Over 120 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…
16 great Railtour moments from down the years…
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 Anniversary Aggregate “Crompton ” Tour and the farcical Tay Forth Centurion tour
1991 – Farewell Requim tours to the class 25 and 85, the superb Coal Scuttler and Sulzer salute tour
1992 – The Grain Train and E5001 returns to the mainline
1993 – 6 tours from 1993 incl the Merry Wives, Mothball, Alresford Clipper, Worksop Coalman class 26 farewell, Southern Mariner
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
1998 – The Shapeshifter Tour, Sep 98, Trawsfynddd Lament farce Oct 98
1999 – The Spinnin Haggis tour from July 99
2000 – The Practical Joker from April 2000
2002 – The Rhins n Machars Crompton Tour, May 02
2006 – The Welsh Whistler Tour, Feb 2006
2007 – The Far North Explorer, June 2007
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
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