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
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