Description

MAIN LINE STEAM DIARY
Mid April 2016 to Mid June 2016
Including the Great Britain IX 

34046 ‘Braunton’ running as 34092 Lord Dowding on ‘Peak Forester’ from Kings Cross to Matlock plus a football excursion.  Black 5 44871 on the ‘Great Britain IX’ and the ‘Jacobites’ to Mallaig  Black 5  45407  on the ‘Jacobites’  45690 ‘Leander’  ‘Salopian Express’ to Shrewsbury and ‘Great Britain IX’  45699 ‘Galatea’  ‘Spirit of the Lakes’ and the ‘Great Britain IX’ along the Cumbrian Coast and over Beattock to Edinburgh and return from Mossend to Oxenholme, the ‘Cambrian Coast Express’ to Shrewsbury.  46110 ‘Royal Scot’  Scot Commemorative along the Cumbrian Coast and over Shap plus the Great Britain IX from Victoria to Plymouth and the return from Penzance to Bristol & ‘The Ynys Mons Express’ to Holyhead.   46115 ‘Scots Guardsman’  Cambrian Coast Express  8F 48151  ‘Scarborough Flyer’   60103   ‘Flying Scotsman’  on the East Coast Main Line, the Scarborough Flyer plus North of the Border  60163   ‘Tornado’  on ‘The Scarborough Flyer’, ‘The Yorkshireman’  on the East Coast  Main Line and Western Main Lines with the ‘Bellmond British Pullman.

NEWS AND EVENTS   Spring on the Bluebell Railway with gala action – Keighley & Worth Valley Railway – Great Central Gala –  K1 move to the NYMR and Spring Gala – North Lincs Steaming – Bluebell Gala – Great Centrals Railways at Work Gala – ‘Taw Valley’ on the move.

SPRING STEAM ACTION    from the preserved network including the Swanage Gala featuring 4247, 31806, 34070 ‘Manston’and M7 tank 34053 plus  the Gloucester Warwickshire Whitsun Gala with ‘Manors’, 46521, 2807, 7903 and 35006 and 9f 92212 on a wide variety of passenger and freight workings.

GALA VARIETY   Didcots Spring Gala marking the 175th anniversary of Swindon Works with the blue King and recently overhauled Pannier 9466 and Pannier 4166 plus other action from the steam calender.

SCOTSMAN ON TOUR   60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ on its tour of Scotland with scenes on the Borders Railway, the Forth Bridge and along the Firth of Forth plus  the East Coast Main Line from York to Edinburgh as well as on the Bo’Ness and Kinneil Railway.  The loco is also shown in action on the Western main line from Paddington and ‘Berks and Hants’ and on the  Cambrian Coast Express’. The Midland is also featured with action from the climb of Sharnbrook Summit. A record of the locos glorious and popular return to the main line from many vantage points.

MAIN LINE STEAM UNDER THE SEMAPHORES   46100 ‘Royal Scot’ on the North Wales Coast and along the Cumbrian Coast.

A RECORD OF MAIN LINE STEAM WITH EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF 60103 ON TOUR.

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