NEWS & EVENTS
Extended News from around the Network
‘Verney Venturer’ to Bicester with Class 33s – Balfour Beatties ‘Drain Train’ – GBRF 69 012 in new livery – Belmond Pullman on tour – Timber traffic from Aberystwyth and Carlisle to Chirk – 37 501 in new blue livery – Great Western HSTs to Mid Norfolk Railway – Class 37s on ‘Drags’ with Class 465s, 466s and 730 units – Test Trains to South Wales, Derby, Shrewsbury and North of Scotland plus ‘Caroline’ saloon – Class 37 on ‘Carols to Norwich’ on Wherry lines – Class 56s to Middleton Towers – GBRFs on moves of 701 units – ‘The Lakelander’ Railtour – The ‘East Anglian’ Railtour – The ‘Great Britain’ with West Coast haulage – ‘Heart of Wales Explorer’ over Central Wales line with 37s – ‘Shakespeare’ tour with 20s and 37s – ‘The Yorkshireman’ to York on the Midland Main Line – Class 60s on freight to East Anglia and Quainton Road – PLUS MUCH MORE.
Heritage Rail – Peak Rails ‘Twin Peaks Gala’ with D8 ‘Penyghent’ and 44 004 ‘Great Gable’ on passenger and freight duties – the Ecclesbourne Railway with 73 001, 33 103, D1842 and DMUs – Mid Norfolk Railway Spring Gala with HSTs and Class 47s – Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Gala with 50 015, 37 227, 31 108, 45 108 and convoy of locos on the main line en route to the Gala.
37s in the Far North featuring tours to the North of Scotland with Class 37s during the Spring. Includes the ‘Far North Tour’ of late March and the ‘Capital Highlander’. Includes 37 403 ‘Isle of Mull’ and the Strathspeys 37 684 in its Railfreight Livery.
Swanage Railway. The Swanage Railway major May Spring Gala with Hanson Rails 50 008 – COLAS Rails 56 090 en route to the gala at Eastleigh and at various points on the Swanage Railway – 4 VEP 3417 – 45 108 – 47 715 – GBRFs 69 007 ‘Richard Trevethick’ – 20 066 – 33012 ‘Jenny Lewis – West Coast Class 37 – 08 436. A complete record of one of the biggest modern traction galas of the year.
Veteran Electrics featuring 86 259 ‘Les Ross’ on footex charter and special on East Coast Main Line to Whitby, Locomotive Services 87 002 and 90 002 on charters to Wembley and ‘Chairmans Train’.
Running Time – One hour 45 mins
