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 Timings for the movement of LNER 'A4' Pacific No. 60009 Union of South Africa to and from the Mid-Norfolk Railway at Dereham, for the heritage line's 'Ales by Rails' event have been added on Friday 23rd August, returning on Thursday 29th August. Click here for details (Updated: 14th Aug 2019)






Thursday 22nd August 2019

The Dorset Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

The Dorset Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 60009 and 47802 tnt London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Bournemouth (sd) - Weymouth
  • 47802 and 60009 tnt Weymouth (pu) - Southampton Central
  • 60009 and 47802 tnt Southampton Central - Winchester - Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - Staines (sd) - London Waterloo

Locomotive Movement (To Be Confirmed)

Additional Tour Information

This is a light engine movement, not a charter service.

Added 00:43 on Thursday 22nd August 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 23rd August 2019

The British Pullman: Murder Mystery Lunch (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Northern Belle (Northern Belle)

Light Engine Movement (West Coast Railway Company)

Additional Tour Information

Should be 'A4' No. 60009 Union of South Africa and support coach heading to the Mid-Norfolk Railway for its gala weekend.

Added 22:44 on Wednesday 14th August 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 24th August 2019

The North Briton (bookings Through UK Railtours) (A1 Steam Locomotive Trust)

  •   Grantham (pu) - Nottingham (pu) - Ilkeston (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Doncaster (pu) -
  •   Doncaster - Leeds - Skipton - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
  •   Carlisle (pu) - Hexham - Tyne Yard
  •   Tyne Yard - York - Doncaster (sd) - Chesterfield (sd) - Ilkeston (sd) - Nottingham (sd) - Grantham
Cancelled

The Northern Belle (Northern Belle)

The Cotswold Venturer (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Swindon - Kemble - Cheltenham Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill
  • 6233 Worcester Shrub Hill - Evesham - Moreton-in-Marsh - Oxford - Didcot Parkway (sd) - Reading (sd) - Slough (sd) - London Paddington
  •   Timings for Paddington-Worcester, Worcester Turning Move, Worcester-Paddington.

Additional Tour Information

Train will operate over the reverse route to that originally advertised. Outward is via Kemble and Sapperton, returning via Evesham and the Cotswold Line.

Added 11:13 on Thursday 15th August 2019

The Palatine (UK Railtours)

Gloucester Goes Retro (Vintage Trains)

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Sunday 25th August 2019

The Waverley (Railway Touring Company)

  •   York (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Shipley (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Hellifield - Appleby (sd) - Carlisle (break/rev) & return
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Presumed cancelled as no longer available on RTC website.

Added 10:23 on Thursday 22nd August 2019

The Forth Bridge & Scottish Borders (SRPS Railtours)

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

Metroland & Quainton (UK Railtours)

  • Class 33 and 2 x Class 20 TNT London Marylebone (pu) - Harrow-on-the-Hill - Rickmansworth - Amersham - Great Missenden - Aylesbury - Quainton Road (break/rev) - Aylesbury - Rickmansworth - Watford North Curve - Croxley - Watford (Met)
  • Class 33 and 2 x Class 20 TNT Watford (Met) - Croxley - Watford North Curve - Rickmansworth - Aylesbury - Quainton Road
  • Class 33 and 2 x Class 20 TNT Quainton Road - Aylesbury - Amersham - London Marylebone

The Merchant Of Avon (West Coast Railway Company)

Additional Tour Information

The mid-day Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham and return section has been removed from the itinerary due to operational issues in the Birmingham area.

Added 10:58 on Thursday 15th August 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)



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Monday 26th August 2019

The Cotswold - Eden (Pathfinder Tours)

Additional Tour Information

The Cotswold eden will now start at Didcot Parkway, and additionally pick-up at Droitwich Spa.

Added 19:13 on Thursday 8th August 2019

Metroland & Quainton (UK Railtours)

  • Class 33 and 2 x Class 20 TNT London Marylebone (pu) - Harrow-on-the-Hill - Rickmansworth - Amersham - Great Missenden - Aylesbury - Quainton Road (break/rev) - Aylesbury - Rickmansworth - Watford North Curve - Croxley - Watford (Met)
  • Class 33 and 2 x Class 20 TNT Watford (Met) - Croxley - Watford North Curve - Rickmansworth - Aylesbury - Quainton Road
  • Class 33 and 2 x Class 20 TNT Quainton Road - Aylesbury - Amersham - London Marylebone

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 27th August 2019

Morning, Mid-Morning & Afternoon Royal Windsor Express (Steam Dreams)

The Sunset Steam Express (Steam Dreams)

Locomotive Movement (To Be Confirmed)

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Dalesman (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 28th August 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 29th August 2019

The Northern Belle (Northern Belle)

Light Engine Move (West Coast Railway Company)

Additional Tour Information

Should be 'A4' No. 60009 Union of South Africa and support coach heading back to Southall from the Mid-Norfolk Railway after its gala weekend.

Added 22:44 on Wednesday 14th August 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 30th August 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 31st August 2019

The Aberdonian (bookings Through UK Railtours) (A1 Steam Locomotive Trust)

  • 60163 Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Haymarket (pu) - Dalmeny - Forth Bridge - Inverkeithing - Kirkcaldy - Tay Bridge - Dundee - Montrose - Stonehaven - Aberdeen (break/rev) & return

The Golden Banker (Charity Railtours)

  •   Burton-on-Trent to Totnes
Postponed

Additional Tour Information

Tour postponed until 2020 because of the lack of available rolling stock.

Added 00:59 on Friday 9th August 2019

GWR/WSR Shuttle Services (Great Western Railway)

The Cumbrian Freighter (Pathfinder Tours)

  •   Banbury (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Dorridge (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Blackburn King Street Through Siding - Up & Down Goods - Hellifield Down Goods - Blea Moor Up Goods - Appl;eby Down & Through Siding - Carlisle Goods Lines London Road to Currock Junction (rev) - Upperby Bridge Junction - route via Shap to be clarified - Wigan North Western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Dorridge (sd) - Leamington Sap (sd) - Banbury -
Postponed

Additional Tour Information

To be re-dated into 2020 with additional track to be included.

Added 11:33 on Thursday 1st August 2019

Dartmouth Regatta Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Nottingham (pu) - East Midlands Parkway (pu) - Loughborough (pu) - Leicester (pu) - Hinckley (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Barnt Green (pu) - Kingswear (break/rev) & return

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA London King's Cross u- Hertford North (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Cambridge (pu) - Ely (pu) - Norwich
  • Diesel TBA Norwich - Great Yarmouth
  • Steam TBA Great Yarmouth - Ely (sd) - Cambridge (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Hertford North (sd) - London King's Cross

The Beamish Experience (UK Railtours)

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Sunday 1st September 2019

The Royal Duchy (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Yatton (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St. Davids (pu) - Plymouth (sd) - Par
  • 6233 Par (pu) - Plymouth (pu) - Exeter St. Davids (pu) - Taunton (sd) - Yatton (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads

The Shakespeare Express (Morning & Afternoon Departures) (Vintage Trains)

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)



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Monday 2nd September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 3rd September 2019

Morning, Mid-Morning & Afternoon Royal Windsor Express (Steam Dreams)

The Sunset Steam Express (Steam Dreams)

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Dalesman (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 York (pu) - Normanton (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Hellifield
  • WCRC Steam Pool Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
  • WCRC Steam Pool Carlisle - S&C - Hellifield
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Hellifield - Skipton (sd) - Leeds (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Normanton (sd) - York

Wednesday 4th September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 5th September 2019

The British Pullman: Historic Canterbury (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Canterbury (break) & return

The Dorset Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

Evening Diner (Vintage Trains)

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Scarborough Spa Express (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 6th September 2019

The British Pullman (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Northern Belle (Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Lincoln (pu) - Nottingham (pu) - Derby (pu) - Llandudno Junction (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 7th September 2019

The Aberdonian (bookings Through UK Railtours) (A1 Steam Locomotive Trust)

  • 60163 Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Haymarket (pu) - Dalmeny - Forth Bridge - Inverkeithing - Kirkcaldy - Tay Bridge - Dundee - Montrose - Stonehaven - Aberdeen (break/rev) & return

GWR/WSR Shuttle Services (Great Western Railway)

Heritage Shuttles (two Return Trips) (London Transport Museum)

Heritage Shuttles (London Transport Museum)

Settle, Carlisle & Cumbrian Coast Circular (NENTA Traintours)

  • DRS Class 68 x 2 TNT Norwich (pu) - Diss (pu) - Ipswich (pu) - Stowmarket (pu) - Bury St. Edmunds (pu) - Cambridge (by service train from Ely) (pu) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Appleby (sd) - Carlisle
  • DRS Class 68 Carlisle (pu) - Grange over Sands (pu) - Peterborough (sd) - March (sd) - Ely (sd) - (Cambridge (sd) - by service train from Ely) - Bury St. Edmunds (sd) - Stowmarket (sd) - Ipswich (sd) - Diss (sd) - Norwich

Sugar Loaf Mountaineer (Pathfinder Tours)

  • Class 37 Birmingham New Street (pu) - Sandwell & Dudley (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Telford Central (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) -
  • 45231 Shrewsbury - Craven Arms (pu) - Llandrindod Wells - Pantyffynnon - Llanelli - Carmarthen
  • 45231 Carmarthen - Llanelli - Pantyffynnon - Llandrindod Wells - Craven Arms (sd) - Shrewsbury (sd) -
  • Class 37 Shrewsbury - Telford Central (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Sandwell & Dudley (sd) - Birmingham New Street

The Cheshireman (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 Norwich (pu) - Wymondham (pu) - Attleborough (pu) - Thetford (pu) - Brandon (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Leicester (pu) - Hincley - Nuneaton - Stafford - Crewe - Chester
  • 6233 Chester - Crewe - Stafford - Nuneaton - Hinckley - Leicester (sd) - Peterborough (sd) -
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Peterborough - March (sd) - Brandon (sd) - Thetford (sd) - Attleborough (sd) - Wymondham (sd) - Norwich

Yorkshire Coast Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed High Wycombe (pu) - Princes Risborough (pu) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (pu) - Bicester North (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Warwick Parkway (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Burton-upon-Trent (pu) - Derby (pu) - York - Malton - Scarborough
  • To be confirmed Scarborough (pu) - Bridlington - Beverley - Derby (sd) - Burton-upon-Trent (sd) - Tamworth High Level (sd) - Solihull (sd) - Warwick Parkway (sd) - Banbury (sd) - Bicester North (sd) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (sd) - Princes Risborough (sd) - High Wycombe

The White Rose (Vintage Trains)

  • 7029 Dorridge (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Tyseley (Mainline) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Burton upon Trent - Ilkeston - York (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Sunday 8th September 2019

Heritage Shuttles (two Return Trips) (London Transport Museum)

Heritage Shuttles (London Transport Museum)

The Northern Belle (Northern Belle)

The Waverley (Railway Touring Company)

  • 45596 or 45690 York (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Shipley (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Hellifield - Appleby (sd) - Carlisle (break/rev) & return

The Torbay Express (Torbay Express Ltd)

  • Steam tba Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Trowbridge (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Paignton (sd) - Kingswear (break/rev) & return

The Merchant Of Avon (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Steam Pool Burton upon Trent (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley in Arden - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • WCRC Steam Pool Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Henley-in-Arden - Tyseley (sd) - Coleshill Parkway (sd) - Tamworth High Level (sd) - Burton upon Trent

Additional Tour Information

The mid-day Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham and return section has been removed from the itinerary due to operational issues in the Birmingham area.

Added 10:58 on Thursday 15th August 2019

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Monday 9th September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 10th September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Dalesman (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 York (pu) - Normanton (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Hellifield
  • WCRC Steam Pool Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
  • WCRC Steam Pool Carlisle - S&C - Hellifield
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Hellifield - Skipton (sd) - Leeds (sd) - Wakefield Westgate (sd) - Wakefield Kirkgate (sd) - Normanton (sd) - York

Wednesday 11th September 2019

The British Pullman: Bath Spa & Bristol By Steam (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 12th September 2019

The Swanage Belle (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 or 60009 London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Bournemouth - Poole - Wareham - Worgret Junction - Corfe Castle - Swanage
  • Diesel TBA Swanage - Wareham - Bournemouth - Southampton Central
  • 6233 or 60009 Southampton Central - Redbridge - Romsey - Andover - Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - Staines (sd) - London Victoria

The Swanage Belle (Swanage Railway)

  • 6233 or 60009 London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Bournemouth (sd) - Swanage
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Swanage (pu) - Southampton Central
  • 6233 and 60009 Southampton Central - Romsey - Andover -Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - Staines (sd) - London Victoria

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 13th September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 14th September 2019

The Bow Bells (Branch Line Society)

  • DBS Class 66 (Pair) Nottingham (pu) - via 'A' Line/Up Nottingham Slow - East Midlands Parkway (pu) - Loughborough - Syston North to East Junctions - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Melton Mowbray Up Goods - Oakham Up Goods Loop - Stamford - New England North/Arrival - Departure Line 1 or 2 - Construction Line - Peterborough (pu) - March - March Up Goods - Ely West Curve - Brandon Down Goods Loop (rev) - Brandon DB Cargo (rev) - Thetford - Eccles Road Exchange Sidings (rev) - Johnston Logistics Grain Terminal (rev) - Exchange Sidings (rev) - Wymondham - Trowse Junction - Norwich (break/rev) - Thorpe Junction 'D' line (rev) - Carriage Sidings Line 9 (rev) - Riverside Freight Depot Cemex Pad (rev) - Carriage Sidings Line 9 (rev) - Thorpe Junction 'D' Line R - Norwich (rev) - Trowse Down & Up Loop - Wymondham - Brandon - Ely Through Siding - Cambridge North Junction - Reception Loop - Cambridge No. 4 Reception Siding - Cambridge South Junction - Great Chesterford Up Goods Loop - Bishops Stortford - Up Passenger Loop - Harlow Mill - Runround Loop - Harlow Town - Broxbourne Up Goods Loop - Lea Bridge - Temple Mills Reception Road - Olympia Park Junction - Down Temple Mills - Stratford Platform 12 - Down Temple Mills - Bow Plasmor Terminal (rev) - Carpenters Road South Junction - Up Channelsea Loop - Lea Junction - Canonbury West Junction - Finsbury Park Down Goods - Down Slow No.2 - Welwyn Garden City - Down Slow - Stevenage - Down Slow - Hitchin - Peterborough (sd) - Oakham Down Goods loop - Melton Mowbray Down Goods Loop - Melton Mowbray (sd) - Syston East to North Junction - Loughborough (sd) - East Midlands Parkway (sd) - Down Nottingham Slow - 'B' Line - Nottingham

The Northern Belle (Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Birmingham International (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Arundel (break/rev) & return

The Settle & Carlisle Mountaineer (Pathfinder Tours)

  •   Didcot Parkway (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Carnforth
  •   Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  •   Carlisle - S&C - Hellifield
  •   Hellifield - Blackburn - Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Tame Bridge Parkway (sd) - Birmingham International (sd) - Coventry (sd) - Leamington Spa (sd) - Banbury (sd) - Oxford (sd) - Didcot Parkway
Cancelled

The Yorkshireman (Saphos Trains)

  • 34046 Crewe (pu) - Hartford (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Newton-le-Willows (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Hope Valley Line - Sheffield - Church Fenton - York
  • 34046 York (pu) - Calder Valley - Todmorden - Rochdale - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Newton-le-Willows (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Hartford (sd) - Crewe

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • 86259/tbc London Euston (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Carnforth
  • Steam Tba Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • Steam TBA Carlisle - S&C - Hellifield - Blackburn (set down for Preston) - Farington Junction
  • 86259/tbc Farington Junction - Crewe (sd) - Lichfield Trent Valley (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd - London Euston

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Sunday 15th September 2019

The Royal Duchy (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Yatton (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St. Davids (pu) - Plymouth (sd) - Par
  • 6233 Par (pu) - Plymouth (pu) - Exeter St. Davids (pu) - Taunton (sd) - Yatton (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads

The Shakespeare Express (Morning & Afternoon Departures) (Vintage Trains)

  • 7029 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley-in-Arden (pu) - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • 7029 Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Claverdon - Dorridge - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill

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Monday 16th September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 17th September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 18th September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 19th September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 20th September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 21st September 2019

GWR/WSR Shuttle Services (Great Western Railway)

The Northern Belle (Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Scarborough (break/rev) & return

The Pennine Blackpool Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 86259 London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - (by service train to Milton Keynes Central) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - (by service train to Rugby) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Preston (pu) - Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • WCRC Steam Pool Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • WCRC Steam Pool Carlisle (pu) - Appleby - S&C - Hellifield - Blackburn - Farington Junction - Preston - Blackpool North
  • 86259 Blackpool North (pu) - Preston - Crewe (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby (sd) - (Northampton (sd) - by service train from Rugby) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - (Watford Junction (sd) - by service train from Milton Keynes Central) - London Euston

Inverness (SRPS Railtours)

  • Diesel tba North Berwick (pu) - Longniddry (pu) - Musselburgh (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Dalmeny (pu) - Dalgety Bay (pu) - Kirkcaldy (pu) - Ladybank (pu) - Aviemore (sd) - Inverness
  • Diesel tba Inverness (pu) - Elgon (pu) - Aberdeen - Montrose - Dundee - Tay Bridge - Ladybank (sd) - Kirkcaldy (sd) - Dalgety Bay (sd) - Dalmeny (sd) - Edinburgh Waverley (sd) - Musselburgh (sd) - Lonbgniddry (sd) - North Berwick

Great Western Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Stamford (pu) - Oakham (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Leicester (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Wellingborough (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Sunday 22nd September 2019

Birmingham Balti Bash (Branch Line Society)

  • 20142 and 20189 Solihull (pu) - Dorridge Up & Down Passenger Loop - Dorridge (pu) - Warwick (pu) (rev) - Warwick Trailing X/O - Down Hatton Goods Loop - Hatton (pu) - Up & Down Dorridge Goods Loop - Up & Down Tyseley Chord - Tyseley South Junction - Tyseley Down Through Siding - Small Heath South Junction - Down Bordesley Goods Loop - St.Andrews Junction - Up Derby Slow - Sutton Park - Walsall (pu) - Darlaston Junction - Bushbury Down Goods Loop - Bushbury Junction Trailing X/O - Oxley Chord - Down Cosford Goods Loop - Ironbridge (operational limit) (rev) - Madeley Junction (rev) - Down Wellington - Shrewsbury (break) (rev) - Up Wellington - Up Cosford Goods Loop - Oxley Chord - Down Bushbury Goods Loop - Bushbury Junction Trailing X/O - Bescot Up Goods Loop - Perry Barr North Junction - Soho East Junction - Galton Junction - Smethwick Junction - Down Rowley Regis Goods Loop - Stourbridge Junction (rev) - Stourbridge Down Goods Loop - Up Rood End Goods Loop - Birmingham Snow Hill (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Up & Down Small Heath Goods (ECS Line) - Tyseley Up Through Siding - Warwick (rev) - Warwick Trailing X/O - Dorridge (sd) - Solihull

Additional Tour Information

VintageTrains will be providing the locomotives and stock.

Added 15:58 on Saturday 3rd August 2019

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Winchester (sd) - Chichester (sd) - Littlehampton (break/rev) & return

The Torbay Express (Torbay Express Ltd)

  •   Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Trowbridge (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Paignton (sd) - Kingswear (break/rev) & return
Cancelled

The Merchant Of Avon (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Steam Pool Burton upon Trent (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley in Arden - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • WCRC Steam Pool Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Henley-in-Arden - Tyseley (sd) - Coleshill Parkway (sd) - Tamworth High Level (sd) - Burton upon Trent

Additional Tour Information

The mid-day Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham and return section has been removed from the itinerary due to operational issues in the Birmingham area.

Added 10:58 on Thursday 15th August 2019

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Monday 23rd September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 24th September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 25th September 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 26th September 2019

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA London Victoria (pu) - Egham (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Bournemouth (sd) - Corfe (sd) - Swanage (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 27th September 2019

The Autumn Highlander: Day 1 (Pathfinder Tours)

  • TBA Exeter St. Davids (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Weston-super-Mare (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Shap - Beattock - Stirling - Aviemore

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 28th September 2019

The North Briton (A1 Steam Locomotive Trust)

  • TBA London Kings Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Retford (pu) - Doncaster
  • 60163 Doncaster - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
  • 60163 Carlisle (pu) -Hexham - Tyne Yard
  • TBA Tyne Yard - Darlington - York - Doncaster - Retford (sd) - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London King's Cross

The Northern Belle (Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Gloucester (pu) - Cheltenham (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Llandudno Junction (break/rev) & return

The Autumn Highlander: Day 2 (Pathfinder Tours)

  • TBA Aviemore - Kyle of Lochalsh (break/rev) & return

The Cumbrian Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 86259 London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - (by service train to Milton Keynes Central) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - (by service train to Rugby) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Preston (pu) - Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • WCRC Steam Pool Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • WCRC Steam Pool Carlisle (pu) - Cumbrian Coast Line - Carnforth
  • 86259 Carnforth - Preston (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (by service train from Rugby) - Milton Keynes Central - Watford Junction (by service train from Milton Keynes Central)- London Euston

Fort William (SRPS Railtours)

  • Diesel tba Ayr (pu) - Prestwick Town (pu) - Troon (pu) - Irvine (pu) - Kilwinning (pu) - Johnstone (pu) - Paisley Gilmour Street (pu) - Exhibition Centre (pu) - Fort William (break/rev) & return

Settle To Carlisle Coastal Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Holyhead (pu) - Bangor (pu) - Llandudno Junction (pu) - Colwyn Bay (pu) - Rhyl (pu) - Prestatyn (pu) - Flint (pu) - Chester (pu) - Frodsham (pu) - S&C - Appleby (break) - Cumbrian Coast Line - Carnforth - Frodsham (sd) - Chester (sd) - Flint (sd) - Pretatyn (sd) - Rhyl (sd) - Colwyn Bay (sd) - Llandudno Junction (sd) - Bangor (sd) - Holyhead

The Cottam Farewell (UK Railtours)

  • GBRf Class 66/7 Clapham Junction (pu) - St. Albans City (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Leicester (pu) - Toton - Mansfield - Shirebrook - Worksop - Retford - Cottam Power Station - Retford - Worksop (break) - South Yorkshire Joint Line - Doncaster Bridge Street Junction - Roberts Road Depot - Mexborough - Beighton Junction - Chesterfield - Toton - Leicester (sd) - Bedford (sd) - St.Albans City (sd) - Clapham Junction

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Lune Rivers Trust Steam Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Steam Pool Carnforth (pu) - Wennington (pu) - Bentham (pu) - Shrewsbury (break/rev) & return

Sunday 29th September 2019

The Autumn Highlande: Day 3 (Pathfinder Tours)

  • TBA Aviemore - Thurso
  • TBA Wick - Aviemore

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA London Victoria (pu) -Chilterns & Surrey Hills - London Victoria

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)



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Monday 30th September 2019

The Autumn Highlander: Day 4 (Pathfinder Tours)

  • TBA Aviemore (pu) - Shap - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Shrewsbury (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Kidderminster (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Cam & Dursley (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (sd) - Weston-super-Mare (sd) - Taunton (sd) - Exeter St. Davids

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 1st October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 2nd October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 3rd October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 4th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 5th October 2019

The Pennine Explorer (A1 Steam Locomotive Trust)

  • Diesel TBA Leicester (pu) - East Midlands Parkway (pu) - Derby (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Sheffield (pu) - York
  • 60163 York - Darlington - Durham - Hexham - Carlisle
  • 60163 Carlisle - S&C - Hellfield - Skipton - Sheffield area
  • Diesel TBA Sheffield area - Sheffield (sd) - Chesterfield (sd) - Derby (sd) - East Midlands Parkway (sd) - Leicester

GWR/WSR Shuttle Services (Great Western Railway)

Edinburgh Explorer Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Wolverhampton (pu) - Telford Central (pu) - Wellington (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Preston (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • 6233 The Bluebell Railway (pu) - East Grinstead (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill
  • 6233 Worcester Shrub Hill - Cheltenham Spa - Stroud - Sapperton - Swindon - Didcot Parkway East Grinstead (sd) - The Bluebell Railway

Sunday 6th October 2019

Cardiff Valleys Pacer Farewell (Fawelio ? Phacer Cymoedd Caerdydd) In Association With Transport For Wales (Branch Line Society)

  • Class 143 'Pacer' x 2 Cardiff Central u- Penarth (rev) - Cardiff Central (pu) - Ninian Park (rev) - Cogan DPL - Barry (rev) - Cogan UPL - Ninian Park (rev) - Cardiff Central (rev) - Ninian Park - Radyr - Taff wells - (rev) - Radyr - Llandaf - Cardiff Queen Street - Cardiff Central - Ninian Park - Radyr - Pontypridd (rev) - Radyr (rev) - Pontypridd - Treherbert North GF (rev) - Treherbert Sidings (rev) - Treherbert North GF (rev) - Pontypridd (rev) - Aberdare (rev) - Aberxwmboi DPL - Stormstown Loop - Pontypridd - Radyr (rev) - Pontypridd - Radyr - Ninian Park - Cardiff Central - Cardiff Queen Street - Caerphilly (rev) - Cardiff Queen Street - Cardiff Central (rev) - Cardiff Queen Street - Caerphilly (rev) - Cardiff Queen Street - Cardiff Central (rev) - Cardiff Queen Street - Bargoed - Rhymney North Ground Frame (rev) - Rhymney DMU Sidings (rev) - Rhymney North Ground Frame - Bargoed (rev) - Bargoed Viaduct Sidings (rev) - Caerphilly - Cardiff Queen Street - Cardiff Bay (rev) - Cardiff Queen Street - Astrid Mynach (rev) - Down Rhymney Loop - Cardiff vQueen Street - Cardiff Central - Brickyard Sidings (rev) - Cardiff Central


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Monday 7th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 8th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 9th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 10th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 11th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 12th October 2019

The Cumbrian Mountain Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 86259 London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - (by service train to Milton Keynes Central) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - (by service train to Rugby) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Preston (pu) - Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • 6201 Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • 6201 Carlisle - S&C - Hellifield - Blackburn (set down for Preston) - Farington Junction
  • 86259 Farington Junction - Crewe (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (sd) - (by service train from Crewe) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - (by service train from Milton Keynes Central) - London Euston

The Snowdon Panorama (UK Railtours)

  • TBA London Euston (pu) - Wtford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Crewe - Chester - Llandudno Junction (break/rev) & return

Chester Venturer (Vintage Trains)

  • 45596 Dorridge (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Tyseley (Main Line) (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford - Crewe - Chester (break/rev)
  • 45596 Chester (pu) - Wrexham General - Chirk - Shrewsbury - Telford Central - Wolverhampton (sd) - Walsall - Sutton Park - Tyseley (Mainline) (sd) - Solihull (sd) - Dorridge

Additional Tour Information

Redated from 19th October, and replaced the previously planned Cotswold Explorer.

Added 10:17 on Tuesday 25th June 2019

Cotswold Explorer (Vintage Trains)

  •   Dorridge (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Tyseley (Main Line) (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham - Stroud - Sapperton - Swindon - Oxford
  •   Oxford - Moreton-in-Marsh - Evesham - Worcester Shrub Hill (sd) - Stourbridge Junction (sd) - Rowley Regis - Birmingham Snow Hill (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Tyseley (Mainline) (sd) - Solihull (sd) - Dorridge
Cancelled


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Monday 14th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 15th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 16th October 2019

The Fenland Meander (UK Railtours)

  • TBA London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Welwyn Garden City (pu) - Royston - Cambridge - Ely (break) - March - Whittlesea - Peterborough - Splading - Sleaford - Lincoln Central - Newark North Gate - Grantham - Welwyn Garden City (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London King's Cross

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 17th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 18th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 19th October 2019

The Yorkshireman (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 Ealing Broadway (pu) - St.Albans (pu) - Luton (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Erewash Valley Line - Chesterfield - Conisbrough - Doncaster - York
  • WCRC Class 47/57 York (pu) - Chesterfield - Erewash Valley Line - Melton Mowbray (sd) - Kettering (sd) - Bedford (sd) - Luton (sd) - St. Albans (sd) - Ealing Broadway

Ayr & Stranraer (SRPS Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Cramlington (pu) - Morpeth (pu) - Alnmouth for Alnwick (pu) - Berwick upon Tweed (pu) - Drem (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Linlithgow (pu) - Ayr (sd) - Stranraer (break/rev) & return

Additional Tour Information

Motive power confirmed by the SRPS as WCRC Type 4 diesels.

Added 14:15 on Saturday 17th August 2019

Lord Of The Isles Statesman: Day 1 (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Stevenage (pu) - Hitchin (pu) - St. Neots (pu) - Huntingdon (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Grantham (pu) - Newark North Gate (pu) - Retford (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - York (pu) - Inverness

Chester Venturer (Vintage Trains)

  •   Dorridge (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Tyseley (Main Line) (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford - Crewe - Chester (break/rev) and return
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Tour moved to 12th October.

Added 10:16 on Tuesday 25th June 2019

Sunday 20th October 2019

Lord Of The Isles Statesman: Day 2 (Statesman Rail)



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Monday 21st October 2019

Lord Of The Isles Statesman: Day 3 (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Inverness (pu) - York (sd) - Doncaster (sd) - Retford (sd) - Newark North Gate (sd) - Grantham (sd) - Peterborough (sd) - Huntingdon (sd) - St. Neots (sd) - Hitchin (sd) - Stevenage

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 22nd October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 23rd October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 24th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 25th October 2019

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 26th October 2019

Golden Arrow (Saphos Trains)

Additional Tour Information

Saphos Trains has confirmed that the train will be hauled by No. 70000 Britannia, renamed and renumbered as former Stewarts Lane-based classmate No. 70014 Iron Duke, and carrying full 'Golden Arrow' regalia.

Added 12:13 on Wednesday 31st July 2019

Saturday 2nd November 2019

The Illuminati (A1 Steam Locomotive Trust)

  • 60163 Birmingham New Street (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Stoke on Trent (pu) - Preston
  • Diesel TBA Preston - Blackpool North
  • Diesel TBA Blackpool North - Preston
  • 60163 Preston - Stoke on Trent (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Tame Bridge Parkway (sd) - Birmingham New Street

Sunday 3rd November 2019

The Tin Bath (Railway Touring Company)

  •   Preston (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Chinley - Hope Valley Line - Sheffield - Chapeltown -Barnsley - Penistone - Derby Dale - Huddersfield - Brighouse - Calder Valley - Copy Pit - Blackburn - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - Preston
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Replaced by a new tour heading for Wakefield & around South Yorkshire

Added 10:34 on Thursday 22nd August 2019

The South Yorkshireman (Railway Touring Company)

  • 45690 or 45699 Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Bolton (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Denton - Stockport - Hope Valley Line - Sheffield (pu) - Meadowhall - Barnsley - Crigglestone - Wakefield Kirkgate (break) - Hare Park Junction - Moorthorpe - Brightside - Sheffield (sd) - Hope Valley Line - Stockport - Denton - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Bolton (sd) - Chorley - Preston

Tuesday 5th November 2019

The Crewe Flyer (Railway Touring Company)

  • 60103 Ealing Broadway (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Weedon - Rugby - Nuneaton - Stafford - Crewe
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Crewe - Stafford - Nuneaton - Rugby - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - Ealing Broadway

Friday 8th November 2019

The North Wales Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 86259 London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley (pu) - Crewe
  • 60103 Crewe - Chester - Llandudno Junction - Bangor - Holyhead
  • 60103 Holyhead - bangor - Llandudno Junction - Chester - Crewe
  • 86259 Crewe - Stafford - Lichfield Trent Valley (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston

Saturday 9th November 2019

The Citadel Steam Special (Ian Riley Railtours)

Additional Tour Information

This tour will be hauled by two Black 5s from the pool quoted in the listings

Added 12:01 on Sunday 24th February 2019

Saturday 16th November 2019

The Christmas Cheshireman (Railway Touring Company)

  • 60009 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Filton Abbey Wood (pu) - Cwmbran (pu) - Abergavenney (pu) - Hereford - Shrewsbury - Gobowen - Wrexham General - Chester (break/rev) & return

The Severn Valley Railway Autumn Special (UK Railtours)

  • TBA London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Rugby - Coventry - Stechford - Aston - Perry Barr to Soho Junctions - Galton Junction - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Kidderminster SVR
  • TBA Bridgnorth (pu) - Highley (pu) - Kidderminster - Stourbridge Junction - Rowley Regis - Galton Junction - Soho to Perry Barr Junctions - Tame Bridge Parkway - Walsall - Sutton Park Line - Water Norton - Nuneaton - Rugby - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston

Sunday 17th November 2019

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage - Peterborough (pu) - York
  • WCRC Class 47/57 York (pu) - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London King's Cross

Thursday 21st November 2019

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA West Brompton (pu) - - Cheam (pu) - Leatherhead (pu) - Effingham Junction (pu) - Guildford (pu) - Petersfield (pu) - Salisbury (sd) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

Saturday 23rd November 2019

The Marches & Severn Express (Pathfinder Tours)

  • 60163 Eastleigh (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Reading West (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Kemble (pu) - Stroud (pu) - Stonehouse (pu) - Gloucester (pu) - Chepstow - Abergavenny - Ludlow (sd) - Shrewsbury (break/rev) & return

The Ludlow Medieval Christmas Fair (Railway Touring Company)

  • 60009 Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Ludlow (sd) - Shrewsbury (break/rev) & return

Sunday 24th November 2019

Santa Special & Christmas Lunch (West Coast Railtours)

Tuesday 26th November 2019

The Christmas Sussex Belle (Railway Touring Company)

Thursday 28th November 2019

The Worcester Christmas Fair (Railway Touring Company)

  • 60009 Norwich (pu) - Wymondham (pu) -Attleborough (pu) - Thetford (pu) - Brandon (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Leicester - Nuneaton - Waterl Orton - Birmingham Camp Hill Line - Bromsgrove - Worcester Shrub Hill
  • 60009 Worcester Shrub Hill u- Bromsgrove - Birmingham Camp Hill Line - Water Orton - Nuneaton - Leicester - Melton Mowbray (sd) - Peterborough (sd)
  • WCRC Class 47/57 {Peterborough - March (sd) - Brandon (sd) - Thetford (sd) - Attleborough (sd) - Wymondham (sd) - Norwich

Saturday 30th November 2019

The York Yuletide Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 60009 Ealing Broadway (pu) - St. Albans (pu) - Luton (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - York
  • 6233 York (pu) - Melton Mowbray (sd) - Kettering (sd) - Bedford (sd) - St. Albans (sd) - Ealing Broadway

Sunday 1st December 2019

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

Bath Christmas Market (Vintage Trains)

  • TBA Solihull (pu) - Dorridge - Warwick Parkway (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - BristolTemple Meads (break/rev) & return

Santa Special & Christmas Lunch (West Coast Railtours)

Tuesday 3rd December 2019

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA Ashford (pu) - Charing (pu) - Maidstone East (pu) - Brough Green & Wrotham (pu) - Swanley (pu) - Shepherds Bush - Windsor
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Windsor - Shepherds Bush - Swanley (sd) - Borough Green & Wrotham (sd) - Maidstone East (sd) - Charing (sd) - Ashford

Wednesday 4th December 2019

Flying Scotsman Christmas Dalesman (Ian Riley Railtours)

  • 60103 Manchester Victoria (pu) - Bolton (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
  • 60103 Carlisle - Shap - Carnforth
  • WCRC Class 47 Carnforth - Preston (sd) - Bolton (sd) - Manchester Victoria (sd)

Thursday 5th December 2019

The Bath & Bristol Christmas Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 Swanage (pu) - Poole (pu) - Bournemouth (pu) - Brockenhurst (pu) - Southampton Central (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads
  • 6233 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Salisbury (sd) -
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Salisbury - Southampton Central (sd) - Brockenhurst (sd) - Bournemouth (sd) - Pools (sd) - Swanage

Santa Special & Christmas Lunch (West Coast Railtours)

  • WCRC Steam Pool Lancaster (pu) - Carnforth (pu) - Bentham - Settle Junction - Hellifield - Blackburn - Preston - Lancaster (sd) - Carnforth

Saturday 7th December 2019

The Lindum Fayre (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 London Kings Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Spalding - Sleaford - Lincoln Central
  • 6233 Lincoln Central (pu) - Newark North Gate - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London Kings Cross

Pennine Moors Christmas Explorer (Saphos Trains)

  • 34046 or 46100 or 70000 Crewe (pu) - Hartford (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Rochdale - Todmorden - Copy Pit - Accrington - Blackburn - Leyland - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Hartford (sd) - Crewe

Over The Pennines To Manchester (UK Railtours)

  • TBA London Kings Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Hope Valley - Manchester Piccadilly (break/rev) & return

Sunday 8th December 2019

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA London King's Cross (pu) - Hertford North (pu) - Hitchin (pu) - Huntingdon (pu) - Lincoln Central (break/rev) & return

The Lincoln Christmas Market (UK Railtours)

  • TBA London inns Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Welwyn Garden City (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Lincoln Central (break/rev) & return

Santa Special & Christmas Lunch (West Coast Railtours)

Tuesday 10th December 2019

The Bath & Cardiff Christmas Markets (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Newbury (pu) -Bath Spa (sd) - Cardiff Central (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 11th December 2019

The Severn-Dudley Sins (UK Railtours)

  • Diesel TBA London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milon Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - Lifford Curve - Camp Hill Line - Park Lane Junction - Sutton Park Line - Walsall - Wolverhampton - Madeley Junction - Coalbrookdale (rev) - Madeley Junction - Oxley Chord - Stafford -
  • Diesel TBA Stafford - Lichfield Chord - Alrewas - Derby - Chaddesden Sidings (rev) - Derby - Wichnor Junction - Lichfield City - Sutton Coldfield - Aston - Stechford - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston

Thursday 12th December 2019

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • Diesel TBA Chinnor (pu) - Princes Risborough
  • Steam TBA Princes Risborough (pu) - Bicester Village (pu) - Oxford Parkway (pu) - Winchester (sd) - Eastleigh
  • Steam TBA Eastleigh (pu) - Winchester (pu) - Oxford Parkway (sd) - Bicester Village (sd) - Princes Risborough (sd) -
  • Diesel TBA Princes Risborough - Chinnor

Saturday 14th December 2019

Flying Scotsman Christmas Dalesman (Ian Riley Railtours)

  • 60103 Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
  • 60103 Carlisle - Shap - Carnforth
  • WCRC Class 47 Carnforth - Preston - Liverpool Lime Street (sd)

The Grotto Grid (Pathfinder Tours)

  • DBC Class 66 Westbury (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Cheltenham (pu) - Bromsgrove (pu) - Northfield (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Burton-upon-Trent (pu) - Derby (pu) - Chaddesden Sidings
  • Colas Class 56 and DBC Class 66 Chaddesden Sidings - Lincoln - Barnetby - Scunthorpe Trent Reception Line - Roxby Gullet Branchline - Scunthorpe Yard - Scunthorpe Old Station & E Line - Doncaster Avoiding Line - Roundwood Chord - Up Cranklow Goods Loop - Up & Down Staveley Goods Loop - Woodhouse Sidings - Up & Down Blackwell Slow - Chesterfield (sd) - Up & Down Erewash Slow - Lenton Curve - Toton High Level Lines & Toton Upside
  • DBC Class 66 Toton - Burton-upon-Trent (sd) - Coleshill Parkway (sd) - Northfield (sd) - Bromsgrove (sd) - Cheltenham (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Bath Spa (sd) - Westbury

The Tynesider (Railway Touring Company)

  • 60163 London Kings Cross (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - York (sd) -
  • 60009 York - Durham s- Newcastle upon Tyne
  • 60009 Newcastle upon Tyne - Durham (pu) - York
  • 60163 York - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - London Kings Cross

The Chester Christmas Chuffer (UK Railtours)

  • Diesel TBA London Euston (pu) - Hemel Hempstead (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Rugby - Coventry - Aston- Bescot
  • 70000 Bescot - Shrewsbury - Wrexham General - Crewe - Chester
  • 70000 Chester - Crewe
  • Diesel TBA Crewe - Northampton (sd) - Milton keynes Central (sd) - Hemel Hempstead (sd) - London Euston

The Christmas White Rose (Vintage Trains)

  • 7029 and 47773 tnt Dorridge (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Tyseley (Mainline) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Burton upon Trent - Ilkeston - York (break/rev) & return

Sunday 15th December 2019

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA London Victoria (pu) - Staines(pu) - Ascot (pu) - Reading (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Warwick (pu) - Stratford-upon-Avon (break/rev) & return

Tuesday 17th December 2019

Steam Dreams Excursion (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA London Waterloo (pu) - Woking (pu) - Salisbury (sd) - Sherborne (sd) - Yeovil Railway Centre (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 18th December 2019

Flying Scotsman Christmas Dalesman (Ian Riley Railtours)

  • 60103 Manchester Victoria (pu) - Bolton (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
  • 60103 Carlisle - Shap - Carnforth
  • WCRC Class 47 Carnforth - Preston (sd) - Bolton (sd) - Manchester Victoria (sd)

Thursday 19th December 2019

The Chester Christmas Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 Stevenage (pu) - Cambridge (pu) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Oakham (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Leicester (pu) - Nuneaton - Lichfield Trent Valley - Stafford - Crewe - Chester (break/rev) & return

Friday 20th December 2019

Steam Dreams White Cliffs Lunchtime Tour (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam TBA London Victoria (pu) - Bromley South - Swanley (pu) - Dover - Swanley (sd) - Bromley South (sd) - London Victoria

Saturday 21st December 2019

Flying Scotsman Christmas Dalesman (Ian Riley Railtours)

  • 60103 Manchester Victoria (pu) - Bolton (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
  • 60103 Carlisle - Shap - Carnforth
  • WCRC Class 47 Carnforth - Preston (sd) - Bolton (sd) - Manchester Victoria (sd)

The Edinburgh Christmas Market (Railway Touring Company)

  • 60009 York (pu) -Durham (pu) - Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Beverley At Christmas (UK Railtours)

  • Diesel TBA London Kings Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage - Peterborough (pu) - Doncaster - Brough - Beverley (break/rev) & return

The Christmas White Rose (Vintage Trains)

  • 7029 and 47773 tnt Dorridge (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Tyseley (Mainline) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Leicester (pu) - East Midlands Parkway (pu) - Ilkeston (pu) - York (break/rev) & return

Saturday 14th March 2020

Settle & Carlisle Luncheon Circular (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Crewe (pu) -Hartford (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - S&C - Upperby Curve - Shap - Preston - Wigan North Western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Hartford (sd) - Crewe

Saturday 21st March 2020

Portsmouth Harbour Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Crewe (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Rugeley Town (pu) - Cannock (pu) - Walsall (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Portsmouth Harbour (break/rev) & return

Friday 27th March 2020

West Highland Statesman: Day 1 (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Preston (pu) - Fort William

Saturday 28th March 2020

West Highland Statesman: Day 2 (Statesman Rail)

Sunday 29th March 2020

West Highland Statesman: Day 3 (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Fort William (pu) - Preston (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Lichfield Trent Valley (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Milton Keynes Central

Saturday 4th April 2020

Settle & Carlisle Luncheon Circular (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Bangor (pu) - Llandudno Junction (pu) - Colony Bay (pu) - Rhyl (pu) - Flint (pu) - Chester (pu) - Frodsham (pu) - S&C - upper by Curve - Shap - preston - Frodsham (sd) - Chester (sd) - Flint (sd) - Rhyl (sd) - Colwyn Bay (sd) - Llandudno Junction (sd) - Bangor

Friday 17th April 2020

Great Britain 2020: Day 1 (Railway Touring Company)

  • 60163 London Kings Cross - York
  • 46115 York - Newcastle upon Tyne - Edinburgh Waverley

Saturday 18th April 2020

Settle & Carlisle Luncheon Circular (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Derby (pu) - Uttoxeter (pu) - Stoke on Trent (pu) - Kidsgrove (pu) - Alsager (pu) - Crewe (pu) - S&C - Upperby Curve - Shap - Crewe (sd) - Alsager (sd) - Kidsgrove (sd) - Stoke on Trent (sd) - Uttoxeter (sd) - Derby

Sunday 19th April 2020

Great Britain 2020: Day 3 (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 Inverness - Aviemore - Perth - Stirling


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Monday 20th April 2020

Great Britain 2020: Day 4 (Railway Touring Company)

Tuesday 21st April 2020

Great Britain 2020: Day 5 (Railway Touring Company)

  • 46115 Stirling - Cumbernauld - Carstairs - Beattock - Carlisle
  • 45690 Carlisle - Cumbrian Coast Line - Grange-over-Sands

Wednesday 22nd April 2020

Great Britain 2020: Day 6 (Railway Touring Company)

  • 35018 Grange-over-Sands - Carnforth - Preston - Warrington Bank Quay - Chester - Wrexham General - Shrewsbury - Hereford - Abergavenny - Cardiff Central

Thursday 23rd April 2020

Great Britain 2020: Day 7 (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6201 Cardiff Central - Bristol Temple Meads - Exeter St. Davids - Plymouth - Penzance

Saturday 25th April 2020

Great Britain 2020: Day 9 (day 8 Is A Free Day) (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6201 Penzance - Plymouth - Exeter St. Davids - Taunton - Westbury - Reading - Ascot - London Waterloo

Fenland Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • To be confirmed Crewe (pu) - Harford (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Leyland (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Burnley Manchester Road (pu) - Hebden Bridge (pu) - Brighouse (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Norwich (break/rev) & return


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