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Railways Illustrated diary
The Railways Illustrated diary is published each issue and aims to be a ‘one stop shop’ detailing what is coming up in the next month until our next issue is on sale on the first Friday of every month.
Main line diesel charters Nov/Dec 2010
November
13 Hereford-Morpeth ATT WCR 37x2
13 Leicester-Edinburgh RBC GBRF 47580
13 Eastleigh-Thames Haven BLS DBS 66x2
13 King’s Cross-Glasgow UKR DBS 66, 90
20 Birmingham Int-Saltburn SF WCR 37x2
27 Nuneaton-York CT DBS 67
27 Westbury-Durham PF DBS 67
27 Leeds-Oxford RR DBS 47580
December
1 Worcester-Edinburgh CT DBS 67
2 Watford-Edinburgh RBC DBS 86101
3 Linlithgow-Lincoln SRPS DBS 67
3 Lockerbie-Lincoln CT DBS 67
4 Preston-Dundee SF WCR 55022
4 Norwich-Newcastle NT WCR 47x2
4 Shrewsbury-Edinburgh SR DBS 67
4 Stevenage-Edinburgh RT WCR 47x2
4 Eastleigh-Cleethorpes PF DBS 67
11 Peterborough-Bath SR DBS 67
11 Skegness-Carlisle RT WCR 47x2
11 Guildford-Skipton UKR DBS 67
11 Watford-Glasgow RBC DBS 86101
18 Kettering-Edinburgh SR DBS 67
18 Ely-Winchester UKR DBS 67
18 Cleethorpes-Edinburgh RT WCR 47x2
30 Woking-Middleton Towers UKR GBRf 20x2, 66
Heritage railway diesel events Nov/Dec 2010
November
20/21 MCR/CVR gala 25059, 33021/102, 37075
21 WR 03144
26-28 MCR/CVR gala 25059, 33021/102, 37075
28 WR 03144, 20020/166, 47715
December
27 GWR gala 20137, 24081, 25262, 37215/248/324, 47105/376
Steam events Nov/Dec 2010
November
20/21 GCR Enthusiasts’ Event tbc
December
26-27 MHR Christmas Leave tbc
29/30 WSR Winter Steam Festival tbc
Main Line steam tours Nov/Dec 2010
Date Itinerary Promoter Operator Loco(s)
November
11 Waterloo-Norwich (rtn) SD DBS 60163
11 Victoria-Margate (rtn) RTC WCR 70013
13 Victoria-Guildford (rtn) VSOE DBS 35028
18 King’s Cross-Edinburgh SD DBS 60163
19 Edinburgh-Carlisle (rtn) SD DBS 60163
20 Edinburgh-Euston SD DBS 60163
25 Poole-Bristol (rtn) RTC WCR 34067
25 King’s Cross-York (rtn) SD DBS 60163
27 Lancaster-Carlisle-Carnforth SR WCR 5690
27 Swanage-Paddington (rtn) RTC WCR 34067
27 Newcastle-King’s Cross RTC WCR 60007
27 Tyseley-Chester (rtn) VT WCR 45305
27 Bristol-Shrewsbury (rtn) PF DBS 6024
December
1 Victoria-Bristol (rtn) SD WCR 70013
3 King’s Cross-Lincoln (rtn) SD WCR 70013
3 Newcastle-Lincoln (rtn) RTC WCR 70000
4 Bedford-Bristol (rtn) UKR DBS 60163
5 King’s Cross-Lincoln (rtn) RTC WCR 60007
5 Crewe-Melton Mowbray (rtn) RT WCR 6201
7 Victoria-tbc (rtn) VSOE DBS 35028
11 Euston-Chester (rtn) SD WCR 34067
11 Solihull-Bristol (rtn) VT WCR 4965
12 King’s Lynn-King’s Cross (rtn) RTC WCR 70013
12 Liverpool Lime Street-York (rtn) RTC WCR 5690, 6201
13 Hedge End-Hastings (rtn) SD DBS 60163
15 Shalford-Ely (rtn) SD WCR 34067
16 Norwich-York (rtn) RTC WCR 5690
17 Tonbridge-Oxford (rtn) SD WCR 34067
18 Kings Cross-Newcastle (rtn) RTC WCR 60007
18 Tyseley-York (rtn) VT WCR 5043
21 King’s Cross-Norwich (rtn) SD WCR 70013
21 Victoria-tbc (rtn) VSOE DBS 35028
21 Victoria-Hastings (rtn) RTC WCR 34067
22 Victoria-Dover (rtn) SD WCR 70000, 70013
22 Waterloo-Guildford (rtn) SD WCR 70000, 70013
Charters
For charters, the promoter and the train operator are listed, along with the booked, or expected, traction. The steam list details the leg worked by steam and where unusual diesel traction is expected to be involved, this is listed separately in the diesel column.
Please note the following:
- 47x2 usually means top-and-tail operation with just one locomotive working at any time.
- West Coast Railway operations are assumed to be 47-hauled but could be worked by other traction, especially 57601.
- DB Schenker jobs listed as 90s could equally be 67s and some 67-hauled trains may be pairs or top-and-tailed 67s or 66/67 combinations.
- BP denotes British Pullman, but VSOE, Northern Belle, Royal Scotsman and other Pullman/Luxury or private trains are not listed because of space constraints unless hauled by heritage traction.
- Train operators are occasionally subject to change.
- VB denotes the train is expected to be vacuum-braked, which precludes some Class 47s and 57 power.
If you are involved in a railway or a locomotive owning group and wish to add a listing to the RI diary – please do so – just send an e-mail with the details to pip.dunn@eastfieldmedia.com and we'll add it.