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MAIN LINE STEAM DIARY  
Mid October 2016 to Mid Dec 2016

9466  test train to Stratford Upon Avon  Panniers 9466 & 9600 on ‘Pannier Rambler’ to Stratford Upon Avon and Worcester  – 5043 ‘Earl of Mount Edgcumbe’  ‘Cotswold Explorer’ to Worcester including climb of Sapperton Bank – private excursion to Chester including Gresford Bank  – Christmas ‘White Rose’ to York – 34046 ‘Braunton’ running as ‘Lord Dowding’ on ‘Royal Wessex’ to Weymouth & on Cathedrals Expresses to Salisbury and Bristol –  Black 5 45407   ‘The Jacobite’  –  Black 5 44871   ‘The Jacobite’  –  Black 5 44871 & 45407  ‘Tin Bath’ from Preston to Sheffield via Penistone and Hope Valley with ascents of Miles Platting & Chinley  – ‘Christmas Cheshireman’ to Chester – ‘The Welsh Marches Express’ to Cardiff & the ‘Sussex Belle’ from Victoria to Eastbourne –  45690 ‘Leander’  ‘Scarborough Spa Express’ –  45699 ‘Galatea’ ‘Scarborough Spa Express’ & crew training runs from Carnforth – 46201 ‘Princess Elizabeth’  ‘Spirit of the Lakes’  to Salisbury,  ‘West Somerset Steam Express’.  ‘Cathedral Expresses’ to Worcester’ and to Norwich – 46233 ‘Duchess of Sutherland’   Light engine moves with support coach – two trips on ‘White Rose’ from Kings Cross to York & ‘The Cathedrals Express’  to Lincoln – 60163 ’Tornado’   VSOEs on the Guildford Circuit, a light engine move and ‘The White Rose’ to York.

NEWS AND EVENTS  4F 44422 & S & D 7F 53808 charter on the West Somerset Railway and the railway’s Autumn Gala with 1450 on auto train,  4936 Kinlet Hall’,  6960 Raveningham Hall &  Pannier –  Swanage Railway steam gala with visiting 8F 48624 & S & D 7F 53809  plus  charter with U Class 31806 – Grange at Warley Model Railway Show  – 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ &   A4 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ undergoing work at NRM – LT Prairie   5521 at Dean Forest Railway – 4566 on the Great Central Railway – Shackerstone Santa –  Keighley and Worth Valley Railway  gala with 45212 and visiting  locos 34053 ‘Sir Keith Park’  & 7822 ‘Foxcote Manor’ – NELPEGs 50th Anniversary Gala with  B1 61264, K1 62005, J72 ‘JOEM’,  Q6 63395

The Main Line Duo    Black 5s, 45407 and 44871 on the main line including ascents of Llanvihangel Bank, on the Great Western Main Line to Chester, and on the Malvern line to Hereford plus on the Southern to Eastbourne.

Giants of Steam. The Bluebell Railway’s major Autumn Steam Gala featuring  visiting 8F 48624 from the Great Central and B12 8624 from the North Norfolk Railway plus many home grown locos.

Cumbrian Extras featuring Jubilee 45699 ‘Galatea’ on crew training runs on the familiar circuit from Carnforth, running to Hellifield and back via Blackburn.

Severn Valley Gala  special ‘End of Season’ steam gala on the 4th, 5th and 6th of November.    Guest locos were Churchward 42 hundred 2-8-0 number 4270,  A1 ‘Tornado’,   813,  Crab 2-6-0 13065,  Pannier 1501 & Small Praire 4566.

Night Steam  6201 ‘Princess Elizabeth’ on East Coast Main Line, plus  two steam runs up  the Lickey Incline in the Autumn featuring Black 5s 45407 and 44871 on the  Welsh Marches to Cardiff and the ‘Pannier Rambler’.   The dramatic ascents of the Lickey Incline are shown from two vantage points.

Superb Programme marking 150 Issues of Steam Video, 120 minutes plus free copy of Steam Video number 3 from 25 years ago!