RCTS Rail Tour Index RCTS Rail Tours A number given to the rail tour. Numbers 1, 200 and 250 are as advertised in the itinerary. It seems as if these should be in numerical order but there are some gaps, additions and a separate system for numbering industrial tours. Reference Number It is this number used in the PDF file name. Note that the numbering system seems to originate with the list published in the May 1968 issue of The Railway Observer. A number, generally the reference number prefixed by 4, used historically on some documents. No new Other Reference Number numbers are being issued. Some numbers have suffixes for individual documents. Indicates whether we have the associated documents (Itinerary etc) in the archive. If we have them, they are Documents In RCTS Archive? also stored as PDF files. Date Date the rail tour ran. Note that occasionally dates changed for operational reasons Railtour Title Title as on the Itinerary. Description 1 Outwards route. It has been suited to the space availiable in the spreadsheet so may be debatable! Description 2 Return route. It has been suited to the space availiable in the spreadsheet so may be debatable! Organising RCTS Branch The organising branch of the RCTS. Joint Organiser: Any other branch, society or organisation that was involved with the organisation of the tour. Locomotives Motive power. Needs reference to the RO reports to improve this column. Notes Any additional information or queries. RO Report / Photo References the approriate copy of The Railway Observer, where known. A work in progress. Document Date 09 September 2019 Useful websites: www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk www.railcar.co.uk www.uksteam.info/index.htm 0 Rail Tour Index.xlsx Cover Page 09/09/19 RCTS Rail Tour Index Reference Other Documents Date Railtour Title Description 1 Description 2 Organising RCTS Branch Joint Organiser: Locomotives Notes RO Report RO Photo Number Reference In RCTS Year/ Vol/Page Year/Vol/Page Number Archive? I001 N/A No 21 Jul 1928 Beckton Gas Works 0-4-0T 31 We have a Beckton Gas 1968 / 38 / 189 works Brochure, but dated later than this tour. 1 N/A Yes 11 Sep 1938 Stirling Single Kings Cross - Peterborough Peterborough - Kings Cross GNR 4-2-2 No 1 Archive has a 1938 / 10 / 323 1938 / 10 / 323 Photograph album 2018 / 88 / 622 1938 / 10 / 300 including reports and participants' signatures. Steam Railway 484 September 14 2018 Page 84 I002 N/A No 19 Nov 1938 Manchester Ship Canal Lancashire 0-6-0T 23 1938 / 10 / 421 2 N/A No 25 May 1946 Longmoor WD 75282 1946 / 16 / 81 3 N/A No 03 Jun 1950 Corringham Light Railway Avonside 0-6-0ST 1950 / 20 / 149 4 N/A No 02 Jul 1950 R.H. & D.R. Typhoon 1950 / 20 / 149 1950 / 20 / 253 5 N/A No 30 Sep 1950 Holborn Viaduct - Victoria Holborn Viaduct - Cannon Street -Clapham Junction - Point London 31101, 31722, 32418 1950 / 20 / 225 1950 / 20 / 252 London Bridge - Spa Road Pleasant Junction - East Putney - Junction - Depford - Maze Hill - Wimbledon - St Helier - Sutton - Charlton - Plumstead - West Croydon - Selhurst - Blackheath - Lewisham - Balham - Clapham Junction - Nunhead - Brixton - Factory Pouparts Junction - Longhedge Junction - Longhedge Junction - Junction - Stewarts Lane Clapham Junction Junction - London Victoria 6 4006 Yes 14 Apr 1951 East London Rail Tour Fenchurch Street - Canning Stepney East - East Ham - London E8619 1951 / 21 / 94 1951 / 21 / 93 Town - North Woolwich - Stratford 64647 1951 / 21 / 95 Stepney East 47300 7 4007 Yes 16 Jun 1951 Nottingham Rail Tour Nottingham (Victoria) - Daybrook Heanor - Ilkeston - Nottingham East Midlands 67363 1951 / 21 / 147 1951 / 21 / 144 - Kimberley - Heanor (Victoria) 1951 / 21 / 145 8 N/A No 24 Jun 1951 Bristol to South Wales Bristol Temple Meads - Severn Swansea High Street - Severn Bristol Railcar W20W 1951 / 21 / 199 1951 / 21 / 200 Tunnel Junction - Swansea High Tunnel Junction - Bristol Temple Street Meads 9 N/A No 12 Jul 1951 Volks Electric Railway Sussex & Kent Car 7 1951 / 21 / 199 1951 / 21 / 200 10 N/A No 19 Aug 1951 Bristol Rail Car London 7015 1951 / 21 / 200 1951 / 21 / 239 5325 6369 Railcar W16W 11 4011 Yes 29 Mar 1952 North East London Rail Tour (1st Train) London Bridge - New Cross Gate Cheshunt - Tottenham - Seven London 68549 1952 / 22 / 91 1952 / 22 / 117 - Liverpool Street - South Sisters - Bounds Green - 68613 Tottenham - Lower Edmonton - Farringdon - Cannon Street 68644 Cheshunt 67731 68783 11 N/A No 29 Mar 1952 North East London Rail Tour (2nd Train) London Bridge - New Cross Gate Cheshunt - Tottenham - Seven London 31507 1952 / 22 / 91 1952 / 22 / 117 - Liverpool Street - South Sisters - Bounds Green - 68575 Tottenham - Lower Edmonton - Farringdon - Cannon Street 68549 Cheshunt 67739 68787 12 4012 Yes 11 May 1952 South Yorkshire Rail Tour Sheffield (Wicker) - Holmes - Denaby - Maltby - Anston - Sheffield 40487 RO Supplement No 3. 1952 / 22 / 146 1952 / 22 / 146 Swinton - Spotborough - Upton Shireoaks - Kiveton Park - 61166 March 1952 and North Elmsall - Hemsworth Darnall - Sheffield Victoria and South Kirkby - Denaby 13 4013 Yes 18 May 1952 Isle of Wight Rail Tour Ryde Pier Head - Haven Street - Newport - Merstone - Ventnor South of England W3 1952 / 22 / 147 1952 / 22 / 147 Newport - Cowes - Newport - West - Merstone - Sandown - W32 Yarmouth - Freshwater - Brading Quay - Bembridge - W14 Newport Brading - Ryde Pier Head 14 N/A No 14 Jun 1952 Bishops Waltham Branch South of England 30589 1952 / 22 / 174 1952 / 22 / 173 15 4015 Yes 22 Jun 1952 Wye Valley, Brecon & Merthyr Diesel Car Bristol Temple Meads - Stoke Brecon - Torpantau - Cefn Coed - Bristol GWR Railcar 24 Visited Lydney, Brecon 1952 / 22 / 203 1952 / 22 / 206 Tour Gifford - Yate - Sharpness - Merthyr (High Street) - Treharris - and Pontypool Road Lydney - Chepstow - Tintern - Pontllanfraith - Pontypool Locomotive Depots. Monmouth Troy - Symonds Yat - (Clarence Street) - Llantarnam - Hereford (Barr's Court) - Hay - Severn Tunnel Junction - Talgarth - Brecon Patchway - Bristol Temple 16 4016 Yes 05 Oct 1952 Brighton Works Centenary Special Victoria - East Croydon - Brighton - East Croydon - London 32424 1952 / 22 / 297 1952 / 22 / 293 Brighton Victoria 32636 16A N/A Yes 05 Oct 1952 The Kemp Town Branch Brighton - Kemp Town Kemp Town - Brighton London Class A1X 0-6-0T 32636 18 N/A No 11 Oct 1952 Catterick Camp North East 69842 1952 / 22 / 323 1952 / 22 / 321 17 4017 Yes 19 Oct 1952 Brighton Works Centenary Special Victoria - East Croydon - Brighton - East Croydon - London 32424 1952 / 22 / 297 1952 / 22 / 320 Brighton Victoria 32636 1952 / 22 / 321 19 4019 Yes 23 Nov 1952 Bisley Tramway And North West Surrey Waterloo - Brookwood - Bisley Bisley Camp - Ascot - Clapham Class 0395 0-6-0 30577 1952 / 22 / 323 1953 / 23 / 1 Rail Tour Camp Junction - Victoria Class M7 0-4-4T 30027 1953 / 23 / 79 20 4020 Yes 17 May 1953 Southampton Docks & Fawley Branch Eastleigh - Southampton Central -Southampton Ocean Terminal - South of England 30757 1953 / 23 / 154 1953 / 23 / 154 Rail Tour Fawley - Southampton Ocean Berth 50 - Town Quay - 30062 1953 / 23 / 155 Terminal Southampton Central 0 Rail Tour Index.xlsx 2 of 38 09/09/19 RCTS Rail Tour Index Reference Other Documents Date Railtour Title Description 1 Description 2 Organising RCTS Branch Joint Organiser: Locomotives Notes RO Report RO Photo Number Reference In RCTS Year/ Vol/Page Year/Vol/Page Number Archive? 21 4021 Yes 07 Jun 1953 South Yorkshire Rail Tour No 2 Sheffield Midland - Shireoaks - Penistone - Wombwell - Sheffield 62667 1953 / 23 / 179 1953 / 23 / 178 Elsecar - Worsborough - Hemsworth East Junction - 64373 Penistone Staincross - Sheffield Midland 26013 22 4022 Yes 28 Jun 1953 25th Anniversary Special Waterloo - Axminster - Lyme Lyme Regis - Axminster - Exeter London 30464 1953 / 23 / 207 1953 / 23 / 224 Regis St Davids - Bristol - Bath Spa - 30711 1953 / 23 / 225 Paddington 30583 32662 4056 23 4023 Yes 26 Jul 1953 Manchester & District Rail Tour Manchester (London Road) - Manchester Exchange - Eccles - Lancashire & North West 50644 1953 / 23 / 249 1953 / 23 / 250 Newton Heath - Bury (Knowsley Bolton (Great Moor Street) - 50855 Street) - Holcombe Brook - Bury Howe Bridge - Tyldesley - Bolton Street - Manchester Ordsall Lane - Manchester Exchange (London Road) - Stockport (Tiviot Dale) - Northenden - Stockport (Edgeley) - Manchester (London 24 4024 Yes 06 Sep 1953 East Anglian Special Bishopsgate Goods - Shenfield - Cambridge - Hitchin - Bounds London 62567, 64685, 62790 1953 / 23 / 277 1953 / 23 / 288 Marks Tey - Sudbury - Bury St Green (Bowes Park) - Liverpool 1953 / 23 / 289 Edmunds - Cambridge Street I003 N/A No 19 Sep 1953 Hellingly Asylum Railway Sussex & Kent Battery Electric 1953 / 23 / 276 25 4025 Yes 04 Oct 1953 East Sussex Rail tour Three Bridges - Forest Row - Sheffield Park - East Grinstead London LBSCR Class D3 0-4-4T 32390 1953 / 23 / 306 1953 / 23 / 318 Eridge - Polegate - Lewes - Low Level - East Grinstead High 1953 / 23 / 319 Sheffield Park Level - Three Bridges 26 4026 Yes 10 Oct 1953 London Area Rail Tour Marylebone - Wembley Stadium - Batttersea Yard - Brixton - London 69441, 69481, 40037, 45277 1953 / 23 / 307 1953 / 23 / 319 Acton Main Line- Kensington Farringdon - Kings Cross - East Olympia - Battersea Yard Ham - Broad Street 27 4027 Yes 17 Oct 1953 Warrington & District Rail Tour Warrington (Bank Quay) - Moore -Winsford & Over - Cuddington - Lancashire & North West 67436 1953 / 23 / 308 1953 / 23 / 318 Hartford & Greenbank - West Cheshire Junction - Cuddington - Winsford & Over Frodsham - Daresby - Warrington (Bank Quay) 28 4028 Yes 25 Apr