Diesel Hauled Railtours 2008

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January
Name
From
To
Loco
Timings
TOC
Tour Promoter
Saturday 5th Edinburgh & the Royal Yacht Britannia
(Northern Belle)
Crewe Edinburgh
67029
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels/Northern Belle
Edinburgh Crewe
Saturday 12th Edinburgh & the Royal Yacht Britannia
(Northern Belle)
Leeds Edinburgh
67029+67014 (T&T)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels/Northern Belle
Edinburgh Leeds
Saturday 12th The Dinner
(Round Trip)
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria London Victoria
67006
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Wednesday 16th Bath Excursion
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria Bath Spa
67023
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Bath Spa London Victoria
Friday 18th Lunch Excursion
(Round Trip)
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria London Victoria
67 (EWS)
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Saturday 19th The Preston Docker London Euston Preston Docks
67029
EWS
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
Preston Docks Preston
37401+67029 (T&T)
Preston Morecambe
67029+37401 (T&T)
Morecambe Heysham
37401+67029 (T&T)
Heysham Morecambe
67029+37401 (T&T)
Morecambe Carnforth UDGL
37401+67029 (T&T)
Carnforth UDGL Preston
67029+37401 (T&T)
Preston London Euston
67029
Wednesday 23rd FOOTEX London Euston Liverpool Lime Street
67029+67024 (T&T)
EWS
Chelsea FC
Liverpool Lime Street London Paddington
Saturday 26th FOOTEX London Euston Wigan North Western
67005+67006 (T&T)
EWS
Chelsea FC
Wigan North Western London Euston
February
Name
From
To
Loco
Timings
TOC
Tour Promoter
Saturday 2nd *revised itinerary*
The Buffer Puffer 6.0
London Bridge London Charing Cross
37401+37422 (T&T)
EWS
Pathfinder Tours
London Charing Cross London Cannon Street
London Cannon Street London Blakfriars
London Blakfriars Uckfield
Uckfield East Grinstead
East Grinstead London Bridge
London Bridge London Victoria
London Victoria London Cannon Street
London Cannon Street London Blackfriars
London Blackfriars Gordon Hill Bay Platform
Gordon Hill Bay Platform London King's Cross
Saturday 2nd   Manchester Piccadilly Reading
57601+47826 (T&T)
 
WCRC
Reading Manchester Piccadilly
Friday 8th Lunch Excursion
(Round Trip)
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria London Victoria
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Saturday 9th Oozlum Bird Number Two - Inter City Merrymaker London Victoria Alresford
73209+73206
DRS
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
Alresford London Waterloo
Saturday 9th The Cumbrian Coast Express Leeds Preston
67012
(Steam 71000 Preston-Barrow-Carlisle-Shap-Preston)
EWS
The Railway Touring Company
Preston Leeds
Saturday 9th RUGEX 1 London Paddington Cardiff Central
67024+67029 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cardiff Central London Paddington
Saturday 9th RUGEX 2 Westbury Cardiff Central
67005+67006 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cardiff Central Westbury
Saturday 9th RUGEX 3 Swansea Newport
67002+67028 (T&T)
EWS
Arriva Trains Wales
Cardiff Central Swansea
Cardiff Central Swansea
Saturday 9th FOOTEX London King's Cross Middlesbrough
67016+67017 (T&T)
EWS
Thomas Cook Sport
Middlesbrough London King's Cross
Tuesday 12th Inaugural Run
(Stobart Pullman)
London Victoria Fareham
47802+47712 (T&T)
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Fareham London Euston
Wednesday 13th Bath Excursion
(VSOE British Pullman)
Westbury Bath Spa
67012
(Steam 35028 London Victoria-Westbury-London Victoria)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Bath Spa Westbury
Thursday 14th Valentine's Day Lunch
(Round Trip)
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria London Victoria
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Thursday 14th Valentine's Day Dinner
(Round Trip)
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria London Victoria
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Thursday 14th Valentines Lunch
(Round Trip)
(Northern Belle)
Harrogate Leeds
67028
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels/Northern Belle
Thursday 14th Valentines Dinner
(Round Trip)
(Northern Belle)
Chester Manchester Victoria
67028
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels/Northern Belle
Manchester Victoria Chester
Thursday 14th A Chocolate Paradise on St Valentines Day
(Stobart Pullman)
Finsbury Park Bournville
47712+47802 (T&T)
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Bournville Finsbury Park
Saturday 16th The Irish Mail Ealing Broadway Holyhead
D1015
EWS
Pathfinder Tours/DTG/ITG
Holyhead Ealing Broadway
Saturday 16th Edinburgh & the Royal Yacht Britannia
(Northern Belle)
Birmingham International Edinburgh
67028
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels/Northern Belle
Edinburgh Birmingham International
Saturday 16th The Valentines Express Doncaster Portsmouth Harbour
47804+47826 (T&T)
WCRC
Railtourer
Portsmouth Harbour Doncaster
Friday 22nd Musical Lunch
(Round Trip)
(Northern Belle)
Coventry Northampton
67002
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels/Northern Belle
Saturday 23rd The Deltic Pioneer Liverpool Lime Street Edinburgh
55022+47787 (T&T)
WCRC
Spitfire Railtours
Edinburgh Liverpool Lime Street
Saturday 23rd The Settle & Carlisle Winter Wonderland
(Stobart Pullman)
London King's Cross Carlisle
47712+47802 (T&T)
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Carlisle London King's Cross
Saturday 23rd The Pennine Limited Hereford Hellifield
47804+47826
(Steam 6201 Hellified-Settle-Carlisle-Shap-Carnforth)
WCRC
Past-Time Rail
Carnforth Hereford
Saturday 23rd RUGEX 1 London Paddington Cardiff Central
67012+67026 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cardiff Central London Paddington
Saturday 23rd RUGEX 2 Westbury Cardiff Central
67006+67019 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cardiff Central Swansea
Cardiff Central Bristol Temple Meads
Saturday 23rd RUGEX 3 Swansea Newport
67002+67017 (T&T)
EWS
Arriva Trains Wales
Cardiff Central Swansea
Cardiff Central Swansea
Thursday 28th The Central Wales Winter Wonderland
(Stobart Pullman)
London Paddington Shrewsbury
47712+47501 (T&T)
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Shrewsbury London Paddington
March
Name
From
To
Loco
Timings
TOC
Tour Promoter
Saturday 1st The Talisman London King's Cross Peterborough
47787+57601
(Steam 60019 Peterborough-Newcastle-York)
WCRC
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust
York London King's Cross
Saturday 1st Les Ross's Day Tripper Birmingham New Street Liverpool Lime Street
86259+47773 (T&T)
WCRC
Vintage Trains
Liverpool Lime Street Preston
47773+86259 (T&T)
Preston Crewe
86259+47773 (T&T)
Crewe Liverpool Lime Street
47773+86259 (T&T)
Liverpool Lime Street Birmingham New Street
86259+47773 (T&T)
Saturday 1st The Thomas Hardy Circular Tour
(Stobart Pullman)
Northampton Weymouth
47802+47712 (T&T)
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Weymouth Northampton
Saturday 1st The Cheshireman Mill Hill Broadway Leicester
67001
(Steam 71000 Leicester-Chester-Toton)
EWS
The Railway Touring Company
Toton Centre Mill Hill Broadway
Saturday 1st Port of Seaham Pioneer Birmingham New Street Low Fell
66066
EWS
Branch Line Society
Low Fell Seaham Harbour
66066+66059 (T&T)
Seaham Harbour Polka Sdgs.
66066+66059 (T&T)
Polka Sdgs. Leicester
66066
Saturday 1st London Shopping
(Northern Belle)
Manchester Victoria Kensington Olympia
67002+67029 (T&T)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels/Northern Belle
Kensington Olympia Manchester Victoria
Saturday 1st The Minster Mother's Day Out Rose Grove Carnforth UDGL
47804+47826 (T&T)
(Steam 48151 Carnforth-York-Carnforth)
WCRC
Kingfisher Railtours
Carnforth UDGL Rose Grove
Sunday 2nd Mother's Day Lunch
(Northern Belle)
(Round Trip)
Crewe Crewe
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels/Northern Belle
Sunday 2nd Mother's Day Lunch
(Round Trip)
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria London Victoria
67005+67006 (T&T)
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Sunday 2nd Valentine's Day Tea
(Round Trip)
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria London Victoria
67005+67006 (T&T)
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Wednesday 5th Cambridge & Ely
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria Cambridge
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Ely London Victoria
Thursday 6th York
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria York
67001
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
York London Victoria
Friday 7th Brighton Murder Mystery
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria Hove
67019
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Hove London Victoria
Saturday 8th The Buffer Puffer 6.1 London Cannon Street London Charing Cross
37401+37405 (T&T)
EWS
Pathfinder Tours
London Charing Cross Uckfield
Uckfield Oxted
Oxted East Grinstead
East Grinstead London Bridge
London Bridge London Victoria
London Victoria London Charing Cross
London Charing Cross London Cannon Street
London Cannon Street London Blakfriars
London Blakfriars Gordon Hill
Gordon Hill London King's Cross
Saturday 8th The Cumbrian Coast Explorer Birmingham International Carlisle
37667+37688
WCRC
Spitfire Railtours
Carlisle Birmingham International
Saturday 8th The Esk Valley Scotsman Whitby Perth
47826+47787 (T&T)
WCRC
Railtourer
Perth Whitby
Tuesday 11th Cheltenham Races Relief Train London Paddington Cheltenham Spa
67021+67027 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cheltenham London Paddington
Tuesday 11th Cheltenham Races Relief Train London Euston Cheltenham Spa
67006+67005 (T&T)
EWS
Gloucester London Euston
Wednesday 12th Bath Spa
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria Bath Spa
67001
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Bath Spa London Victoria
Thursday 13th Manchester and the Pennines
(Stobart Pullman)
London King's Cross Manchester Victoria
47802+47712 (T&T)
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Manchester Victoria London King's Cross
Thursday 13th Hever Castle & Leeds Castle
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria Folkestone Harbour
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Folkestone Harbour London Victoria
Thursday 13th Cheltenham Races Relief Train London Paddington Cheltenham Spa
67021+67027 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cheltenham Spa London Paddington
Thursday 13th Cheltenham Races Relief Train London Euston Cheltenham Spa
67005+67006 (T&T)
EWS
 
Gloucester London Euston
Friday 14th Lunch
(VSOE British Pullman)
(Round Trip)
London Victoria London Victoria
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Friday 14th Cheltenham Races Relief Train London Paddington Cheltenham Spa
67021+67027 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cheltenham Spa London Paddington
Friday 14th Cheltenham Races Relief Train London Euston Cheltenham Spa
67005+67006 (T&T)
EWS
 
Gloucester London Euston
Friday 14th Cheltenham Races (Northern Belle) London Victoria Cheltenham Spa
67016+67026 (T&T)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels/Northern Belle
Gloucester London Victoria
Saturday 15th The Choppington Changer London King's Cross Doncaster R.M.T.
92022
EWS
Pathfinder Tours
Doncaster R.M.T. Newcastle
56303
Newcastle York
66423+56303
York Doncaster R.M.T.
60048
Doncaster R.M.T. London King's Cross
92029
Saturday 15th Stratford-upon-Avon
(Stobart Pullman)
Letchworth Garden City Stratford-upon-Avon
47802+47712 (T&T)
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Stratford-upon-Avon Letchworth Garden City
Saturday 15th The Heart of Midlothian Leeds Edinburgh
67024
(Steam 60009 Edinburgh-York)
EWS
The Railway Touring Company
York Leeds
Saturday 15th The City of Bath Barrow-in-Furness Bath Spa
47826+47787 (T&T)
WCRC
West Coast Railways
Bath Spa Barrow-in-Furness
Saturday 15th RUGEX 1 Westbury Cardiff Central
67001+67019 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cardiff Central Bristol Temple Meads
Saturday 15th RUGEX 2 London Paddington Cardiff Central
67021+67027 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cardiff Central London Paddington
Saturday 15th RUGEX 3 London Paddington Cardiff Central
67005+67006 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cardiff Central Swansea
Saturday 15th RUGEX 4 Swansea Newport
67017+67020 (T&T)
EWS
Arriva Trains Wales
Cardiff Central Swansea
Cardiff Central Swansea
Sunday 16th Sunday Brunch
(VSOE British Pullman)
(Round Trip)
London Victoria Paddock Wood
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Paddock Wood London Victoria
Sunday 16th Sunday Afternoon Tea
(VSOE British Pullman)
(Round Trip)
London Victoria Paddock Wood
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Paddock Wood London Victoria
Friday 21st The Easter West Highlander (Day 1)
(Stobart Pullman)
London King's Cross Edinburgh
47802+47501
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Edinburgh Dumbarton Central
Saturday 22nd The Yorkshireman Mill Hill Broadway Leicester
67020
(Steam 6233 Leicester-York-Leicester)
EWS
The Railway Touring Company
Leicester Mill Hill Broadway
Saturday 22nd The Easter West Highlander (Day 2)
(Stobart Pullman)
Dumbarton Central Oban
37069+37423
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Oban Dumbarton Central
37423+37069
Saturday 22nd Historic Chester
(Northern Belle)
Cardiff Central Chester
67029
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels/Northern Belle
Chester Cardiff Central
Saturday 22nd RUGEX 1 London Paddington Cardiff Central
67005+67006 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cardiff Central London Paddington
Saturday 22nd RUGEX 2 London Paddington Cardiff Central
67025+67026 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Cardiff Central London Paddington
Sunday 23rd The Easter West Highlander (Day 3)
(Stobart Pullman)
Barrhead Ayr
47802+47501 (T&T)
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Ayr Dumbarton Central
Monday 24th The Easter West Highlander (Day 4)
(Stobart Pullman)
Dumbarton Central Carstairs
47802+47501 (T&T)
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Carstairs London King's Cross
Monday 24th Shuttle Service Bristol Temple Meads Chippenham
67016+67021 (T&T)
EWS
First Great Western
Chippenham Bristol Temple Meads
Thursday 27th Leeds Castle, Lunch & Tea via Folkestone
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria Folkestone Harbour
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Folkestone Harbour London Victoria
Friday 28th Lunch
(VSOE British Pullman)
(Round Trip)
London Victoria London Victoria
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
 
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Saturday 29th The Heart of Wales Explorer Cardiff Central Llandrindod Wells
55022
EWS
Pathfinder Tours
Llandrindod Wells Crewe
Saturday 29th The Dartmouth Express Birmingham International Stoke Gifford DGL
67021
(Steam 6201 Stoke Gifford-Kingswear-Bristol Temple Meads)
EWS
The Railway Touring Company/Pathfinder Tours
Bristol Temple Meads Birmingham International
April
Name
From
To
Loco
Timings
TOC
Tour Promoter
Thursday 3rd Hever Castle
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria Folkestone West
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Folkestone West London Victoria
Saturday 5th The Severn Valley Sunrise Stevenage Kidderminster
2 x 67 (EWS) (T&T)
EWS
UK Railtours/Past-Time Rail
Kidderminster Stevenage
Saturday 5th The Pennine Fellsman Wolverhampton York
37401+37405
EWS
Compass Tours
York York
York Wolverhampton
Saturday 5th The Royal Duchy London Paddington Penzance
D1015
EWS
Past-Time Rail
Penzance London Paddington
Saturday 5th The Severn Valley Railway & Black Country Museum
(Stobart Pullman)
Kensington Olympia Kidderminster
2 x 47 (DRS) (T&T)
DRS
Stobart Rail Tours
Kidderminster Kensington Olympia
Saturday 5th The Canterbury Tales 1 Sheffield Canterbury West
47804+47787 (T&T)
WCRC
Green Express Railtours
Canterbury West Sheffield
Saturday 5th The Golden Arrow Derby Willesden
67024
(Steam 34067 Willesden-Folkestone Harbour-Willesden)
EWS
Kingfisher Railtours
Willesden Derby
Saturday 5th The Grand National
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria Edge Hill
67017+67025 (T&T)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Edge Hill London Victoria
Saturday 12th The Pompey Vectis Explorer Birmingham Moor Street Portsmouth Harbour
47773+37248 (T&T)
WCRC
Vintage Trains
Portsmouth Harbour Birmingham Moor Street
Saturday 12th The East Anglian Birmingham New Street Lowestoft
40145
EWS
Pathfinder Tours
Lowestoft Worcester
Worcester Didcot Parkway
66137
Saturday 12th The Black Country Rambler
(Blue Pullman)
Norwich Kidderminster
47787+47826
WCRC
NENTA Traintours
Kidderminster Norwich
Saturday 12th The Heart of Wales Explorer Blackburn Cardiff Central
37401+37417
EWS
Compass Tours
Cardiff Central Blackburn
Saturday 12th The Canterbury Tales 2 Rochdale Canterbury West
47851+47804 (T&T)
WCRC
Green Express Railtours
Canterbury West Rochdale
Saturday 12th The Golden Arrow Taunton Willesden
67006
(Steam 34067 Willesden-Folkestone Harbour-Willesden)
EWS
Kingfisher Railtours
Willesden Taunton
Saturday 12th Edinburgh & the Royal Yacht Britannia
(Northern Belle)
Liverpool Lime Street Edinburgh
67003+67021 (T&T)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels/Northern Belle
Edinburgh Liverpool Lime Street
Wednesday 16th Bath & Bristol Excursion
(VSOE British Pullman)
Westbury Bristol Temple Meads
67 (EWS)
(Steam 35028 London Victoria-Westbury-London Victoria)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Bristol Temple Meads Westbury
Friday 18th The Welsh Dragon Crewe Shrewsbury
67 (EWS)
(Steam 48151 Shrewsbury-Llandrindod-Newport)
EWS
Past-Time Rail
Newport Crewe
Friday 18th The Royal Scotsman Edinburgh Keith
47 (WCRC)
WCRC
Orient-Express Hotels
Friday 18th Southampton Excursion
(VSOE British Pullman)
London Victoria Southampton East Docks
67005+67006 (Top & Tail)
EWS
Orient-Express Hotels
Southampton East Docks London Victoria
Saturday 19th The North Wales Coast Express Bristol Temple Meads Crewe
47805+47843 (T&T)
(Steam 6201 Crewe-Holyhead-Crewe)
EWS
Pathfinder Tours
Crewe Bristol Temple Meads
Saturday 19th The Central Wales Explorer Leicester Crewe
67 (EWS)
(Steam 76079+45407 Crewe-Llandrindod-Newport)
 
EWS
The Railway Touring Company
Newport Leicester
Saturday 19th The Severn Valley Phoenix Kensington Olympia Swindon
67024
(Steam 60019 Swindon-Kidderminster-Oxford)
EWS
Kingfisher Railtours
Oxford Kensington Olympia
Saturday 19th The Dorset Coast Express Hooton Poole
67014+67015 (T&T)
EWS
Chester Model Railway Club & Ffestiniog Railway Dee & Mersey Group
Poole Hooton
Saturday 19th The Wey-farer Crewe Weymouth
20307+20310 + 57601 (T&T)