Railtours
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GB Railfreight ‘50s’ heading for the Settle & Carlisle
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This follows the success of their recent outing to Cornwall.
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BLS charity tour to explore Yorkshire freight lines with Colas and WCRC ’37s’
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No fewer than four rarely visited freight installations in Yorkshire will be explored by the Branch Line Society on July 20.
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Clun Castle to perform for Ironbridge branch farewell
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Two more opportunities to ride behind Tyseley’s restored No. 7029 Clun Castle on June 9.
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Bahamas booked for Tyseley Open Weekend in June
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In conjunction with its Tyseley Open Days, Vintage Trains is running four return trains per day between Birmingham Moor Street and Dorridge.
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Scunthorpe steelworks rail tours remain popular
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Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society runs rail tours around the busy rail-served complex of British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks on selected summer weekends.
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BTP warns ‘trespass will not be tolerated’
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BTP advises anyone witnessing incidents of trespass on the national network to call the police immediately on 999.
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UK Railtours partners with Locomotive Services Ltd for summer steam tours
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UK Railtours is teaming up for the first time with Locomotive Services Ltd on one of three recently announced steam tours operating this August. On August 3, the ‘Irish Mail’ will run from London Euston to Holyhead, celebrating one of the world’s earliest and longest-running named trains. Starting from Euston with diesel or electric haulage,…
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Greater Anglia to run Class 37 farewell railtour in May
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Just 250 seats are available and are sold on a first-come-first served basis, with tickets priced at £80.
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Vintage Trains plans to run 30 day tours in 2019
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By Cedric Johns VINTAGE Trains has announced its first season of tours as a Train Operating Company. The publication of the 2019 itinerary coincided with Tyseley Locomotive Works’ flagship WR 4-6-0 No. 7029 Clun Castle successfully completing its main line proving runs to and from Stratford-upon-Avon in February, as outlined on News, pages10/11. Testing over,…
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With full regulator: LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW
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In his latest column, Don Benn describes the performance of Clan Line on December 20’s ‘Carols in Sherborne Abbey’ trip – and also February 2’s ‘Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express’ double-header of Mayflower and British India Line, which hauled the train between Carnforth and Carlisle and return to Preston via the Settle and Carlisle route. THIS…
