Description
MAIN LINE STEAM DIARY
Mid October 2017 to Mid Dec 2017
5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Christmas White Rose to York – Panniers 9600 & 9466 Valley Rambler to Stratford Upon Avon and SVR – 35028 Clan Line Bellmond British Pullman on Surrey Hills circuit & Wessex Express – Black 5 45212 Cathedrals Expresses to Swanage, to Alton and to Bath – Black 5 44871 to Keighley and Worth Valley Railway – Black 5 45407 on Autumn and Santa Jacobites – 45690 Leander Cumbrian Mountain Express – 45699 Galatea Cathedrals Express to Holyhead 46100 Royal Scot Bognor Belle, Cotswold Venturer, Christmas White Rose & Lyndum Fayre 46233 Duchess of Sutherland Cathedrals Express to Gloucester and return on Sapperton Bank – 48151 Santa Specials on Hellifield circuit – 60009 Union of South Africa York Yuletide Express – 60103 Flying Scotsman Cathedrals on East Coast Main Line, The Yorkshireman to York & specials in East Anglia based at Norwich to Ipswich and to Kings Cross – 70013 Oliver Cromwell Peak Forester and Chrismas Cheshireman – 60163 Tornado Tees Tyne Express, Christmas Cheshireman and Bellmond British Pullman.
NEWS AND EVENTS 60009 Union of South Africa on Parcels Group Charter – Keighley & Worth Valley Railway – Flying Scotsman undergoing repairs at the Nene Valley Railway – T9 30120 on the Swanage Railway – Panniers on the Severn Valley with 9466, 9600 and 7714 – The Last Hurrah on the Great Central Railway with J94 68027.
Steam Under the Semaphores Traditional signalling is fast disappearing from the National network. We include 46100 Royal Scot with various views at Worcester – Santa Specials at Hellifield – The North Wales Coast – Peterborough to Syston line.
Steam Galas The East Lancashire Railways Autumn Gala with 60009 Union of South Africa, 52322, visiting Hunslett 2890 and 34092 City of Wells – Churnett Valleys 25th Anniversary Gala with 7827 Lydham Manor and Prairie 4555 including a freight charter – West Somerset Railways Bath & Beyond Gala with resident and visiting power on freight and passenger.
Clun Castle Returns With archive of 7029 along with other Castles and the re-dedication and operation of the loco at Tyseley.
Steam on the Grade Panniers 9466 and 9600 and 70013 Oliver Cromwell on the grade in the Autumn.
2 hours approx
