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August
Name
Rep. no.
From
To
Loco
Timings
TOC
Tour Promoter
Friday 1st The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Friday 1st The Greatest Gathering Shuttle No. 1
1Z31
Chesterfield Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4
66720+66771
+57303 (T&T)
Times
GBRf
Branch Line Society
1Z32
Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4 Derby
66750+66004
+57303 (T&T)
The Greatest Gathering Shuttle No. 2
1Z33
Derby Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4
69002+69004
+57303 (T&T)
1Z34
Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4 Derby
69002+69004
+57303 (T&T)
1Z35
Derby Chesterfield
Saturday 2nd The Bicentennial & Peak District Explorer
1Z20
Eastleigh Barrow Hill
33029+33207
+47812 (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Pathfinder Tours
1Z22
Barrow Hill Eastleigh
Saturday 2nd The Greatest Gathering Special Train
1Z30
London Paddington Derby
69013+57310 (T&T)
Times
GBRf
UK Railtours
1Z32
Derby London Paddington
Saturday 2nd Northern Belle
1Z41
Hull Llandudno Junction
57313+47815 (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Northern Belle
1Z43
Llandudno Junction Hull
Saturday 2nd The Greatest Gathering Shuttle No. 3
1Z41
Chesterfield Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4
66314+69009
+57303 (T&T)
Times
GBRf
Branch Line Society
1Z42
Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4 Derby
70004+66556
+57303 (T&T)
The Greatest Gathering Shuttle No. 4
1Z43
Derby Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4
70004+66556
+57303 (T&T)
1Z44
Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4 Derby
68001+57303 (T&T)
1Z45
Derby Chesterfield
Saturday 2nd Settle to Carlisle & Tyne Valley Pullman
1Z54
Potters Bar Carlisle
43049+43055
Times
LSL
Midland Pullman
1Z56
Carlisle Potters Bar
Saturday 2nd The Cumbrian Mountain Express
1Z86
London Euston Carlisle
86259
Times
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
37706
1Z87
Carlisle

Preston

Preston London Euston
86259
Saturday 2nd Belmond British Pullman
1Z92
London Victoria Kettering
67007
Times
DBC
Belmond
Kettering Derby
60103
1Z94
Derby London Victoria
67007
Saturday 2nd English Riviera Express
1Z82
Wolverhampton Taunton
47712+57311 (T&T)
Times
LSL
Saphos Trains
Taunton Kingswear
5029+57311 (T&T)
1Z83
Kingswear Taunton
Taunton Wolverhampton
47712+57311 (T&T)
Saturday 2nd The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Sunday 3rd Belmond British Pullman
1Z82
London Victoria Gillingham
2 x 67 (DBC) (T&T)
Times
DBC
Belmond
1Z84
Gillingham London Victoria
Sunday 3rd The Waverley
1Z42
York Carlisle
37668+47826 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
1Z43
Carlisle York
Sunday 3rd The Greatest Gathering Shuttle No. 5
1Z51
Chesterfield Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4
68016+68001
+57303 (T&T)
Times
GBRf
Branch Line Society
1Z52
Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4 Derby
66622+66602
+57303 (T&T)
The Greatest Gathering Shuttle No. 6
1Z53
Derby Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4
66622+66602
+57303 (T&T)
1Z54
Barrow Hill Up Sdg 4 Derby
37407+57303 (T&T)
1Z55
Derby Chesterfield
Sunday 3rd The Greatest Gathering/Shakespeare Express
1Z13
Coleshill Parkway Derby
37240+5043 (T&T)
Times
VT
Vintage Trains
1Z14
Derby Hatton Signal LJ257
5043+37240 (T&T)
Hatton Signal LJ257 Stratford-upon-Avon
37240+5043 (T&T)
1Z15
Stratford-upon-Avon Birmingham Snow Hill
5043+37240 (T&T)
1Z16
Birmingham Snow Hill Stratford-upon-Avon
5043+37240 (T&T)
1Z17
Stratford-upon-Avon Derby
5043+37240 (T&T)
1Z18
Derby Coleshill Parkway
37240+5043 (T&T)
Sunday 3rd The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Monday 4th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Tuesday 5th The Pendle Dalesman
1Z65
Lancaster Carlisle
57008+57313 (T&T)
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
1Z66
Carlisle Lancaster
Tuesday 5th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Wednesday 6th Belmond British Pullman
1V80
London Victoria Bath Spa
67 (DBC)
Times
DBC
Belmond
1O92
Bath Spa London Victoria
Wednesday 6th Settle & Carlisle Fellsman
1Z70
Crewe Chester
47/57 (LSL)+61306 (T&T)
Times
LSL
Saphos Trains
Chester Carlisle
61306+47/57 (T&T)
1Z72
Carlisle Chester
Chester Crewe
47/57 (LSL)+61306 (T&T)
Wednesday 6th The Kentish Belle
**Cancelled by Tour Operator**
London Victoria Canterbury West
Steam TBA+47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Canterbury West London Victoria
Wednesday 6th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Thursday 7th Northern Belle
1Z01
Glasgow Central Rannoch
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Northern Belle
1Z02
Rannoch Glasgow Central
Thursday 7th The Dalesman
**Cancelled by Tour Operator**
York Carlisle
Steam TBA+37/47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
West Coast Railways
Carlisle York
Thursday 7th Belmond British Pullman
1Y92
London Victoria Dover Priory
35028+67 (DBC) (T&T)
Times
DBC
Belmond
1Y94
Dover Priory London Victoria
Thursday 7th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Friday 8th Belmond British Pullman
1Y40
London Victoria Gillingham
67 (DBC)
Times
DBC
Belmond
1Y41
Gillingham London Victoria
Friday 8th Northern Belle
1Z37
Edinburgh Oban
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Northern Belle
1Z38
Oban Edinburgh
Friday 8th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Saturday 9th The Heart of Wales Rambler
1Z74
Dorridge Shrewsbury
2 x 37 (WCRC)
Times
WCRC
Pathfinder Tours
1Z75
Shrewsbury Dorridge
Saturday 9th Northern Belle
Glasgow Central Edinburgh
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Northern Belle
Edinburgh Perth
Perth Glasgow Central
Glasgow Central Edinburgh
Saturday 9th The West Somerset Steam Express
London Paddington Minehead
Steam TBA+47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Minehead London Paddington
Saturday 9th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Sunday 10th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Monday 11th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Tuesday 12th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Wednesday 13th Northern Belle
Coventry King's Lynn
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Northern Belle
King's Lynn Coventry
Wednesday 13th Torbay Riviera Pullman
1Z43
Barrow-in-Furness Paignton
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
Times
LSL
Midland Pullman
1Z45
Paignton Barrow-in-Furness
Wednesday 13th Edinburgh Summer Explorer
York Carlisle
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Times
LSL
Saphos Trains
Carlisle Edinburgh
45231 or 34046 or 60007 or 70000+47/57 (T&T)
Edinburgh Carlisle
Carlisle York
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Wednesday 13th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Thursday 14th The Dorset Coast Express
London Victoria Southampton
45212+47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Southampton Weymouth
47/57 (WCRC) +45212 (T&T)
Weymouth London Waterloo
45212+47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Thursday 14th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Friday 15th Northern Belle
York round trip
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Northern Belle
round trip Wakefield Westgate
Friday 15th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Saturday 16th The West Somerset Railway
Tonbridge Minehead
DEMU 1001
Times
GBRf
Hastings Diesels Ltd.
Minehead Tonbridge
Saturday 16th Settle & Carlisle Steam Special
Lincoln Carlisle
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Northern Belle
45212 or 34067+57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Carlisle Hellifield GL
Hellifield GL Lincoln
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Saturday 16th The Lakelander
Nottingham Preston
2 x47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Times
LSL
Saphos Trains
Preston Carlisle
45231 or 34046 or 60007 or 70000+47/57 (T&T)
Carlisle Preston
Preston Nottingham
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Saturday 16th The Atlantic Coast Express
London Waterloo Exeter St. David's
Steam TBA+47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Exeter St. David's London Waterloo
Saturday 16th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Sunday 17th The Waverley
1Z42
York Carlisle
Steam TBA+47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
1Z43
Carlisle York
Sunday 17th The Jacobite
2Y61
Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
Times
WCRC
West Coast Railways
2Y62
Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
Mallaig Fort William
Tuesday 19th Northern Belle
Birmingham International Torquay
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Northern Belle
Torquay Birmingham International
Wednesday 20th Ben Nevis & Lochaber Pullman
Lancaster Fort William
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
Times
LSL
Midland Pullman
Fort William Lancaster
Thursday 21st Northern Belle
Liverpool Lime Street Edinburgh
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Northern Belle
Edinburgh Liverpool Lime Street
Thursday 21st The Spirit of Summer Lunch
1Z31
London Paddington Princes Risborough
34046+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Times
LSL
Steam Dreams
1Z32
Princes Risborough London Paddington
The Sunset Steam Express
1Z33
London Paddington Princes Risborough
1Z34
Princes Risborough London Paddington
Friday 22nd The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo & Waverley Weekender (Day 1 of 4)
London King's Cross Dumbarton Central
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
UK Railtours
Saturday 23rd The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo & Waverley Weekender (Day 2 of 4)
Dumbarton Central Edinburgh
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
UK Railtours
  Edinburgh Dumbarton Central
Saturday 23rd The Kent Conundrum
Princes Risborough Sheerness-on-Sea
50008+4TC (LUL) (T&T)
Times
H&H
UK Railtours
Sheerness-on-Sea Princes Risborough
Saturday 23rd Northern Belle
Huddersfield Edinburgh
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Northern Belle
Edinburgh Huddersfield
Saturday 23rd English Riviera Express
Slough Taunton
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Times
LSL
Saphos Trains
Taunton Kingswear
45231 or 34046 or 5029 or 70000+47/57 (T&T)
Kingswear Taunton
Taunton Slough
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Saturday 23rd The Cumbrian Coast Express
Crewe Carnforth N. Junc.
2 x 47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Carnforth N. Junc. Carlisle
Steam TBA+47/57 (T&T)
Carlisle

Carnforth S. Junc.

Carnforth S. Junc. Crewe
2 x 47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Saturday 23rd The Cotswold Venturer
London Victoria Worcester Shrub Hill
Steam TBA +47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Worcester Shrub Hill London Victoria
Monday 25th The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo & Waverley Weekender (Day 4 of 4)
Dumbarton Central London King's Cross
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
UK Railtours
Monday 25th The Western Wanderer
Crewe Gloucester
D9000
Times
LSL
Intercity
Gloucester Bristol Temple Meads
45118
Bristol Temple Meads Gloucester
Gloucester Cardiff Central
D213
Cardiff Central Bristol Temple Meads
45118
Bristol Temple Meads Gloucester
D1015
Gloucester Crewe
45118+D9000
Wednesday 27th The Welsh Highland Explorer
Dorridge Holyhead
37240
Times
VT
Vintage Trains
Holyhead Dorridge
Wednesday 27th Yorkshire Coast Pullman
Dundee Scarborough
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
Times
LSL
Midland Pullman
Scarborough Dundee
Wednesday 27th Welsh Marches Express
Bournemouth Bristol Temple Meads
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Times
LSL
Saphos Trains
Bristol Temple Meads Shrewsbury
45231 or 34046 or 5029 or 70000+47/57 (T&T)
Shrewsbury Bristol Temple Meads
Bristol Temple Meads Bournemouth
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Saturday 30th The Cumbrian Explorer
Westbury Stafford
56 (Colas)
Times
WCRC
Pathfinder Tours
Stafford Appleby  
Appleby Stafford  
Stafford Westbury
56 (Colas)
Saturday 30th Settle & Carlisle Steam Special
Hull Carlisle
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
Northern Belle
Steam TBA+57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Carlisle Hellifield GL
Hellifield GL Hull
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Saturday 30th English Riviera Express
Bedford Taunton
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Times
LSL
Saphos Trains
Taunton Kingswear
45231 or 34046 or 5029 or 70000+47/57 (T&T)
Kingswear Taunton
Taunton Bedford
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Sunday 31st The Royal Duchy
Bristol Temple Meads Par
Steam TBA+47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Times
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Par Bristol Temple Meads