Although summer is currently in full swing, charter operators have already turned their thoughts to the end of the year. UK Railtours is no exception
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Category: Railtours
Yorkshire BLS tour raises £15k for charity
THE Branch Line Society and West Coast Railways operated the ‘Luca Pezzulo Express’ on July 20, visiting rare freight lines around Yorkshire. Highlights included a
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‘Royal Scotsman’ on Grand Tour
Belmond’s ‘Royal Scotsman’ luxury landcruise train – more usually confined to itineraries within Scotland – embarks on an annual seven-night grand tour of Britain, visiting
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Staff charter takes GBRf ‘50s’ back to Scotland
July 6 saw Class 50s Nos. 50007 Hercules and 50049 Defiance work a GB Railfreight staff charter from Motherwell to Scarborough via the East Coast
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‘Royal Windsor Steam Express’ to return in 2020
Regular steam operation will return to London Waterloo in 2020 after Steam Dreams confirmed its ‘Royal Windsor Steam Express’ will run again next summer. Operating
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‘Shakespeare Express’ 2019 season underway
Vintage Trains reintroduced its popular ‘Shakespeare Express’ between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon on July 21. Two return trips per day will operate on August
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Jurassic helps Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway celebrates anniversary
The 2ft gauge Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway (LCLR) celebrated the tenth anniversary of it reopening in Skegness on July 13.
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GWR InterCity 125s bow out in style
GREAT Western Railway said farewell to long-distance InterCity 125 operation on June 1 with an epic railtour visiting many parts of the GWR network. The
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BLS tour brings Class 31 back to the main line
JUNE 9 saw a Class 31 return to main line action after a gap of several months. Nemesis Rail’s No. 31128 Charybdis, currently the only Brush
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‘Trackbashing’ special to run over Dartmouth line for charity
47 years after the Paignton to Kingswear branch was sold to Dart Valley Railway plc, the ‘big railway’ will be running a train over it again.
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