Railtours, 1977 – 2022

Over 50 reports with memories, gen, itinaries, tickets, photos and much more

Tours rapidly being copied over from the old website, the following epic years have full reports…

1977 – Includes the “Western Tribute” very final farewell in Feb 77

1982 – Includes the unforgettable “Glasgow Double” tour

1983 – 6 tours , includes the unforgettable “Burntisland Bellower”

1984 – 18 tours, includes the superb “Anglo Scottish Freighter”

1985 – 6 tours, includes the “Sutherland Highlander”

1986 – 7 tours includes the EM2 farewell, the “best tour ever”

1987 – 5 tours including the Chiltern Chariot to Dunstable and the SRPS Tyne Valley class 27 tour

1988 – 2 40122 farewell tours one poor, one superb!

1989 – The Inter City diesel day from May 89 and the Coalville Cobbler from June 89

1990 – The Tay – Forth Centurion tour – a farce!

1991 – 2 Requim tours, farewell to the class 25 and 85 also, the superb Coal Scuttler tour

1992 – The Grain Train and E5001 returns to the mainline

1993 – 3 tours from 1993 incl the Mothball, Alresford Clipper and class 26 farewell

1994 – 3 tours from 1994, the Sector Swansong, the unique Metro Gnome, and Barchester Chronicles

1995 -The End of and Era EPB farewell tour from April 1995

1996 – The Quantock Crompton from Aug 1996 and the Dark Side of the Moon EM2 tour, from Sep 96

1997 – The Dungeness Pebbledasher tour, July 97 – inagural 92s on passenger

1998 – The Shapeshifter Tour, Sep 98, Trawsfynddd Lament farce Oct 98

1999 – The Spinnin Haggis tour from July 99

2002 – The Rhins n Machars Crompton Tour, May 02

2006 – The Welsh Whistler Tour, Feb 2006

2012 – The Concrete Cow Railtour, Jan 2012

2013 – The Maybach Meanderer Tour Dec 2013

2014 – The Lochalsh Highlander, Apr 2014….The Chiltern Champion, May 2014

2022 – The very local Sandhill Explorer BLS tour, June 2022

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