Steam Railway (UK)

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NOVEMBER SAT 11 ‘THE ARMISTICE KENTISH BELLE’ 45596: London Victoria – Bromley South – Paddock Wood – Maidstone West – Strood

Diesel: Strood – Chatham – Sheerness-on-Sea 45596: Sheerness-on-Sea – Faversham – Canterbury East – Dover Priory – Folkestone – Ashford Internatio­nal – Maidstone East – Swanley – WEDS West Bromley London 15 South ‘THE – Reading COTSWOLD (sd) – London – Didcot EXPLORER’ Victoria. – Oxford RTC. – Evesham – Stroud – – Kemble Worcester – Swindon Shrub Hill – Didcot – Cheltenham – Reading Spa – THURS West London 16 ‘YORK by TBC. CHRISTMAS Saphos. MARKET’

London and return King’s by No. Cross 34046. – Potters SD. Bar – Hitchin – York SAT London 18 ‘THE King’s CHRISTMAS Cross – Stevenage WHITE – Huntingdon ROSE’ – Peterborou­gh Peterborou­gh by – No. Retford 44871. – York RTC. – Retford – SUN York – 19 Leeds ‘THE – WAVERLEY’ Keighley – Skipton – ‘S&C’ – Carlisle and return by No. 60103. RTC. SUN 19 ‘THE CARDIFF CHRISTMAS EXPRESS’

London Victoria – Staines – Ascot – Reading – Didcot Parkway – Swindon – Kemble – Gloucester – Chepstow – Cardiff Central by No. 44871. RTC. THURS 23 ‘THE NOTTINGHAM CHRISTMAS EXPRESS’

Ealing Broadway – St Albans – Luton – Bedford – Kettering – Market Harborough – Leicester – Nottingham by No. 45596. RTC. THURS 23 ‘EDINBURGH CHRISTMAS MARKET: DAY ONE’

York – Edinburgh by No. 60007. SD. SAT 25 ‘THE CHRISTMAS CHESHIREMA­N’

Bristol Temple Meads – Filton Abbey Wood – Cwmbran – Abergavenn­y – Hereford – Shrewsbury – Gobowen – Wrexham General – Chester and return by TBC. RTC. SAT 25 ‘CAPITAL CHRISTMAS EXPRESS’

Chester – Wrexham General – Shrewsbury – Wolverhamp­ton – Birmingham New Street – Solihull – Leamington Spa – Oxford – London Paddington by TBC. RTC. SAT 25 ‘FORTH BRIDGE LUNCHTIME TOUR’

Edinburgh Waverley (pu) – Forth Bridge – Kirkcaldy – Culross – Stirling – Edinburgh Waverley by No. 60007. SD. SUN 26 ‘EDINBURGH CHRISTMAS MARKET: DAY THREE’

Edinburgh Waverley – York by No. 60007. SD. TUES 28 ‘BATH CHRISTMAS MARKET’

London Victoria – Wimbledon – Woking – Bath Spa and return by No. 34046. SD. TUES 28 ‘THE CHRISTMAS WHITE ROSE’

Birmingham New Street – Coleshill Parkway – Tamworth High Level – Burton-upon-Trent – Derby – York and return by No. 7029/5043. VT. WEDS 29 ‘MANCHESTER CHRISTMAS MARKET’

London Euston – Watford Junction – Milton Keynes Central – Northampto­n – Rugby – Nuneaton – Stokeon-Trent – Manchester Piccadilly – Manchester Victoria – Crewe – Stafford – Nuneaton – Rugby – Northampto­n – Milton Keynes Central – Watford Junction – London Euston by No. 44871. RTC. DECEMBER FRI 1 ‘BATH CHRISTMAS MARKET’

West London – Reading – Newbury – Bath Spa – Newbury – Reading – West London by No. 34046. SD. SAT 2 ‘BATH AND BRISTOL CHRISTMAS MARKET’

Three Bridges – Haywards Heath – Preston Park – Hove – Worthing – Bath Spa – Bristol Temple Meads and return by TBC. RTC. SAT 2 ‘EDINBURGH CHRISTMAS MARKET’

York – Durham – Newcastle upon Tyne – Edinburgh Waverley and return by TBC. RTC. TUES 5 ‘GREAT WESTERN CHRISTMAS ENVOY’

West London – Bath Spa – Bristol Temple Meads and return by TBC. Saphos. TUES 5 ‘THE MERCHANT VENTURER’

Solihull – Widney Manor – Warwick Parkway – Banbury – Oxford – Bath Spa – Bristol Temple Meads and return by No. 7029/5043. VT. WEDS 6 ‘THE CHRISTMAS SUSSEX BELLE’

‘Black Gatwick Five’ – Haywards TBA: London Heath Victoria – Lewes – East – Eastbourne Croydon – Diesel: ‘Black Five’: Eastbourne Hastings – Hastings – Robertsbri­dge – Tunbridge Wells – Sevenoaks – Swanley – London Victoria. RTC.

 ?? JOHN HUNT ?? In what could be a first since 1960-61, there were four ‘Black Fives’ on Fort William depot over the weekend of September 29-October 2. Present that day were (from left to right) Nos. 45407 ‘The Lancashire Fusilier’, 45231 ‘Sherwood Forester’, 44871 and 45212.
JOHN HUNT In what could be a first since 1960-61, there were four ‘Black Fives’ on Fort William depot over the weekend of September 29-October 2. Present that day were (from left to right) Nos. 45407 ‘The Lancashire Fusilier’, 45231 ‘Sherwood Forester’, 44871 and 45212.

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