR Class 97/3 (Pair) Shrewsbury - Welshpool (sd) - Newtown (sd) - Caersws (sd) - Machynlleth (sd) - Borth (sd) - Aberystwyth

The Sunny Skegness 125 Special (UK Railtours)

• East Midlands Trains HST London St. Pancras (pu) - Luton Airport Parkway (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Sleaford - Boston - Skegness (break/rev) & return

The British Pullman (VSOE)

• DBS Class 67 (Pair) London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Crystal Palace - East Croydon - Redhill - Three Bridges - Haywards Heath - Preston Park - Hove - Worthing - Barnham - Chichester (break/rev) - Chichester - Barnham - Worthing - Hove - Preston Park - Haywards Heath - Three Bridges - Redhill - East Croydon - Streatham - Brixton - London Victoria

The British Pullman (VSOE)

• DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Chichester (break/rev) & return

The Northern Belle (VSOE (Northern Belle))

• DRS Class 47 (Pair) Crewe (pu) - hester (pu) - Helsby - Warrington Bank Quay - Earlstown - Eccles - Manchester Voctoria - Stalybridge - Standedge - Huddersfield - Wakefield Kirkgate - Church Fenton - York - Cattal - Harrogate (break/rev) - Harrogate - cattal - York - Church Fenton - Wakefield Kirkgate - Huddersfield - Standedge - Stalybridge - manchester Victoria - Eccles - Earlstown - Warrington Bank Quay - Winsford - Crewe - Chester

Sunday 16th September 2012

The Royal Duchy (Railway Touring Company)

• steam tbc Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Yatton (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St. Davids (sd) - Dawlish Warren (sd) - Newton Abbot - Plymouth (sd) - Liskeard (sd) - Bodmin Parkway - Par (break/rev) & return

The Weymouth Seaside Express (Railway Touring Company)

• To be confirmed 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

Cancelled

 

 

 

 

 

The Torbay Express (Torbay Express Ltd)

• 70000 or 71000 or 4464 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Weston-super-Mare (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St. Davids - Newton Abbot - Paignto (sd) - Kingswear (break/rev) & return

The British Pullman (VSOE)

• DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Folkestone - London Victoria

 

 

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