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July
Name
Rep. no.
From
To
Loco
Timings
TOC
Tour Promoter
Wednesday 1st Yorkshire Coast Pullman
1Z31
 Chelmsford Scarborough
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
1Z32
 Scarborough Chelmsford
Wednesday 1st The Britannic Explorer (Day 3 of 4)
1Z72
 Barmouth Machynlleth
2 x 97/3
GBRf
Belmond
1Z73
 Machynlleth Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Honeybourne Staff Hut

66 + 66 (GBRf) (T&T)
Wednesday 1st Settle & Carlisle Fellsman
1Z45
 Crewe Chester
60532+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Chester Carlisle
1Z47
 Carlisle Chester
Chester Carlisle
Wednesday 1st The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Thursday 2nd The Britannic Explorer (Day 4 of 4)
1Z75
 Honeybourne Staff Halt London Victoria
66 + 66 (GBRf) (T&T)
DBC
Belmond
Thursday 2nd The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Friday 3rd Llandudno (Day 1 of 4)
1Z15
 Saltburn Llandudno
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
Saltburn Railtours
Friday 3rd Belmond British Pullman
1V80
 London Victoria Bath Spa
67 (DBC)
DBC
Belmond
1O92
 Bath Spa London Victoria
Friday 3rd The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Saturday 4th Northern Belle
1Z54
 Nottingham Edinburgh
2 x 57 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
Northern Belle
1Z55
 Edinburgh Ilkeston
Saturday 4th Independence Day
1Z29
 Finsbury Park London King's Cross
57/3 (GBRf)+69 (GBRf) (T&T)
GBRf
UK Railtours
1Z30
 London King's Cross Toton
69 (GBRf)+57/3 (GBRf) (T&T)
Toton Hunslet Down Reception

66 (DBC)+66 (HH)

Hunslet Down Reception Doncaster
66 (HH)+66 (DBC) (T&T)
1Z32
 Doncaster Toton
66 (GBRf)+66 (DBC) (T&T)
Toton London King's Cross
69 (GBRf)+57/3 (GBRf) (T&T)
Saturday 4th The Lakelander
1Z31
 Nottingham Preston
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Preston Carlisle
34046 or 60532 or 71000+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
1Z33
 Carlisle Preston
Preston Nottingham
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Saturday 4th The Tynesider
1Z50
 London King's Cross York
86259
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
York Morpeth
34067+47 (T&T)
1Z51
 Morpeth York
York London King's Cross
86259
Saturday 4h The White Rose to Scarborough
1Z41
 Birmingham New Street Scarborough
5043 or 7029+37240 or 47773 (T&T)
WCRC
 The Railway Touring Company
1Z43
 Scarborough Birmingham New Street
Saturday 4th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Sunday 5th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Monday 6th Llandudno (Day 4 of 4)
1Z16
 Llandudno Saltburn
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
Saltburn Railtours
Monday 6th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Tuesday 7th The Dalesman
York Hellifield
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
West Coast Railways
Hellifield Carlisle
34067+47 (WCRC)
Carlisle Hellifield
Hellifield York
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Tuesday 7th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Wednesday 8th The William Shakespeare Express
Barrow-in-Furness Crewe
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Crewe Stratford-upon-Avon
34046 or 60532 or 71000+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Stratford-upon-Avon Crewe
Crewe Barrow-in-Furness
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Wednesday 8th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Thursday 9th Dorset Coast Statesman
Stafford Weymouth
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Statesman Rail
  Weymouth Stafford
Thursday 9th The End of Southern Steam
London Victoria Yeovil Junction
35028+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Yeovil Junction Weymouth
47 (WCRC)+35028 (T&T)
Weymouth London Waterloo
35028+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Thursday 9th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Friday 10th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Saturday 11th English Riviera Express
High Wycombe Taunton
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Taunton Kingswear
34046 or 61306+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Kingswear Taunton
Taunton High Wycombe
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Saturday 11th The Cumbrian Mountain Express
Crewe Liverpool Lime Street
2 x 47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Liverpool Lime Street Carnforth N. Junc.
Carnforth N. Junc. Carlisle
34067+47 (T&T)
Carlisle Preston
Preston Liverpool Lime Street
2 x 47/57 (WCRC) (T&T)
Liverpool Lime Street Crewe
Saturday 11th The White Rose
London King's Cross York
34028+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 The Railway Touring Company
York London King's Cross
Saturday 11th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Sunday 12th The North Wales Coast Express
Liverpool Lime Street Holyhead
34067+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 The Railway Touring Company
Holyhead Liverpool Lime Street
Sunday 12th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Monday 13th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Tuesday 14th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Wednesday 15th Portsmouth Harbour Statesman
Chesterfield Portsmouth Harbour
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Statesman Rail
  Portsmouth Harbour Chesterfield
Wednesday 15th The Scarborough Spa Express
Lancaster Scarborough
34067+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
Scarborough Lancaster
Wednesday 15th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Thursday 16th The Spirit of Summer Lunch
London Paddington London Paddington
Steam TBA+47 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
 Steam Dreams
The Sunset Steam Express
London Paddington London Paddington
Thursday 16th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Friday 17th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Saturday 18th The Waverley Merrymaker
Crewe Edinburgh
D213+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
InterCity
  Edinburgh Crewe
45118+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Saturday 18th English Riviera Express
Woking Taunton
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
Saphos Trains
Taunton Kingswear
60007+47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Kingswear Taunton
Taunton Woking
2 x 47/57 (LSL) (T&T)
Saturday 18th Cotswold and Exmoor Explorer
Hastings Worcester Shrub Hill
DEMU 1001
GBRf
Branch Line Society
Worcester Shrub Hill Minehead
Minehead Worcester Shrub Hill
Worcester Shrub Hill Hastings
Saturday 18th The West Somerset Steam Express
London Paddington Bishops Lydeard
34028+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 The Railway Touring Company
Bishops Lydeard Minehead
WSR Steam TBC
Minehead Bishops Lydeard
Bishops Lydeard London Paddington
34028+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Saturday 18th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Sunday 19th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Monday 20th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Tuesday 21st The Dalesman
York Hellifield
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
West Coast Railways
Hellifield Carlisle
34067+47 (WCRC)
Carlisle Hellifield
Hellifield York
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Tuesday 21st The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Wednesday 22nd Settle to Carlisle & Tyne Valley Pullman
Potters Bar Carlisle
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
  Scarborough Potters Bar
Wednesday 22nd The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Thursday 23rd The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Friday 24th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Saturday 25th The Citadel Circle
Manchester Victoria Carlisle
43025+43159
H&H
125 Group/Retro Railtours
  Carlisle Manchester Victoria
Saturday 25th The Yorvik Discovery
Dundee York
D213+37025 (T&T)
LSL
S.R.P.S. Railtours
York Scarborough
37025+D213 (T&T)
Scarborough York
37025+D213 (T&T)
York Dundee
D213+37025 (T&T)
Saturday 25th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Sunday 26th The Discovery Double
Dundee Falkirk Grahamston
D213+37025
LSL
S.R.P.S. Railtours
Sunday 26th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Monday 27th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Tuesday 28th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Wednesday 29th Torbay Riviera Pullman
Hull Paignton
43046/43047/43049/43050/43055/43058/43059
LSL
Midland Pullman
  Paignton Hull
Wednesday 29th The Scarborough Spa Express
1Z63
 Carnforth Scarborough
34067+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
1Z64
 Scarborough Carnforth
Wednesday 29th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Thursday 30th The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
Friday 31st The Jacobite
2Y61
 Fort William Mallaig
44871 and 45407
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
2Y62
 Mallaig Fort William
2Y68
 Fort William Mallaig
2Y69
 Mallaig Fort William
August
Name
Rep. no.
From
To
Loco
Timings
TOC
Tour Promoter
Saturday 1st The Avon Gorgeous
Crewe Bristol Temple Meads
47712+47 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
InterCity
Bristol Temple Meads Portbury Docks
  Portbury Docks Bristol Temple Meads
Bristol Temple Meads Crewe
Thursday 6th The Dalesman
Chester Preston
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
West Coast Railways
Preston Hellifield
Hellifield Carlisle
34067+47 (WCRC)
Carlisle Preston
Preston Chester
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Tuesday 11th The Dalesman
York Hellifield
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
West Coast Railways
Hellifield Carlisle
34067+47 (WCRC)
Carlisle Hellifield
Hellifield York
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Saturday 15th The Slate Miner
Oxford Bescot Yard
37/47 (WCRC)
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
Bescot Yard Llandudno Junction
56 (Colas)+37/47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Llandudno Junction Blaenau Ffestiniog
37/47 (WCRC)+ 56 (Colas) (T&T)
  Blaenau Ffestiniog Llandudno Junction
37/47 (WCRC)+ 56 (Colas) (T&T)
Llandudno Junction Bescot Yard
56 (Colas)+37/47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Bescot Yard Oxford
37/47 (WCRC)
Wednesday 19th The Scarborough Spa Express
1Z63
 Carnforth Scarborough
34067+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
1Z64
 Scarborough Carnforth
Thursday 20th The Spirit of Summer Lunch
London Paddington London Paddington
Steam TBA+47 (LSL) (T&T)
LSL
 Steam Dreams
The Sunset Steam Express
London Paddington London Paddington
Saturday 22nd The Retro Cestrian Bard
Stalybridge Chester
37407+37423 (T&T)
H&H
Retro Railtours
Chester Stratford-upon-Avon
  Stratford-upon-Avon Hereford
Hereford Stalybridge
Saturday 22nd The Thistle and Dragon
Leven Llandudno
D213
LSL
S.R.P.S. Railtours
Llandudno Chester
D213
Chester Leven
45118
Tuesday 25th The Dalesman
York Hellifield
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
West Coast Railways
Hellifield Carlisle
34067+47 (WCRC)
Carlisle Hellifield
Hellifield York
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
September
Name
Rep. no.
From
To
Loco
Timings
TOC
Tour Promoter
Wednesday 2nd The Scarborough Spa Express
Lancaster Scarborough
34067+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 West Coast Railways
Scarborough Lancaster
Saturday 5th The Cambrian Coast Express
Dorridge Shrewsbury
37240
VT
Vintage Trains
Shrewsbury Aberystwyth
97/3 (NR)+37240
  Aberystwyth Shrewsbury
97/3 (NR)+37240
Shrewsbury Dorridge
37240
Thursday 10th The Dalesman
Chester Preston
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
West Coast Railways
Preston Hellifield
Hellifield Carlisle
34067+47 (WCRC)
Carlisle Preston
Preston Chester
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Tuesday 15th The Dalesman
York Hellifield
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
West Coast Railways
Hellifield Carlisle
34067+47 (WCRC)
Carlisle Hellifield
Hellifield York
2 x 47 (WCRC) (T&T)
Saturday 19th The Cornish Branchliner
Crewe Carne Point
47 (WCRC)
WCRC
The Railway Touring Company
  Carne Point Crewe
Saturday 26th Lune Rivers Trust
Carnforth York
34067+47 (WCRC) (T&T)
WCRC
 West Coast Railways/Lune Rivers Trust
York Carnforth