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STEAM VIDEO 182
MAIN LINE STEAM DIARY
Spring 2023
5043 ‘Earl of Mount Edgcumbe’ on a test run and the ‘Shakespeare Express’ – 7029 ‘Clun Castle’ ‘Shakespeares’ and ‘Cumbrian Mountain Express’ – 7029 & 5043 ‘Shareholders Special’ from Birmingham to Didcot – 34046 ‘Braunton’ ecs move, ‘Golden Arrow’, ‘Great Western Envoy’ and the ‘Test Valley’ – 35018 ‘British India Line’ Cumbrian Mountain Express’ – Black 5 44932 ‘Stratford Flyer’ – ecs moves. 45596 ‘Bahamas’ ‘Atlantic Coast Express’ & the ‘South Devon Explorer’. 45699 ‘Galatea’ ecs, the ‘Bath & Gloucester Steam Express’ & The ‘Cotswold Venturer’ – 46100 ‘Royal Scot’ ‘St Davids Day ‘Welsh Marches Express’ and the ‘London to Settle & Carlisle Railway’ – 46115 ‘Scots Guardsman’ ‘The Stratford Flyer’, ‘Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express’ & ‘The Edinburgh Flyer’ – 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ ecs moves, the ‘Welsh Marches Express’ – 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ main line – 61306 ‘Mayflower’ ‘Golden Arrow’ specials to Kent & ‘The Cotswold Explorer’ plus a special to Oxford and Dorridge – 70000 ‘Britannia’ ecs move to the Swanage Railway.
News & Events. 34072 SPA Valley charter – Strathspey Gala – The Gwili Railways visiting Pannier – ‘Taw Valley’ Special – Severn Valley Spring Gala with ‘Pendennis Castle’ and ‘Taw Valley in wartime colours – 50th Anniversary of the North York Moors Railway – 60009 ‘Union of South Africa’ – Steam & Snow on the KWVR – West Somerset Gala with 2999 ‘Lady of the Lake’ – KESR visitor with 34072 ‘257 Squadron’ – Gloucs Warks Gala with ‘Pendennis Castle’ and L & Y ‘Pug’ 11243 – 70000 ‘Britannia’ on the Swanage Railway – Branch Line weekend on the Bluebell Railway.
The ‘Great Britain XV on tour around the network with Black 5 44932, 45596 ‘Bahamas’, 45690 ‘Leander, 45699 ‘Galatea’. Includes scenes on Shap, Copy Pit, the Devon Banks, the Aberdeen line and in East Anglia.
Power of the Castles featuring ‘Pendennis Castle’ on the Severn Valley Railway, on the Gloucs Warwks Railway, ‘Clun Castle’ on the ‘Cumbrian Mountain Express’ over Shap and Ais Gill and on tour in North Wales. Plus the first double headed Castles on the Main Line in the preservation era with ‘Pendennis and Clun Castle’ to Didcot.
Tail Lamp featuring Black 5s 45407 and 44871 on a stock move to Fort William.
