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May
Name
Rep. no.
From
To
Loco
Timings
TOC
Tour Promoter
Friday 1st Belmond British Pullman
1V80
 London Victoria Bath Spa
67 (DBC)
DBC
Belmond
1O92
 Bath Spa London Victoria
Friday 1st The North-South Connection
1Z39
 Manchester Victoria St Albans City
43025+43159
RA
Branch Line Society
Friday 1st The Britannic Explorer (Day 1 of 4)
1V01
 London Victoria Bishops Lydeard
66748+66744 (T&T)
GBRf
Belmond
Saturday 2nd The Garrison Growlers
1Z37
 Glenrothes in Thornton Fort William
37401+37403
LSL
S.R.P.S. Railtours
1Z39
 Fort William Glenrothes in Thornton
37403+37401
Saturday 2nd The Atlantic Voyager
1Z47
 Dorridge Newquay
2 x 47 (WCRC)
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
1Z48
 Newquay Dorridge
Saturday 2nd Northern Belle
1Z52
 Nottingham Edinburgh
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
Northern Belle
Edinburgh Nottingham
Saturday 2nd The Welsh Dragon and The Mini Dragon mini-tour
1Z43
 London Euston Llandudno
43159+43025
RA
Branch Line Society
1Z44
 Llandudno Llandudno Junction
Llandudno Junction Holyhead
1Z46
 Holyhead Llandudno Junction
Llandudno Junction Llandudno
1Z48
 Llandudno London Euston
Saturday 2nd The Britannic Explorer (Day 2 of 4)
1C02
 Bishops Lydeard Taunton
66744+66748 (T&T)
GBRf
Belmond
Taunton Penzance
1Z03
 Penzance Fowey Dock Carne Point
Saturday 2nd English Riviera Express
1Z61
 Crewe Taunton
45118+47593 (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Taunton Kingswear
61306+47593 (T&T)
1Z62
 Kingswear Taunton
Taunton Crewe
45118+47593 (T&T)
Saturday 2nd The North Wales Coast Express
1Z31
 Birmingham New Street Nuneaton
37240+5043 (T&T)
VT
Vintage Trains
Nuneaton Chester
5043+37240 (T&T)
Chester Llandudno
37240+5043 (T&T)
1Z32
 Llandudno Nuneaton
5043+37240 (T&T)
Nuneaton Birmingham New Street
37240+5043 (T&T)
Saturday 2nd Belmond British Pullman
1Z51
 London Victoria Dover Priory
35028
DBC
 Belmond
1Z52
 Dover Priory London Victoria
Sunday 3rd The Britannic Explorer (Day 3 of 4)
1C06
 Fowey Dock Carne Point Bruton
66748+66744 (T&T)
GBRf
Belmond
Monday 4th The Britannic Explorer (Day 4 of 4)
1O00
 Cranmore London Victoria
66744+66748 (T&T)
GBRf
Belmond
Monday 4th The Britannic Explorer (Day 1 of 4)
1V00
 London Victoria Haverfordwest
66748+66744 (T&T)
GBRf
Belmond
Tuesday 5th The Britannic Explorer (Day 2 of 4)
1Z65
 Haverfordwest Llandrindod
66744+66748 (T&T)
GBRf
Belmond
1Z66
 Llandrindod Pwllheli
1Z67
 Pwllheli Barmouth
Wednesday 6th The Britannic Explorer (Day 3 of 4)
1Z72
 Barmouth Machynlleth
66744+66748 (T&T)
GBRf
Belmond
1Z73
 Machynlleth Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Oxford N. Junc.
1Z74
 Oxford N. Junc. Honeybourne Staff Hut
Thursday 7th Royal Windsor Statesman
1Z47
 Hull Windsor & Eton Riverside
D1935+D1924 (T&T)
LSL
Statesman Rail
1Z48
 Windsor & Eton Riverside Hull
Thursday 7th The Britannic Explorer (Day 4 of 4)
1Z75
 Honeybourne Staff Hut London Victoria
66744+66748 (T&T)
GBRf
Belmond
Thursday 7th Belmond British Pullman
London Victoria round trip
67 (DBC)
DBC
Belmond
round trip London Victoria
Friday 8th Belmond British Pullman
1Y85
 London Victoria Dover Priory
67 (DBC)
DBC
Belmond
1Y87
 Dover Priory London Victoria
Saturday 9th Lord of the Isles Pullman (Day 1 of 3)
1Z41
 Swansea Penrith
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
1Z42
 Penrith Inverness
Saturday 9th English Riviera Express
1Z07
 Northampton Taunton
45118+47593 (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Taunton Kingswear
60007+47593 (T&T)
1Z08
 Kingswear Taunton
Taunton Willesden W.London Junc.
45118+47593 (T&T)
Willesden W.London Junc. Northampton
47593+45118 (T&T)
Sunday 10th Lord of the Isles Pullman (Day 2 of 3)
1Z43
 Inverness Kyle of Lochalsh
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
1Z44
 Kyle of Lochalsh Inverness
Monday 11th Lord of the Isles Pullman (Day 3 of 3)
1Z45
 Inverness Swansea
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
Wednesday 13th The Welsh Marches Express
1Z61
 Bournemouth Bristol Temple Meads
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Bristol Temple Meads Shrewsbury
61306 or 60007+ 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
1Z62
 Shrewsbury Bristol Temple Meads
Bristol Temple Meads Bournemouth
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Friday 15th Cornish Riviera Pullman (Day 1 of 3)
York Penzance
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
Friday 15th Belmond British Pullman
London Victoria Dover Priory
35028
DBC
 Belmond
Dover Priory London Victoria
Saturday 16th Torbay & Dartmouth Pullman
Penzance Newton Abbot
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
Newton Abbot Kingswear
  Kingswear Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot Penzance
Saturday 16th The Edinburgh Flyer
York Edinburgh
34067+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 The Railway Touring Company
Edinburgh York
Saturday 16th The Buxton Spa Express
Ealing Broadway Buxton
45407+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 The Railway Touring Company
Buxton Leicester Humberstone Road
Leicester Humberstone Road Ealing Broadway
47 (WCRC)
Sunday 17th Cornish Riviera Pullman (Day 3 of 3)
Penzance York
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
Wednesday 20th The Golden Arrow
Bristol Temple Meads Hanwell Bridge Loop
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Hanwell Bridge Loop Canterbury West
34046 or 60007 or 70000 or 71000
  Canterbury West Hanwell Bridge Loop
Hanwell Bridge Loop Bristol Temple Meads
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Wednesday 20th The Swanage Belle
London Victoria Swanage
34028+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Swanage Southampton
47 (WCRC)+34028 (T&T)
Southampton London Victoria
34028+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Thursday 21st Torbay Riviera Pullman
Nottingham Paignton
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
  Paignton Nottingham
Friday 22nd The Gosh Ness Monster (Day 1 of 3)
Tonbridge Edinburgh
DEMU 1001
GBRf
Branch Line Society
Edinburgh Polmont
Saturday 23rd The Golden Hind
Birmingham Snow Hill Greenford Triangle
D1015+37240 or 47773 (T&T)
VT
Vintage Trains
Greenford Triangle London Paddington
37240 or 47773+D1015 (T&T)
London Paddington Plymouth
D1015+37240 or 47773 (T&T)
  Plymouth London Paddington
D1015+37240 or 47773 (T&T)
London Paddington Greenford Triangle
37240 or 47773+D1015 (T&T)
Greenford Triangle Birmingham Snow Hill
D1015+37240 or 47773 (T&T)
Saturday 23rd The West Midlands Deviator
Derby Bedford
2 x 20 (Romic)+50007 or 50049 (T&T)
H&H
UK Railtours
Bedford Leamington Spa
50007 or 50049+2 x 20 (Romic) (T&T)
Leamington Spa Stratford-upon-Avon
2 x 20 (Romic)+50007 or 50049 (T&T)
Stratford-upon-Avon Birmingham Moor Street
50007 or 50049+2 x 20 (Romic) (T&T)
Birmingham Moor Street Stratford-upon-Avon
2 x 20 (Romic)+50007 or 50049 (T&T)
Stratford-upon-Avon Walsall
50007 or 50049+2 x 20 (Romic) (T&T)
Walsall Bushbury Goods Loop
2 x 20 (Romic)+50007 or 50049 (T&T)
Bushbury Goods Loop Codsall
50007 or 50049+2 x 20 (Romic) (T&T)
Codsall Birmingham New Street
2 x 20 (Romic)+50007 or 50049 (T&T)
Birmingham New Street Bedford
50007 or 50049+2 x 20 (Romic) (T&T)
Saturday 23rd The Lakelander
Rugby Preston
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Preston Carlisle
34046 or 60007 or 70000 or 71000
  Carlisle Preston
Preston Rugby
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Saturday 23rd The Gosh Ness Monster (Day 2 of 3)
Linlithgow Haymarket
DEMU 1001
GBRf
Branch Line Society
Haymarket Inverness
  Inverness Haymarket
Haymarket Polmont
Saturday 23rd The Atlantic Coast Express
London Waterloo Exeter St. David's
35028+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 The Railway Touring Company
Exeter St. David's London Waterloo
Sunday 24th The Gosh Ness Monster (Day 3 of 3)
Linlithgow Tonbridge
DEMU 1001
GBRf
Branch Line Society
Wednesday 27th Yorkshire Coast Pullman
Eastleigh Scarborough
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
  Scarborough Eastleigh
Friday 29th The Mancunian Princess
Bury Bolton Street Princes Risborough
43025+43159
H&H
UK Railtours
Friday 29th The Worksop Whistler
Crewe Worksop
2 x 20 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
InterCity
  Worksop Crewe
Saturday 30th Lord of the Isles Pullman (Day 1 of 3)
Chelmsford Inverness
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
Saturday 30th English Riviera Express
Wolverhampton Taunton
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Taunton Kingswear
61306 or 60007+ 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
  Kingswear Taunton
Taunton Wolverhampton
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Sunday 31st Lord of the Isles Pullman (Day 2 of 3)
Inverness Kyle of Lochalsh
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
  Kyle of Lochalsh Inverness
Sunday 31st The Royal Duchy
1Z33
 Bristol Temple Meads Par
34028+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 The Railway Touring Company
1Z34
 Par Bristol Temple Meads
June
Name
Rep. no.
From
To
Loco
Timings
TOC
Tour Promoter
Monday 1st Lord of the Isles Pullman (Day 3 of 3)
Inverness Chelmsford
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
Wednesday 3rd Settle & Carlisle Fellsman
Crewe Chester
47/57 (LSL)+60532 (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Chester Carlisle
60532+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
  Carlisle Chester
Chester Crewe
47/57 (LSL)+60532 (T&T)
Thursday 4th Dorset Coast Statesman
Peterborough Weymouth
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Statesman Rail
  Weymouth Peterborough
Friday 5th The Growling Peak (Postionng Train)
Linlithgow Carlisle
37025
LSL
S.R.P.S. Railtours
Saturday 6th The Oban Peak
Carlisle Oban
45118
LSL
S.R.P.S. Railtours
  Oban Carlisle
Saturday 6th The Aberystwyth Coastal Voyager
London Euston Oxley
86259
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Oxley Aberystwyth
97/3+37
Aberystwyth Oxley
Oxley London Euston
86259
Sunday 7th The Return Syphon (Postionng Train)
Carlisle Linlithgow
37025
LSL
S.R.P.S. Railtours
Wednesday 10th Settle & Carlisle Pullman
Watford Junction Carlisle
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
  Carlisle Watford Junction
Frirday 12th The Cathedrals Express to Newcastle
Birmingham New Street Newcastle
Steam TBA+37240/47773 (T&T)
VT
 Vintage Trains
  Newcastle Birmingham New Street
Thursday 18th Royal Windsor Statesman
Carnforth Windsor & Eton Riverside
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Statesman Rail
  Windsor & Eton Riverside Carnforth
Tuesday 23rd Oban & West Highland Pullman
Preston Oban
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
  Oban Preston
Wednesday 24th The Welsh Marches Express
Paignton Bristol Temple Meads
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Bristol Temple Meads Shrewsbury
61306 or 34046+ 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
  Shrewsbury Bristol Temple Meads
Bristol Temple Meads Paignton
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Saturday 27th The Mazey Day Cornishman
Dorridge Penzance
2 x 37 (WCRC)
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
  Penzance Dorridge
Saturday 27th The Cornish Riviera & Mazey Day Statesman
Derby Penzance
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Statesman Rail
  Penzance Derby
July
Name
Rep. no.
From
To
Loco
Timings
TOC
Tour Promoter
Wednesday 1st Yorkshire Coast Pullman
Chelmsford Scarborough
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
  Scarborough Chelmsford
Wednesday 1st Settle & Carlisle Fellsman
Crewe Chester
60532+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Chester Carlisle
Carlisle Chester
Chester Carlisle
Saturday 4th The Lakelander
Nottingham Preston
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Preston Carlisle
34046 or 60532 or 71000+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Carlisle Preston
Preston Nottingham
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Wednesday 8th The William Shakespeare Express
Barrow-in-Furness Crewe
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Crewe Stratford-upon-Avon
34046 or 60532 or 71000+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Stratford-upon-Avon Crewe
Crewe Barrow-in-Furness
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Thursday 9th Dorset Coast Statesman
Stafford Weymouth
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Statesman Rail
  Weymouth Stafford
Saturday 11th English Riviera Express
High Wycombe Taunton
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Taunton Kingswear
34046 or 61306+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Kingswear Taunton
Taunton High Wycombe
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Wednesday 15th Portsmouth Harbour Statesman
Chesterfield Portsmouth Harbour
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Statesman Rail
  Portsmouth Harbour Chesterfield
Saturday 18th The Waverley Merrymaker
Crewe Edinburgh
D213+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
InterCity
  Edinburgh Crewe
45118+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Saturday 18th English Riviera Express
Woking Taunton
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Taunton Kingswear
60007+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Kingswear Taunton
Taunton Woking
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Wednesday 22nd Settle to Carlisle & Tyne Valley Pullman
Potters Bar Carlisle
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
  Scarborough Potters Bar
Wednesday 29th Torbay Riviera Pullman
Hull Paignton
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
  Paignton Hull