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MAIN LINE STEAM DIARY
Mid June 2014 to Mid August 2014

4936 ‘Kinlet Hall’  on ‘Shakespeare Expresses’ during July and August  5029 ‘Nunney Castle’  on ‘Torbay Express’ and ‘Weymouth Seaside Express’  5043 ‘Earl of Mount Edgcumbe’  on ‘Whistling Ghost’ to the West Somerset  5972  ‘Olton Hall’ ‘The Wizard Express’    34046  ‘Braunton’  ‘Cathedrals Express’ to Weymouth and Torbay Express   35028  ‘Clan Line’  VSOE Luncheon Specials  44932  on ‘Swanage Belle’ and ‘Royal Wessex’  Black 5  45407  on ‘Royal Duchy’   45699   ‘Galatea’  on ‘The Fellsman’ and Cathedrals Express to Carlisle    46233   ‘Duchess of Sutherland’  on ‘The Yorkshire Coronation’, ‘The Midlander’ on non stop run from Birmingham to Euston and ‘Scarborough Flyer’  48151  on Summer  ‘Fellsmans’  plus Cumbrian Coast Express  60009 ‘Union of South Africa’  ‘Cumbrian Mountain Express’ via Shap and North Wales Coast Express   K1 62005   on ‘Jacobite’  70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’  on Kings Cross to Hull and Scarborough Special, Cathedrals to Weymouth  60163 ‘Tornado’  on ‘Border Raider’ via Shap to Carlisle.

NEWS AND EVENTS   South Devon 40s weekend with USA tank and resident locos on passenger and freight.  9F 92212 on the GCR in Brunswick Green livery. Standard 5 73129 on the Severn Valley Railway – Loco convoys to and from the Mid Norfolk – 60163 ‘Tornado’on the Bluebell Railway.

EAST COAST GALA   A Gala with an LNER theme on the Mid Norfolk Railway with K4 ‘The Great Marquess’ and 60009 ‘Union of South Africa’, N7 1744 and NER Y7.   Includes first steam passenger trips to Hoe on the run north from Dereham.

THROUGH THE WEST COUNTRY   with 34046 ‘Braunton’, 5029 ‘Nunney Castle’ and Black 5 No 45407 on the summer Torbay Expresses and the ‘Royal Duchy’.  Includes scenes along the coast through Dawlish, plus the Devon Banks at Hemmerdon and Dainton.

STEAM ON THE MET  The Hammersmith and City 150th Anniversary with Met No 1 on the shuttles from Northfield and Hammersmith to Moorgate. More steam on London’s Underground on the 2nd and 9th of August.

NORTHERN SUMMER OF STEAM   5972 ‘Olton Hall’, Jubilee 45699 ‘Galatea’, 8F 48151, 60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ and 60163 ‘Tornado’ on the summer’s steam action from the Cumbrian Fells over Shap and Ais Gill to Carlisle.

STEAM IN TROUBLE    The mainline debut of 34067 ‘Tangmere’ on the Weymouth Seaside Express and the stall, restart and epic climb of the 1 in 51 of Eversholt Bank.

INCLUDES STEAM ON THE MET –   THE COAST AT DAWLISH –  SHAP AND AIS GILL – MAIN LINE  ACTION  – DRAMA WITH ‘TANGMERE’ A4 AND K4 IN ACTION IN EAST ANGLIA – STEAM ON THE UNDERGROUND.

2 hours approx