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MAIN LINE STEAM DIARY
Mid June 2019 to Mid Aug 2019
7029 ‘Clun Castle’ Oxford 175 Express including climb of Saunderton & ‘Main Line Shuttles’. 34046 ‘Braunton’ ‘Dorset Coast Express’ and ‘English Riviera Express. 35018 ‘British India Line’ on move to Southall, ‘Bournemouth Belle’ inc climb of Parkstone Bank, ‘End of Southern Steam and Cumbrian Mountain Express. 35028 ‘Clan Line’ Belmond British Pullman to Stratford Upon Avon.Black 5 44871 ‘Cathedrals Expresses’ to Bristol and to Eastbourne and Hastings plus move to Scotland via Shap. 45690 ‘Leander’ on special along North Wales Coast. n45696 ‘Bahamas’ evening dining special to Worcester, Welsh Marches Express the ‘White Rose’ and the ‘Shakespeare Express’ to Stratford Upon Avon. 45699 ‘Galatea’ Scarborough Spa Express and ‘The Waverley’. 8F 48151 on a number of ‘Dalesmans’ at various vantage points and ‘The Merchant of Avon’. 6201 ‘Princess Elizabeth’ ‘Rolex Express’. 6233 ‘Duchess of Sutherland’ West Somerset Steam Express. 60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ ‘Torbay Express’ and ‘Dorset Coast Express. 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ ‘Cotswold Venturer’, ‘The Yorkshireman’ and ‘The Waverley. 61306 ‘Mayflower’. Royal Windsor Expresses , a Cathedrals Express to Norwich and a Cathedrals to Cardiff. 70000 ‘Britannia’ ‘The Fellsman’, the ‘Welsh Marches Express’. 60163 ‘Tornado’ ‘Yorkshire Pullman’, ‘Summer Cornishman’, ‘Torbay Express’ and ‘Pembroke Steam Express
NEWS AND EVENTS Foxfield Railway with freight on the 1 in 19 grade during the July Gala – Tyseley Open Day – Steam on the Underground & District 150 with Met Number 1 in action on the line from High Street Kensington.
Steam to Norfolk. 61306 ‘Mayflower’ in action on the 4th of July ‘Cathedrals’ from Liverpool Street to Norwich and then to the Mid Norfolk Railway. In addition we look at the Mid Norfolks Summer Steam Gala with the Q6, S160 & Standard 80078.
Double Headers. Archive from the 1970s plus ‘The Conway Quest’ to Blaneau Ffestiniog with Jubilee ‘Leander and 8F 48151. Also 61306 ‘Mayflower’ and Black 5 44871 on special to Cardiff including scenes on Sapperton Bank.
A Jubilee on Tour. Archive and a look at 45596 ‘Bahamas’ on tour including an evening dining special to Worcester, a ‘Welsh Marches Express’ to Cardiff & ‘White Rose’ to York
Clun Castle on Tour. 7029 Clun Castle on the ‘Oxford 175 Express’ including the climb of Sapperton plus shuttles to Birmingham.
Main Line Bulleids. Archive film of Clun Castle on the Blackmore Vale Express in 1986 and 2019 with the summers the ‘Dorset Coast Explorers’ and ‘English Riviera Expresses’
Summer of Flying Scotsman. The ‘Cotswold Venturer’ to Worcester including the run through the Golden Valley.
