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March 10, 2013

International & UK Railway News. Sunday 10th March 2013

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Week Starting Monday 11th March 2013....

Monday 11th March 2013

Six Nations Welsh Rugby Supporters Train 2013 (in Association With Arriva Trains Wales) (Pathfinder Tours)

  • DBS tbc Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Haymarket (pu) - Motherwell (pu) - Chester (sd) - Shrewsbury (sd) - Hereford (sd) - Abergavenny (sd) - Pontypool & New Inn (sd) - Cwmbran (sd) - Newport (sd) - Cardiff Central (sd) - Bridgend (sd) - Port Talbot Parkway (sd) - Neath (sd) - Llanelli (sd) - Ferryside (sd) - Carmarthen

Wednesday 13th March 2013

The British Pullman (VSOE)

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads & return

Friday 15th March 2013

The Tyne Valley Moorlander (Compass Tours)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Hereford (pu) - Leominster (pu) - Ludlow (pu) - Craven Arms (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Whitchurch (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Euxton Belshaw Lane (pu) - Blackburn - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) - Carlisle - Hexham - Newcastle Central (break/rev) - Newcastle Central - Durham - York - Calder Valley - Copy Pit - Blackburn - Euxton Belshaw Lane (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Whitchurch (sd) - Shewsbury (sd) - Craven Arms (sd) - Ludlow (sd) - Leominster (sd) - Hereford

Winter West Highland Statesman: Day 1 (Statesman Rail)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) -Long Buckby (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Bedworth (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Tamworth Low Level (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley Low Level (pu) - Rugeley Trent Valley (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Preston (pu) - Shap - Penrith - Carlisle - Beattock - Carstairs - Dumbarton Central - Helensburgh Upper - Crianlarich - Rannoch - Fort William

Saturday 16th March 2013

The Mayflower (Railway Touring Company)

  • 34067 London Euston (pu) -Reading (pu) - Newbury (pu) - Westbury - Taunton - Exeter St. Davids
  • 44932 and 34067 Exeter St. Davids - Plymouth - Exeter St. Davids
  • 34067 Exeter St. Davids - Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads
  • WCRC Class 47 Bristol Temple Meads - Reading - London Paddington

Additional Tour Information

Revised locomotives and routing. Now departing from London Euston rather than Paddington, and only steam-hauled as far as Bristol on the return.

Added 13:30 on Monday 25th February 2013

Winter West Highland Statesman: Day 2 (Statesman Rail)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Fort William (pu) - Rannoch - Crianlarich - Helenburgh Upper - Dumbarton Central - Carstairs - Beattock - Carlisle - Shap - Preston (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Rugeley Trent Valley (sd) - Lichfield Trent Valley Low Level (sd) - Tamworth Low Level (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Bedworth (sd) - Coventry (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Long Buckby (sd) - Northampton (sd) - Milton Keynes Central

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

  • 60163 Southend Central (pu) - Upminster (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return

Additional Tour Information

21/2: 60163 replaces 4464 (60019)

Added 17:04 on Thursday 21st February 2013

The Cumbrian Mountains & Coast (UK Railtours)

  • DBS Class 90 London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton - Stafford - Crewe - Preston (pu) -
  • DBS Class 67 Preston - Blackburn - Hellifield - S&C - Petteril Bridge to Currock Junctions - Maryport - Workington - Ravenglass - Ulverston - Grange over Sands - Carnforth - Preston (sd) -
  • DBS Class 90 Preston - Crewe - Stafford - Nuneaton - Rugby (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston

Sunday 17th March 2013

The Tin Bath (Railway Touring Company)

  • 45407 and 44871 Preston (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Romiley - Chinley - Hope Valley - Sheffield - Elsecar - Wombwell - Barnsley - Penistone - Denby Dale - Huddersfield - Brighouse - Hebden Bridge - Copy Pit - Accrington - Blackburn - Bolton - Manchester Victoria (sd) -
  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Manchester Victoria - Wigan North Western (sd) - Preston

 
 
 
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