Description
MAIN LINE STEAM DIARY
Mid April 2017 to Mid June 2017 – Including the Great Britain
n9600 & 9466 with 9466 running on test to Stratford Upon Avon and both Panniers on East Midlands Rambler from many vantage points n5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe on Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza and The Welsh Dragon n34046 Braunton running as Lord Dowding on Cathedrals Express to Stratford Upon Avon and Belmond Pullman n35028 Clan Line on test run n46110 Royal Scot on a Cathedrals to the West Somerset and to Bristol n46115 Scots Guardsman Cumbrian Coast Expresss over Shap and Ais Gill plus a Dalesman n46233 Duchess of Sutherland Great Britain X, The Hadrian, The Peak Forester and the Whistling Ghost n45407 Jacobite to Mallaig n45212 Great Britain X n45690 Leander Coast to Coast Express and East Yorkshireman including return over Copy Pit n45699 Galatea Great Britain X nK1 62005 Great Britain X and Jacobites n8F 48151 Dalesman over Ais Gill n60009 Union of South Africa on the main line on loaded test run n60103 Flying Scotsman East Coast move from York, The Great Britain X, The Dalesman, Cathedrals Expresses to Edinburgh, Cardiff, Gloucester, Bristol and the West Country, plus Cathedrals to Chester and on the Chiltern Line n60163 Tornado North Britain over the Settle & Carlisle and Cathedrals Expresses on the Guildford circuit and the East Coast Main Line.
NEWS AND EVENTS Buckinghamshire Railway Centre with 30120, 9466 and other power, Tornado on the Nene Valley Railway, Standard 80078 at Mangapps Farm, Coal Tank on the Bluebell, 70013 Oliver Cromwell back in steam, T9 30120 on the Battlefield Railway, Goods Galore Weekend on the GC, Wissington on the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, Nene Valley 40th Anniversary with 46100 Royal Scot.
Scotsman on Tour Flying Scotsman in the 1960s as 4472 on the East Coast Main Line on several specials and in 2017 on main line tours throughout the network. Included are the Forth & Fife Circulars, specials on the East and West Coast Main Lines, on the Chiltern Line & South Wales. Extensive coverage of a famous loco.
HERITAGE ACTION featuring the North Norfolks Spring Steam Gala, the Cotswold Festival of Steam and the West Somerset Steam Gala with a wide range of visiting and resident locos on passenger and freight plus some preservation firsts including double headed Fowller 4Fs..
PARTING SHOTS Featuring steam in the Cumbrian Fells.
