International & UK Railway News Saturday 10th August 2013

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Monday 12th August 2013

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite: Afternoon Train (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Tuesday 13th August 2013

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite: Afternoon Train (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

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 tbc Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York

Wednesday 14th August 2013

The Pennine & North Eastern Express (Compass Tours)

• DRS Class 37 (Pair) Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Droitwich Spa (pu) - Barnt Green (pu) - Walsall (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Telford (pu) - Wellington (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Wem (pu) - Whitchurch (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Stockport - Standedge - Huddersfield - York (sd) - Durhgam (break/rev) & return

The Dorset Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

• 34067 or 34046 London Victoria (pu) - Barnes - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Eastleigh - Southamptonb Central - Bournemouth (sd) - Poole - Wareham - Dorchester South - Weymouth
• To be confirmed Weymouth - Dorchester South - (steam banker from Weymouth to Dorchester South)
• 34067 or 34046 Dorchester South - Wareham - Poole Bournemouth (pu) - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - Staines (sd) - Barnes - London Waterloo

The Fellsman (Statesman Rail)

• 46115 or 45699 or 44932 Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - Long Preston (pu) - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite: Afternoon Train (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

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 tbc Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York

Thursday 15th August 2013

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite: Afternoon Train (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

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 tbc Scarborough (pu) - York (sd) - Normanton (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York

Friday 16th August 2013

The Scarborough Flyer (Railway Touring Company)

• 46233 Crewe (pu) - Wilmslow (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Denton - Rochdale (pu) - Hebden Bridge - Brighouse (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - York (sd) - Scarborough (break/rev) & return

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Statesman: Day 1 (Statesman Rail)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Tamworth Low Level (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Preston (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite: Afternoon Train (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Saturday 17th August 2013

The Edinburgh Festival Express (Compass Tours)

• DBS Class 37 (Pair) Crewe (pu) - York (pu) - Northallerton (pu) - Eaglescliffe (pu) - Stockton (pu) - Billingham (pu) - Hartlepool (pu) - Sunderland (pu) - Newcastle Central (pu) - Berwick upon Tweed - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Llandudno & The Ffestiniog Railway (NENTA Traintours)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Norwich (pu) - Diss (pu) - Ipswich (pu) - Stowmarket (pu) - Bury St. Edmonds (pu) - (Cambridge - Wymondham & Thetford connection by service train) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Chester (sd) - Llandudno Junction (sd) (rev) - Blaenau Ffestiniog (break/rev) - Llandudno Junction (pu) (rev) -- Chester (pu) - Peterborough (sd) - March (sd) - Ely (sd) - (Thetford- Wymondham & Cambridge by connecting service train) - Bury St. Edmunds (sd) - Stowmarket (sd) - Ipswich (sd) - Diss (sd) - Norwich-

The Lakes & Borders Explorer (Pathfinder Tours)

• DBS Class 67 Newport (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Droitwich Spa (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Crewe - Preston - Oxenholme (sd) - Penrith (sd) - Carlisle (for DRS Open day) (break/rev) & return

DRS Open Day Special (Pathfinder Tours)

• 2xDRS Class 37s and DRS Class 47 tnt Carlisle (pu) - Hexham - Newcastle Central & return

The Cumbrian Mountain Express (Railway Touring Company)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Crewe (pu) - Runcorn (pu) - Liverpool Lime Street (pu) -
• 46233 Liverpool Lime Street - Broad Green (pu) - St. Helens Central (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - (Preston by service train to Blackburn) - Blackburn (pu) - Hellifield (pu) - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) Carlisle - Penrith - Shap - Lancaster - Preston (sd) - (for Blackburn change at Preston) - Wigan North Western (sd) - St. Helens Central (sd) - Broad Green (sd) - Liverpool Lime Street (sd) -
• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Liverpool Lime Street - Runcorn (sd) - Crewe

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Statesman: Day 2 (Statesman Rail)

• WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Preston (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Lichfield Trent Valley (sd) - Tamworth Low Level (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Bedworth (sd) - Coventry (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston

The Marcher Lord (UK Railtours)

• DBS tbc Letchworth Garden City (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Finsbury Park (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Rugby - Birmingham International - Wolverhampton - Telford Central - Shrewsbury - Chirk (sd) - Wrexham - Chester (break/rev) & return

The Welsh Dragon (Vintage Trains)

• 5043 Tyseley Warwick Road (pu) - Walsall (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Chester - Rhyl - Llandudno Junction (sd) - Bangor - Holyhead (break/rev) & return

Additional Tour Information

9/8: now extended to Holyhead

Added 11:22 on Friday 9th August 2013

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Sunday 18th August 2013

The Waverley (Railway Touring Company)

• 44932 and 46115 and 45699 York (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Shipley (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Hellifield - S&C - Appleby (sd) - Carlisle (break/rev) & 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 - Colwyn Bay - Llandudno Junction - Llandudno Town
• WCRC Class 47 Llandudno Town - Llandudno Junction
• 45305 Llandudno Junction - Bangor (sd) - Holyhead (break/rev) - Holyhead - Bangor (pu) - Llandudno Junction
• WCRC Class 47 Llandudno Junction - Llandudno Town
• 45305 Llandudno Town - Llandudno Junction - Colwyn Bay - Rhyl - Chester (sd) - Frodsham (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Broad Green (sd) - Liverpool Lime Street

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 - Dorchester West - Weymouth (break/rev) & return

The Torbay Express (Torbay Express Ltd)

• 34046 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Weston-Super-Mare (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St. Davids - Newton Abbot - Paignton (sd) - Kingswear (break/rev) & return

The Shakespeare Express (Morning Train) (Vintage Trains)

• 4965 or 5043 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birminngham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Shirley - Henley in Arden (pu) - Stratford upon Avon (break/rev) - Stratford upon Avon - Claverdon - Hatton North Junction - Dorridge - Solihull - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) Birmingham Snow Hill

The Shakespeare Express (Afternoon Train) (Vintage Trains)

• 4965 or 5043 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birminngham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Shirley - Henley in Arden (sd) - Stratford upon Avon (break/rev) - Stratford upon Avon - Claverdon - Hatton North Junction - Dorridge - Solihull - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) Birmingham Snow Hill

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

• To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

 

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