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RAILTOURS

Charitytour to coverDartmouth lines

Thereisarareopportunity to traverse all the non- therehas recentlybeenanincrease in the full length of the line utilising the
railway’s diesel traction. Class 37
fatalities across therailwaynetwork.
passenger lines on the Dartmouth Steam Railway Theyalso provide invaluable suicide No. 37275and oneofthe line’s
with Class 03 and 37 haulage. prevention training to workers across Class 03 shunters arebooked
the railway industry. as traction.
The support group has decided Full timings will be confirmed
‘THE PDSR Explorer’ on Saturday, Behind thetour is asupport group to come together with local nearer the time, but thedeparture
September 14, aims to coverasmany that raises moneyfor the Samaritans businesses to raisemuch needed time from PaigntonQueens Park
of the lines and sidings as possible on and allfunds will be donated to moneyfor the charity and thistrack station is confirmed as 10.50, with the
the Dartmouth Steam Railway, which the charity. and traction railtour,being run in finish expected around 17.30.
runs betweenPaignton andKingswear The Samaritansprovide invaluable conjunction with the DSR, will cover Tickets areonlyavailable online
in Devon. support within all industries, but variousnon-passenger tracksalong via billetto.co.uk.

FORTHCOMING TOURSFOR SEPTEMBER

Date Tour Name From-To otivePower romoter
1 oyalDuchy London Paddington-L Steam 60009 &WCRCDiesel TBA RTC
1 hakespeareExpress Birmingham SnowHill-StratfordUpon Avon (two trips) Steam TBA(Tyseley) VT
3 oyal Windsor Express (three trips) London Waterloo-Windsor Steam TBA SD
3 unset Steam Express London Waterloo-Chertsey-Waterloo Steam TBA SD
3 alesman York-Carlisle WCRC 47/57&WCRCSteam TBA WCRC
5 istoricCanterbury London Victoria-Canterbury DBC 67x2 BBP
5 orset Coast Express London Victoria-Weymouth Steam 60009 &WCRC47/57 RTC
5 vening Dining Train Birmingham SnowHill-Worcester Steam 7029 &47773 VT
5 carborough Spa Express Carnforth-Scarborough WCRC 47/57&WCRCSteam 45699 WCRC
6 issinghurst Castle Garden London Victoria-Maidstone DBC 67x2 BBP
6 orthern Belle Lincoln-Llandudno Junction WCRC 47/57 NB
7 ettle, Carlisle &Cumbrian Coast Circular Norwich-Carlisle DRS68x2 NENTA
7 ugar Loaf Mountaineer II Birmingham-Carmarthen Class 37 &Steam ‘BlackFive’ 45231 PT
7 heshireman Norwich-Chester Steam 6233 RTC
7 orkshireCoast Statesman High Wycombe-Scarborough LSL47x2 SR
7 berdonian Edinburgh Waverley-Aberdeen Steam 60163 TR
7 hite Rose Dorridge-York Steam 7029 VT
8 rief Encounter Afternoon Tea ull-Leeds-Carnforth circular WCRC 47/57x2 NB
8 Waverley ork-Carlisle Steam Jubilee 45690 or 45699 RTC
8 orbayExpress Bristol-Kingswear Steam TBA TE
10 Dalesman York-Carlisle WCRC 47/57& WCRC Steam TBA WCRC
11 Historic Bath by Steam London Victoria-Bath Steam 35028 BBP
12 Historic Canterbury London Victoria-Canterbury DBC 67x2 BBP
12 SwanageBelle London Victoria-Swanage team 60009 &WCRC47/57 RTC
13 Golden AgeofTravel ondon Victoria-Kent circular DBC 67x2 BBP
14 Arundel Castle/Goodwood Revival London Victoria-Arundel DBC 67x2 BBP
14 BowBells Nottingham-Norwich DBC 66x2 BLS
14 Salisbury Hastings-Salisbury Hastings DEMU HDL
14 Northern Belle Birmingham International-Arundel WCRC 47/57 NB
14 PDSR Explorer Paignton and all non-passenger lines to Kingswear Class 37 37275 &Class 03 PDSR
14 Settle &Carlisle Mountaineer Didcot-Shap-Appleby iesel TBA& Steam 60163 PT
14 Steam Dreams Excursion London Euston-Carlisle Diesel/Electric TBA& WCRC Steam TBA SD
14 YorkshireTraveller Crewe-York LSLSteam TBA ST
14 Welsh Marches Dorridge-Hereford team 7029 VT
15 DiscoverFolkestone London Victoria-Folkestone DBC 67x2 BBP
15 RoyalDuchy Bristol-Plymouth/Par Steam 60009 &WCRCDiesel TBA RTC
15 ShakespeareExpress Birmingham SnowHill-StratfordUpon Avon (twotrips) Steam 7029 VT
19 Historic Canterbury London Victoria-Canterbury DBC 67x2 BBP
19 Steam Dreams Excursion London Victoria-Canterbury/Faversham Steam 61306 SD
20 Dinner Hosted by Michel Roux Jr London Victoria-Surrey hills circular DBC 67x2 BBP
21 Northern Belle Liverpool Lime Street-Scarborough WCRC 47/57 NB
21 Pennine Blackpool Express London Euston-Blackpool Class 86 86259 &WCRCSteam TBA RTC
21 Inverness &Speyside North Berwick-Inverness Diesel TBA SRPS
21 Great Western Statesman Ely-Bath/Bristol LSL47x2 SR
22 Steam Dreams Excursion London Paddington-Littlehampton Steam TBA& WCRC 47/57 SD
22 TorbayExpress Bristol-Kingswear Steam TBA TE
22 Merchant of Avon Burton on Trent-StratfordUponAvon CRCSteam TBA WCRC
25 Chatsworth House London Victoria-Chesterfield DBC 67x2 BBP
26 Murder Mystery Lunch ondon Victoria-Surrey Hillscircular DBC 67x2 BBP
26 Steam Dreams Excursion London Victoria-Swanage team 61306 &WCRCDiesel TBA SD
27 Golden AgeofTravel ondon Victoria-Kent circular DBC 67x2 BBP
27-30 Autumn Highlander Didcot-Inverness Scottish tour Diesel TBA PT
28 Northern Belle Gloucester-Llandudno Junction WCRC 47/57 NB
28 North Briton London King’s Cross-Carlisle Electric TBA& Steam 60163 TR
28 Cumbrian Coast Express London Euston-Carlisle-Workington-Carnforth Class 86 86259 &WCRCSteam TBA RTC
28 Fort William Ayr-Fort William Diesel TBA SRPS
28 Settle to CarlisleCoastal Statesman Holyhead-Appleby& Cumbrian Coast LSL47x2 SR
28 Cottam Farewell Clapham Junction-Cottam Powerstation DBC 66x2 UKR
28 Lune Rivers Trust Carnforth-Shrewsbury WCRC SteamTBA WCRC
29 DiscoverFolkestone London Victoria-Folkestone DBC 67x2 BBP
29 Steam Dreams Excursion London Victoria-Oxford Steam TBA SD
Promoter Codes: BBP– BritishBelmond Pullman, BLS– Branch Line Society,HDL –Hastings Diesels Ltd., NB –Northern Belle, PDSR –Paignton &Dartmouth Steam Railway, PT –Pathfinder Tours, RTC –Railway TouringClub, SD –
Steam Dreams, SR –Statesman Rail,SRPS– Scottish RailwayPreservation Society,ST–Saphos Trains, TE –TorbayExpress, TR –Tornado Railtours, UKR –UKRailtours, VT –VintageTrains, WCRC –West Coast RailwaysCompany.

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