updated 30-July

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MAINLINE STEAM TOUR PROGRAMME 2019 August to December - local services

Welcome to the UK Steam pages. This is an unofficial list of scheduled steam-hauled excursions over lines during 2019. The information is updated regularly, and is provided in good faith, but is not guaranteed accurate! No responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. Always check with the rail tour operator for current information, as tours are often cancelled or amended at short notice.

Comments, updates, corrections (or criticism) are very welcome. Please email to: webmaster at uksteam.info. A very special thanks to all those who have contributed information - especially details of planned tours, train times, and updates on main line locomotives. Please keep sending it!

Note The symbol § denotes steam leg is expected to have diesel assistance.

This ‘local’ extract also includes any trains which pass through or to Basingstoke, Salisbury, Oxford or Westbury without traveling through ‘our area’ as such, and any near misses which may be of particular interest. Such entries have their date in blue. Trains including Newbury in their itinerary must travel through Hungerford – some others may do so.

N.B. – this listing is an amalgamation of information from UK Steam Info (which ceased updating on 23rd May) and updates derived from the page of the Railway Herald web-site, retaining the familiar layout we have been using for the last few years. A new approach will be required for steam specials in 2020.

Date Route Bookings

STEAM DREAMS EXCURSION Thu 01-Aug Paddington-Cardiff (WCRC) [wcrc] STDR TBA: Paddington-Gloucester-Cardiff and return

THE DORSET COAST EXPRESS London-Weymouth (WCRC) [wcrc] Thu 08-Aug RYTC TBA: Victoria-Staines--Weymouth §, Southampton-Andover-Waterloo §

THE ATLANTIC COAST EXPRESS London Waterloo-Exeter (WCRC) [wcrc] Sat 10-Aug UKRT 35028: London Waterloo (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Salisbury - Yeovil Junction - Honiton - Exeter Central (sd) - Exeter St. Davids & return

THE WEST SOMERSET STEAM EXPRESS London Paddington-Minehead (WCRC) [wcrc] Sat 17-Aug RYTC 46233: Paddington-Newbury-Bishops Lydeard and return TBA: Bishops Lydeard-Minehead and return

THE DORSET COAST EXPRESS London-Weymouth (WCRC) [wcrc] Thu 22-Aug RYTC 45305/46233/60009: Victoria-Staines-Southampton-Weymouth §, Southampton-Basingstoke-Waterloo §

THE COTSWOLD VENTURER Sat 24-Aug London Paddington-Worcester (WCRC) [wcrc] RYTC 46233: Paddington-Evesham-Worcester-Kemble-Paddington

GLOUCESTER GOES RETRO Sat 24-Aug 7029: Solhull (pu) - Dorridge (pu) - Warwick Parkway (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Oxford - VNTL - Kemble - Stroud - Gloucester (break/rev) & return STEAM DREAMS EXCURSION Sun 25-Aug STDR 60103: London Paddington (pu) - Oxford (break/rev) & return

THE DORSET COAST EXPRESS London-Weymouth (WCRC) [wcrc] Thu 05-Sep RYTC 45305/46233/60009: Victoria-Staines-Southampton-Weymouth §, Southampton-Basingstoke-Waterloo §

THE TORBAY EXPRESS Sun 08-Sep Bristol-Kingswear (EH01) [dbc] TBEL 46201/45233/60009: Bristol-Westbury-Kingswear and return

BELMOND BRITISH PULLMAN Wed 11-Sep London Victoria-Bristol (BLMD) [dbc] BLMD 35028: Victoria-Bristol-Victoria

THE SWANAGE BELLE Thu 12-Sep London Victoria-Swanage (WCRC) [wcrc] RYTC 46233/60009: Victoria-Swanage §, Southampton-Andover-Victoria §

STEAM DREAMS EXCURSION London Paddington-Littlehampton (WCRC) [wcrc] Sun 22-Sep STDR TBA: London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Winchester (sd) - Chichester (sd) - Littlehampton (break/rev) & return

STEAM DREAMS EXCURSION London Victoria-Swanage (WCRC) [wcrc] Thu 26-Sep STDR TBA: London Victoria (pu) - Egham (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Bournemouth (sd) - Corfe (sd) - Swanage (break/rev) & return

STEAM DREAMS EXCURSION Sat 05-Oct Sheffield Park-Worcester(WCRC) [wcrc] STDR 46233: Sheffield Park-Oxford-Worcester-Swindon-Sheffield Park (tbc)

THE COTSWOLD EXPLORER - X Sat 12-Oct Dorridge-Oxford (TY01) [vntl] VNTL 7029: Dorridge-Worcester-Kemble-Oxford-Evesham-Worcester-Dorridge

STEAM DREAMS EXCURSION Thu 21-Nov TBA: West Brompton (pu) - - Cheam (pu) - Leatherhead (pu) - Effingham Junction (pu) - STDR Guildford (pu) - Petersfield (pu) - Salisbury (sd) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

THE MARCHES & SEVERN EXPRESS 60163: Eastleigh (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Reading West (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Sat 23-Nov PATH Swindon (pu) - Kemble (pu) - Stroud (pu) - Stonehouse (pu) - Gloucester (pu) - Chepstow - Abergavenny - Ludlow (sd) - Shrewsbury (break/rev) & return

THE LUDLOW MEDIEVAL CHRISTMAS FAIR Sat 23-Nov 60009: Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Bristol Parkway RYTC (pu) - Ludlow (sd) - Shrewsbury (break/rev) & return

STEAM DREAMS EXCURSION Sun 01-Dec STDR TBA: London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

THE BATH & BRISTOL CHRISTMAS EXPRESS 6233: Swanage (pu) - Poole (pu) - Bournemouth (pu) - Brockenhurst (pu) - Southampton Central (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads Thu 05-Dec RYTC 6233: Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Salisbury (sd) Diesel: Salisbury - Southampton Central (sd) - Brockenhurst (sd) - Bournemouth (sd) - Poole (sd) - Swanage

THE BATH & CARDIFF CHRISTMAS MARKETS Tue 10-Dec 6233: London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Newbury (pu) -Bath Spa (sd) - RYTC Cardiff Central (break/rev) & return

Thu 12-Dec STEAM DREAMS EXCURSION STDR Chinnor-Eastleigh Steam TBA: Princes Risborough (pu) - Bicester Village (pu) - Oxford Parkway (pu) - Winchester (sd) – Eastleigh & return

STEAM DREAMS EXCURSION Sun 15-Dec TBA: London Victoria (pu) - Staines(pu) - Ascot (pu) - Reading (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Warwick STDR (pu) - Stratford-upon-Avon (break/rev) & return

STEAM DREAMS EXCURSION Tue 17-Dec TBA: London Waterloo (pu) - Woking (pu) - Salisbury (sd) - Sherborne (sd) - Yeovil Railway STDR Centre (break/rev) & return

Tour promoters Agent Address The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust Bookings via UK Railtours A1ST PO Box 50, Welwyn AL6 0WG Tel: 01438 715050

UK Railtours UKRT PO Box 50, Welwyn AL6 0WG Tel: 01438 715050 Belmond (formerly Orient-Express Hotels) BLMD Tel: 0845 077 2222 Info line: 020 7805 5099 Email: mailto:[email protected] Station Heritage Centre Carnforth Station, Warton Rd, Carnforth, LA5 9TR CARN Tel: 01524 735165 Email: [email protected] Charity Railtours 1 Hunter Road, Ipswich, IP3 8TN CHRT Tel: 07518 045077

Compass by West Coast Railways Jesson Way, Carnforth, Lancs LA5 9UR CMPS Tel: 0844 950 3137 Email: --- East Railway Bolton St, Bury BL9 0EY ELRY Tel: 0333 320 2830 Email: [email protected] Golden Eagle Luxury Trains Denzell House, Denzell Gardens, Dunham Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 4QF GELT Tel: 0161 928 9410 Email: --- Also see A1ST Icons of Steam ICOS Locomotive Services Ltd

IRRT Ian Riley & Son (Railways) Ltd Bookings via West Coast Railway Co Keighley & Worth Valley Railway KWVR

London Transport LTPT Bookings Tel: 0207 565 7298 North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) Enterprises NLPG 57 Millview Drive, Tynemouth NE30 2QD Tel: 0191 257 0980 (Mon-Fri 09:30-20:30 only) Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ NRM Tel: 08707 010208 (0830-2030)

North Yorkshire Moors Railway NYMR Pickering Station, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7AJ Tel: 01751-472508 Pathfinder Tours (2006) Ltd (A Company) PATH Stag House, Gydynap Lane, Inchbrook, Woodchester, Glos GL5 5EZ Tel: 01453-835414, 01453-834477 Fax: 01453-836538 Email: mailto:[email protected] PMR Tours PO Box 6233, The West Shed, Ripley DE5 4AD PMRT Tel: 01773-743986 (Mon-Fri 0930-1630) Email: mailto:[email protected] Papyrus Rail UK PPRS Tel: 01908 410450 Email: mailto:[email protected] Railtourer RLTR 42 Kingston Road, Willerby, HU10 6UB. Tel: 01482-659082 The Railway Touring Company 14a Tuesday Market Place, Kings Lynn, PE30 1JN RYTC Tel: 01553-661500 Fax: 01553 661800 Email:mailto:[email protected] Scotrail SCTR

Spitfire Railtours PO Box 824, Taunton TA1 9ET SPFR Tel: 08708 793675 Email:mailto:[email protected] Saphos Trains PO Box 83, St Erth, Hayle, Cornwall. TR27 9AD SPHS Tel: 0800 038 5320 Email:mailto:[email protected] SRPS Railtours SRPS 82 Busby Road, Carmunnock, Glasgow, G76 9BJ Tel: 0131 202 1033 (Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00 & 19:00-21:00) Steam Dreams PO Box 169, Albury, Guildford Surrey GU5 9YS STDR Tel: 01483-209888 Fax: 01483-209889 Email: mailto:[email protected] Statesman Rail PO Box 83, St Erth, Hayle, TR27 6JH STMN Tel: 0845 310 2458 Email: mailto:[email protected] Torbay Express Ltd TBEL Stag House, Gydynap Lane, Inchbrook, Woodchester, Glos GL5 5EZ Tel: 01453-834477 Email: mailto:[email protected] Tornado150 Walton-on-Naze TNDO Tel: 0330 113 8989 Email: mailto:[email protected] UK Railtours UKRT PO Box 50, Welwyn AL6 0WG Tel: 01438 715050 Vintage Trains Birmingham Railway Museum, 670 Warwick Road, Tyseley, Birmingham B11 2HL VNTL Tel: 0121-708-4960 Fax: 0121-708-4963.

West Coast Railway Company Jesson Way, Carnforth, Lancs LA5 9UR WCRC Tel: 01524-737751/737753 (JACOBITE bookings only) Fax: 01524-735518

Steam Operating Companies Operator Details DB Cargo (previously DB Schenker) (formerly English Welsh and Scottish Railway) (in association with Riviera Trains under The Charter Alliance) [dbc] or [dbs] Charter Train & Rail passenger Services, Lakeside Business Park, Carolina Way, Doncaster DN4 5PN Tel: 01302-766679 Email: [email protected] Devon & Cornwall Railways [Not licenced for passenger traiins] (A subsidiary of British American Railway Services) Devon and Cornwall Railways Ltd, [dcr] Stanhope Station, Stanhope Bishop Auckland, DL13 2YS Tel 01388 526203 Email: [email protected] Locomotive Services (TOC) Limited [lsl] Crewe Diesel Depot, Nantwich Road, Crewe, CW2 6GT North Yorkshire Moors Railway [nymr] Pickering Station, Pickering, N Yorks YO18 7AJ Vintage Trains [vntl] 670 Warwick Road, Tyseley, Birmingham B11 2HL Tel: 0121-708-4960 West Coast Railway Company Ltd [wcrc] Jesson Way, Carnforth, Lancs LA5 9UR Tel: 01524-732100 Fax: 01524-735518

Coaching stock Set Details Riviera Trains BR Mk 1/2a set "The Royal Duchy" BR(W) Chocolate and cream livery (Formerly known as CP01, OM01) (Dual air/vacuum brake) FO: 3098, 3107/10/12/22/25/40 TSO: 4902/27/63, 5009/40 (EH01) TSO: 5350 (Mk2a) BCK: 21272 RBR: 1692 RMB: 1842/63 BGen: 6310 Based at Eastleigh Riviera Trains BR Mk 1/2a set "The Royal Scot" BR Crimson and Cream livery (Formerly known as CP02, OM02 "The Ocean Liner") (Dual air/vacuum brake) FO: 3066/68/69/97, 3119/44/48/49 (EH02) TSO: 5292, 5322/41 (Mk2a) RBR: 1651/1691/97 RMB: 1850 BFK: 17015 Based at Eastleigh dbc (Managed by Riviera) BR Mk 1/2a set - BR Maroon livery (some coaches to be repainted from other liveries) (Formerly known as OC91, OM03 "The Overlander") (Air brake only) FO: 3123/41/44/46/47/48 (EH03) TSO: 4949/86/98, 5008/23 BCK: 21245 BSK/G: 35469 RBR: 1671 RK: 80041 RMB: 1813 Based at Eastleigh (RSCT) Royal Scotsman Scottish Railway Preservation Society BR Mk 1 set BR Maroon livery (Dual air/vacuum brake) TSO: 4831/32/36/56, 5028 FO: 3096 (SRPS) FK: 13229/30 RBR: 1730 RMB: 1859 BSK: 35185 BCK: 21241 Based at Boness Vintage Trains Ltd BR Mk 1/2a set BR Chocolate & Cream livery (Vacuum brakes) TSO: 5157/77/91 (TY01) TSO: 5198 RMB: 1861 Saloon: 5067 BFK: 17018 Based at Tyseley Venice Simplon Orient Express Pullman cars Pullman Umber and cream livery 254 (99536) "Zena" 284 (99543) "Vera" 281 (99546) "Gwen" 302 (99531) "Phoenix" (VSOE) 301 (99530) "Perseus" (SL90) 213 (99535) "Minerva" 308 (99532) "Cygnus" 280 (99537)"Audrey" 245 (99534) "Ibis" 243 (99541) "Lucille" BSK 35466 (99545) BGen 6313 Based at Stewarts Lane (WCRP) West Coast Railway Company BR ex-Manchester Pullman set Pullman Umber & Cream livery (Air brakes, electric heating) PF (7) FK (2) BF (1) Based at Carnforth West Coast Railway Company BR Mk 1/2 set "The Green Train" (Formerly RP01) BR(S) Green livery (Vacuum brakes) TSO: 5171, 5200/16/22/36/37/49 (WCGN) BSO: 9392 RMB: 1840 FK: 13440/74 RBR: 1659 RU: 1961 Based at /Carnforth West Coast Railway Company BR Mk 1/2a sets BR Maroon livery (Dual air/vacuum brakes) TSO: 3766, 4912/31/51/54/58 TSO: 5035 FO: 3128 (WCxx) SK: 25756, 25806/08 RMB: 1860/82 BCK: 21256 BSK: 35459 (and others) Based at Carnforth Locomotive Services BR Mk 1/2 mainly crimson/cream FO: 3100, 3148, 3188, 3231, 3330, 3348 (LSL) SO: 5912, 5991 RBR: 1659 Pullman: 310 Pegasus Based at Crewe Diesel

This coaching stock information is indicative only. Set formations are frequently changed and individual vehicles may often be swapped between sets. Some trains may be formed with vehicles from two or more sets.