Description
MAIN LINE STEAM DIARY
Mid Dec 2018 to Mid Feb 2019
34046 ‘Braunton’ ‘Chester Chuffer’ to Chester – 35028 ‘Clan Line’ ‘Sherborne Christmas Carol’ from Victoria to Sherborne – Black 5 44871 on Cathedrals to Worcester and to Sherborne, the ‘White Cliffs Christmas Tour’ to Dover plus the move back to Carnforth – Black 5 45231 on test run to Chester and Shrewsbury – 45690 ‘Leander’ on ‘Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express’ out via Ais Gill and back via Shap – 45699 ‘Bahamas’ test runs to Stratford Upon Avon and Leicester plus move to KWVR plus ‘Bahamas Railtour 1’ – 8f 48151 on Santa Special from Lancaster to Hellifield – 46233 ‘Duchess of Sutherland’ on ‘Christmas White Rose’ on East Coast Main Line – 60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ ‘Christmas White Rose’ & Surrey Hills Belmond Pullman – 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ on ‘Flying Scotsman Christmas Dalesman’ over Settle & Carlisle plus the ‘Scotsman Salute’on ECML – 61306 ‘Mayflower’ on loaded test run from Carnforth plus with 35018 ‘British India LIne’ on ‘Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express’ over Shap and back via Ais Gill in the snow! – 70000 ‘Britannia’ crew training run from Crewe to Shrewsbury.
News & Events Gloucester Warwickshire Railway ‘Christmas Cracker Gala’ – Severn Valley Railway Christmas/New Year season with 6990 ‘Witherslack Hall’ and home fleet inc 34027 ‘Taw Valley’, 2857, 7714 and 7802 ‘Bradley Manor’. – Swanage Railway Santas and ‘Winter Warm Up’ services including T9 30120 – Strathspey Railway New Year services with Ivatt 48512 – 78022 on KWVR Railway – Spa Valley Railway with visiting ‘Ring Haw and Pannier 813 – Epping & Ongar Santas with Met No 1 and 80078 – Battlefield Railway with visiting Panniers 6430 and 6412 – 70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’ final duties on GC – Caledonian Tank on charter on Cheddleton Railway – 60163 on Nene Valley freight.
Main Line Steam Gala on the Great Central Railway featuring a wide range of home traction on freight and passenger trains plus visiting 7802 ‘Bradley Manor’ plus a brief look back to the railway in the 1970s and 1980s.
An A4 on the Southern 60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ in action from Victoria on Belmond British Pullman on Surrey Hills circuit with scenes at Victoria plus archive of an A4 on tour on the Southern in 1967.
45596 ‘Bahamas’ return to the main line on test runs to Stratford Upon Avon , on loaded test run to Leicester and on the move to the KWVR plus the ‘Bahamas Railtour 1’ from Oxenhope to Carlisle via the Settle & Carlisle with plenty of lineside action from its first revenue earning run since overhaul.
Approx running time 1 hour 52 mins
