Main Line Itinerary

Steam and heritage diesel tours

Loco: TBA. RTC

10 ‘The Golden Age of Travel by

Steam'

Circular tour from London Victoria. Steam-hauled throughout.

Loco: No. 35028 Clan Line. BEL 11 ‘Settle & Carlisle Steam Special' Crewe, Liverpool, Manchester, Carlisle & return. Steam-hauled Carnforth, Carlisle, Settle, Preston.

Loco: No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth. NB 11 ‘The Galloway Fifties'

Tame Bridge Parkway, Birmingham New Street, Stranraer & return. Diesel-hauled throughout.

Locos: Two Class 50s. PT 11 ‘The Coast to Coast Express' Liverpool, Scarborough & return. Steamhauled Liverpool, Scarborough, Milford Loop.

Loco: No. 45690 Leander, No. 45699 Galatea or No. 46115 Scots Guardsman. RTC 11 ‘The Cathedrals Express'

King's Cross, Cambridge, Great Yarmouth & return. Steam-hauled King's Cross-Great Yarmouth and Norwich-King's Cross. Loco: No. 61306 Mayflower. SD 12 ‘The Royal Duchy'

Slough, Par & return. Steam-hauled Taunton, Plymouth & return.

Loco: TBA. RTC 13 & 15 ‘The Devon Belle' Paddington, Kingswear & return (outward 13th, return 15th). Steam-hauled throughout.

Loco: No. 34046 Braunton, No. 45231 or No. 46100 Royal Scot. ST 14 ‘The Welshman'

Kingswear, Cardiff & return. Steam-hauled throughout.

Loco: No. 34046 Braunton, No. 45231 or No. 46100 Royal Scot. ST

15 ‘The Man of Kent'

Newport, Chepstow, Margate & return. Steam-hauled London, Margate and return.

Loco: No. 35028 Clan Line. PT 16 ‘The Jorvik Express' Liverpool, Manchester, York & return. Steam-hauled throughout.

Loco: No. 60163 Tornado. A1SLT 18 ‘The Caledonian' Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Edinburgh & return. Steam-hauled Carnforth, Edinburgh & return. Loco: No. 60163 Tornado. A1SLT 18 ‘The Mazey Day Cornishman 2021' Birmingham New Street, Penzance & return. Diesel-hauled throughout. Locos: Two Class 50s GloucesterPenzance & return. PT 18 ‘The Cumbrian Coast Express' Euston, Carlisle & return. Steam-hauled Carlisle, Whitehaven, Carnforth.

Loco: No. 45690 Leander, No. 45699 Galatea or No. 46115 Scots Guardsman. RTC 19 ‘The Cathedrals Express' Paddington, Chichester & return. Steamhauled Paddington-Chichester and Fratton-Paddington.

Loco: No. 61306 Mayflower. SD 19 ‘The Cathedrals Express' Chichester, Littlehampton & return. Steam-hauled Chichester-Littlehampton and Southampton-Chichester. Loco: No. 61306 Mayflower. SD 21 ‘The Cathedrals Express' London Victoria, Salisbury & return. Steam-hauled throughout.

Loco: No. 60103 Flying Scotsman. SD 21 ‘The Cathedrals Express' Circular tour from Salisbury. Steamhauled throughout.

Loco: No. 60103 Flying Scotsman. SD 23 ‘The Cathedrals Express' Paddington, Gloucester, Cardiff & return. Steam-hauled throughout.

Locos: No. 45596 Bahamas and No. 61306 Mayflower. SD 25 ‘Settle & Carlisle Steam Special' York, Wakefield, Carlisle & return. Steam-hauled Carnforth, Carlisle, Settle, Hellifield.

Loco: No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth. NB 25 ‘The Champion Torbay Express' Eastleigh, Gloucester, Kingswear & return. Diesel-hauled throughout.

Loco: D1015 Western Champion

Gloucester-Kingswear & return. PT 25 ‘The Jolly Fisherman'

King's Cross, Skegness & return. Steamhauled throughout.

Loco: No. 60103 Flying Scotsman. RTC 25 ‘SLS Special'

Tyseley, Swindon & return. Steam-hauled throughout.

Loco: No. 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.

VT 25 ‘The Lune Rivers Trust' Carnforth, Chester & return. Steamhauled throughout.

Loco: No. 45690 Leander, No. 45699

Steam-hauled Carnforth, Carlisle, Settle, Preston.

Loco: No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth. NB 24 ‘The Tin Bath'

Preston, Sheffield & return. Steam-hauled throughout.

Loco: No. 45690 Leander, No. 45699 Galatea or No. 46115 Scots Guardsman. RTC

27 ‘ Tornado and Flying Scotsman on the S&C'

Middlesbrough, York, Carlisle & return. Steam-hauled Middlesbrough, Carlisle, York.

Loco: No. 60163 Tornado

(Middlesbrough-Carlisle) and

No. 60103 Flying Scotsman (Carlisle-York). A1SLT

28 ‘Tornado and Flying Scotsman on the S&C'

Peterborough, York, Carlisle & return. Steam-hauled York, Carlisle & return.

Loco: No. 60103 Flying Scotsman

(York-Carlisle) and No. 60163 Tornado

(Carlisle-York). A1SLT 29 ‘The Golden Age of Travel by Steam' Circular tour from London Victoria. Steam-hauled throughout.

Loco: No. 35028 Clan Line. BEL 30 ‘The Stratford Flyer' Manchester, Stratford-upon-Avon & return. Steam-hauled throughout. Loco: No. 60103 Flying Scotsman. RTC 30 ‘The Midland Bristolian'

Derby, Tyseley, Bristol & return. Steamhauled Dorridge, Bristol, Derby.

Loco: No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland. VT

On July 5, Northern Belle ran a London Victoria-Bournemouth tour with new-build A1 No. 60163 Tornado, marking 90 years to the day since the Southern Railway introduced the ‘Bournemouth Belle' in 1931. Running four minutes early, the Peppercorn Pacific crosses Redbridge Causeway near Southampton. DON BENN

The scene opposite closely replicates this shot from the final years of the famous Pullman train, showing rebuilt Bulleid Merchant Navy Pacific No. 35024 East Asiatic Company at the same location with the Down ‘Belle' on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. DON BENN