Travels: Europe

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Great Britain

see Great Britain list

Ireland etc.

1993: 08-05 – 08-09: Isle of Man |
1994: 08-20 ITG: "The Western Ranger" | 11-24 – 11-28 including ITG: "The Beet Campaigner" |
1995: 04-08 – 04-10 including ITG: "The Tuam Freight-Liner" |
1996: 03-22 – 03-25 including ITG: "The Bog Basher" | 10-18 – 10-20 including ITG: "The Europort and Lemon" |
2003: 06-14, 06-15 Northern Ireland |
2008: 08-28 – 08-31 Ireland |
2015: 07-17 – 07-19 including IRRS: "Diesel Railtour to Ballina and Westport" |

Portugal

1997: 03-21 – 03-24 ADL: "Portuguese Power" | 05-20 – 05-23 Spain and Portugal holiday |
1998: 03-22 – 03-29 ADL: "Portuguese Super Power"; holiday | 10-24 – 11-01 Holiday |
1999: 06-25 – 06-29 PTG: "The Alentejo Reborn" |
2000: 01-28 – 02-01 PTG: "Sines of the Times" | 06-02 – 06-06 PTG: "Figueira It Out" | 08-29 – 09-06 Holiday |
2001: 01-26 – 01-30 PTG: "The Covilhã Thriller" | 03-29 – 04-03 Porto narrow gauge; PTG Enthusiast Events | 09-14 – 09-19 Holiday | 10-19 – 10-22 PTG: "Tomar or Not Tomar" |
2002: 01-25 – 01-29 PTG: "The Salamanca Salamander" | 03-14 – 03-18 PTG Enthusiast Events, Vigo and Porto trams |
2003: 01-31 – 02-04 PTG: "The Lusitania" |
2004: 01-30 – 02-03 PTG: "Papa Tango Gulf" |
2006: 04-22 – 04-24 Portugal and Spain |
2009: 01-28 – 02-04 Portugal, including PTG: "Tenth Anniversary Reunion" |

Spain

1996: 04-21 – 04-26 France and Spain |
1997: 05-17 – 05-26 Spain and Portugal |
1999: 06-27 PTG: "The Alentejo Reborn" |
2000: 06-04 PTG: "Figueira It Out" |
2001: 01-29 PTG: "The Covilhã Thriller" | 03-31 PTG: "The Marvão Marvel" |
2002: 01-27 PTG: "The Salamanca Salamander" | 03-18 Porto – Vigo |
2003: 02-01 PTG: "The Lusitania" | 10-25 – 11-02 ADL: "Roving La Robla" |
2004: 02-01 PTG: "Papa Tango Gulf" |
2005: 04-07 – 04-13 PTG: "The 1812 Overture"; Madrid |
2006: 04-24 – 05-05 Portugal and Spain, incl. PTG: "Clear the FEVE" |
2007: 04-28 – 05-07 PTG: "Great Spanish Track Bash" |
2015: 08-23 – 08-26 Interrail |
2016: 05-06 – 05-10 Spain | 12-09 – 12-11 Barcelona |
2020: 01-24 – 01-29 Spain, including PTG: "The ALCo Holic 5" |

France

1980: 05-22 – 05-28 Paris school trip |
1989: 09-04 – 09-11 InterRail |
1990: 04-17 – 04-19 CURC French Visit |
1994: 10-09 ADL: "Three Countries Steam" |
1995: 03-30, 04-02 Waterloo – Bruxelles and return, for ADL: "The Dutch Treat" |
1996: 03-30 – 04-03 France and Belgium holiday | 04-20 – 04-28 France and Spain holiday | 08-02, 08-04 Waterloo – Bruxelles and return, for ADL: "Charleroi and Le Centre" |
1997: 02-14 Belgium trip: Aulnoye | 04-12, 04-13 Belgium and France | 08-03 Helvetia holiday | 09-05, 09-07 Balaruc les Bains outward and return | 10-18 – 10-19 Gent – Lille return |
1998: 05-22 – 05-25 Weekend in Lille | 08-21 – 09-01 "L'Hexagone" holiday |
1999: 08-08 – 08-12 Eclipse etc. | 10-29, 10-31 Waterloo – Bruxelles and return, for ADL: "The Brussel Brancher" |
2001: 04-20, 04-22 Waterloo – Bruxelles and return for Paul's Stag Weekend | 05-10 – 05-13 Paul's Wedding |
2002: 08-16, 08-17, 08-26 Austrian holiday | 12-07, 12-08 Paris, including BLS/ADEMAS Metro tour |
2006: 02-25 HRT: "The Longueau Winding Road" | 03-23, 03-26 Waterloo – Bruxelles and return, for Mercia: "The State of Flux" | 10-14 HRT: "The Flanders Swan" | 11-03, 11-05 Waterloo – Bruxelles and return, for Mercia: "The Second Sight" |
2008: 02-09, 02-14 Bavaria Outward and Return |
2009: 05-01, 05-05 St. Pancras – Bruxelles and return, for BLS Antwerpen tours | 08-21, 08-31 St. Pancras – Bruxelles and return, for Switzerland and Germany | 09-04, 09-06 St. Pancras – Bruxelles and return, for Mercia: "The Resurrection, Part 2" |
2010 09-11, 09-13 St. Pancras – Bruxelles and return, for BLS: "Antwerpen Tram Tour No. 2" |
2011: 04-25 InterRail: Frankfurt – Mannheim via Strasbourg |
2013: 07-11 Frankfurt am Main – Strasbourg |
2014: 06-27, 06-29 St. Pancras – Bruxelles and return, for Mercia: "The Buried Age" |
2015: 08-26 – 08-29 Interrail
2016: 08-25, 08-30 St. Pancras – Bruxelles and return, for Europe |
2019: 10-13 Saarbrücken – Metz – Luxembourg |
2023: 07-06, 07-09 Switzerland |

Luxembourg

1991: 04-17 – 04-19 CURC Benelux Visit |
1992: 10-25 – 10-26 Benelux trip
1994: 01-19 – 01-20 south Luxembourg branches (ADL: "North East Belgian Byways") | 04-30 ADL: "ARBED Express" | 10-09 ADL: "Three Countries Steam" |
2006: 03-23 – 03-26 Mercia: "The State of Flux" |
2011: 04-16 Mercia: "The Alter Ego" |
2019: 10-13 Saarbrücken – Metz – Luxembourg |
2025: 06-25 Saarbrücken - Trier - Luxembourg |

Belgium

1991: 04-14 – 04-19 CURC Benelux Visit |
1992: 10-24 – 10-29 Benelux trip
1994: 01-19 – 01-22 including ADL: "North East Belgian Byways" | 03-19 ADL: "South-East Belgian Depots" | 04-30 ADL: "ARBED Express" | 05-14 ADL: "West & Central Belgian Branches" | 05-28, 05-29, 06-03 Germany Outward and Return | 09-03 ADL: "Brussel – Antwerpen and Branches" | 10-09 ADL: "Three Countries Steam" |
1995: 03-04 – 03-07 including ADL: "Eastern Belgian Branches" | 03-30, 04-02 Netherlands Outward and Return|
1996: 03-31 – 04-02 France and Belgium | 04-12 – 04-15 Belgium and Germany, incl. ADL: "Antwerpen Docks & Yard", "The Dürener Kreisbahn" | 08-02 – 08-04 including ADL: "Charleroi & Le Centre" |
1997: 02-12 – 02-16 Belgium and Netherlands, incl. ADL: "Even More Bananas" | 04-10 – 04-12 including ADL: "Contain Yourself", "Antwerpen Docks" | 05-30 – 06-01 Belgium and Germany, incl. ADL: "The Stolberger" | 10-03 – 10-05 TTB Weekend | 10-17 – 10-19 ADL: "A Belgian High Speed Preview"; Gent trams |
1998: 05-23 Brussels day trip | 10-02 – 10-04 TTB Weekend |
1999: 02-06 ADL: "The Flanders Flyer" | 08-09 Brussels day trip | 08-10 Charleroi day trip | 10-29 – 10-31 including ADL: "The Brussel Brancher" |
2001: 04-20 – 04-22 Paul's Stag Weekend |
2006: 03-23 – 03-26 including Mercia: "The State of Flux" | 10-14 HRT: "The Flanders Swan" | 11-03 – 11-05 including Mercia: "The Second Sight" |
2009: 05-01 – 05-05 including BLS Antwerpen tours | 08-21, 08-31 Switzerland Outward, Germany Return | 09-04 – 09-06 including Mercia: "The Resurrection, Part 2" |
2010: 09-11 – 09-13 including BLS: "Antwerpen Tram Tour No. 2" |
2011: 04-15 – 04-17 InterRail, including Mercia: "The Alter Ego" |
2014: 06-27 – 06-29 including Mercia: "The Buried Age" |
2016: 08-25, 08-30 Europe |
2018: 08-26 – 08-27 Europe |

Netherlands

1989: 09-30 – 10-01 InterRail |
1991: 04-14 – 04-19 CURC Benelux trip |
1992: 10-24 – 10-29 Benelux trip |
1994: 01-22 ADL: "North East Belgian Byways" (Budel) |
1995: 03-30 – 04-02 including ADL: "The Dutch Treat" | 05-26 – 05-30 including BLS: "Double Dutch Docker" |
1997: 02-15 Netherlands day trip | 10-04 TTB Day (Neerpelt – Weert) |
2006: 11-04 Mercia Charters: "The Second Sight" |
2007: 07-06 – 07-08 including Mercia: "That Which Survives" |
2008: 08-06 Austria Outward |
2010: 06-18 Slovenia Outward | 08-27 Ruhrgebiet Outward | 08-28 DGEG: "Durch die Grafschaft Bentheim" (Coevorden) |
2011: 04-15 – 04-17 InterRail |
2018: 08-26 – 08-27 Europe |

Germany

1989: 09-19 – 09-21, 09-29 – 09-30 InterRail |
1994: 05-29 – 06-03 Harz and Berlin | 10-09 ADL: "Three Countries Steam" |
1995: 05-26 Netherlands (Landgraaf - Herzogenrath) |
1996: 04-14 ADL: "The Dürener Kreisbahn" |
1997: 02-13 ADL: "Even More Bananas" | 05-31 ADL: "The Stolberger" |
2002: 08-17, 08-22 Austria Outward, Simbach (Inn) |
2003: 08-08, 08-09, 08-17 Berlin; Poland Outward and Return |
2006: 08-16 Liberec – Varnsdorf | 09-22, 09-25 Greifswald and Berlin |
2007: 03-30 – 04-01 IBSE: "Rundfahrt in und um Berlin" |
2008: 02-09 – 02-14 Bavaria | 04-18 – 04-21 Köln area, including Mercia: "The Return to Grace" | 08-06 Austria Outward | 09-12, 09-15 Marburg Outward and Return |
2009: 06-13, 06-14 München area; München – Linz | 08-21 – 08-31 Switzerland and Germany | 12-11 – 12-14 Köln area |
2010: 06-18 – 06-27 Europe | 08-27 – 08-30 Ruhrgebiet, including DGEG: "Durch die Grafschaft Bentheim" | 10-08 – 10-10 Europe, including Mercia: "The Icarus Factor" | 11-05 – 11-07 Ruhrgebiet, including DGEG: "Güterbahnen im östlichen Revier" | 12-03 – 12-06 Bavaria, including DGEG and BEM | 12-10, 12-13 Jena Outward and Return |
2011: 02-04 – 02-06 including DGEG: "Mit dem Schienenbus über die TWE" | 02-25 – 02-27 including DGEG: "Von der Ruhr zu Rhein, Niers und Schwalm" | 04-08 – 04-10 including DGEG: "Über die WLE zur Warsteiner Brauerei" | 04-17 InterRail part 1: Return via Dalheim | 04-22 – 05-01 InterRail part 2 | 07-23 – 07-24 Austria etc. | 08-13 – 08-15 German diversions | 11-04 – 11-06 including DGEG: "Zwischen Emscher und Lippe" | 12-02 – 12-06 Jena Weekend |
2012: 02-10 – 02-12 including DGEG: "Privatbahnen im Münsterland" | 10-05 – 10-07 including DGEG: "Mit der V 65 zum Sulinger Kreuz" | 11-15 – 11-19 including IBSE Prignitz tour | 11-22 – 11-25 including DGEG: "Rund um Köln" |
2013: 05-27 PTG: "Rail Wonders of Lithuania" return | 07-05 Steam Story Agency: "The Bohemian Borderer" (Varnsdorf - Zittau - Liberec) | 07-08 – 07-14 Czech Republic and Germany | 10-18 – 10-20 Germany and Czech Republic, including OSEF: "Wo unser Strom herkommt" | 11-15 – 11-17 including DGEG: "Herbst in der Pfalz" | 11-22 – 11-24 including DGEG: "Herbst an Ruhr und Alme" |
2014: 01-24 – 01-26 including DGEG: "Schienenwege in Dortmund" | 02-28 – 03-04 including IBSE: "Sonderfahrt ab Neustrelitz" | 03-28 – 03-30 including DGEG: "Kalkwerke zwischen Ruhr und Rhein" | 08-09 – 08-18 including IBSE: "Erzgebirgsbahn Rundreise" | 09-11 – 09-14 including OSEF: Wismut tour | 11-14 – 11-16 including DGEG: ""Bahnen an Ruhr und Emscher" | 11-29 – 12-01 including OSEF: "???" |
2015: 08-29 Interrail | 09-21 – 09-23 Kosovo and Germany | 10-09 – 10-14 Germany |
2016: 03-11 – 03-14 including IBSE: "Sonderfahrt in und um Bremen" | 04-01 – 04-03 including DGEG: "Abenteuer Hunsrückbahn" | 04-29 – 05-03 including DGEG: "Frühlingsfahrt ins Edertal" | 05-26 – 05-30 Europe, including IBSE: "Sonderfahrt in Nürnberg und Umgebung" | 08-25 – 08-30 Europe |
2017: 08-02, 08-03 Konstanz – Passau
2018: 08-25 – 08-26 Europe | 10-07 – 10-08 Hannover diversions |
2019: 09-21, 09-22 InterRail | 10-11 – 10-13 incl. IBSE: "Abschied vom VT 628.4 im Saarland" | 10-25 – 10-28 incl. IBSE: "Gütergleise in und um Osnabrück" | 12-14, 12-15 Denmark & Germany |
2022: 09-08 – 09-14 incl. BLS: "The Niedersachsen Explorer" |
2023: 07-28 – 08-05 incl. IBSE: "Sonderfahrten in Schleswig-Holstein" |
2024: 05-31 – 06-05 incl. Sauren: "Mit der Diesellok V22 über die Bremen-Thedinghauser-Eisenbahn" |
2025: 06-16, 06-17 Praha holiday (Nürnberg) | 06-20 – 06-25 IBSE: Rhein-Neckar tram tour; Saarbrücken |

Switzerland

1989: 09-11 – 09-15 InterRail |
1997: 07-25 – 08-03 Helvetia holiday |
2002: 08-26 Austria Return |
2009: 08-21 – 08-26 Switzerland and Germany |
2010: 06-25 – 06-27 Europe |
2013: 03-13 "They Tried To Make Me Go To NoHAB" Return |
2015: 08-29 Interrail | 09-17 Kosovo: Outward via Genève |
2017: 07-30 – 08-03 Switzerland & Austria |
2018: 08-23 – 08-25 Europe |
2023: 07-02 – 07-09 Switzerland |

Liechtenstein

1997: 07-31 – 08-02 Helvetia holiday |
2010: 06-25 Europe |

Austria

1989: 09-16 – 09-19 InterRail |
1997: 07-31 – 08-02 Helvetia holiday |
2002: 08-16 – 08-26 Holiday | 11-30 – 12-03 Wien area |
2004: 12-03 – 12-13 Austria etc. |
2006: 08-11 – 08-13 Austria and Czech Republic, including Desperate Tours: "Der Wiener Walzer" |
2008: 02-11 Bavaria: Ausserfernbahn | 08-06 – 08-17 Austria, including Desperate Tours: "The Terminator" |
2009: 06-14 – 06-17, 06-21 Linz – Lunz am See – Graz – Villach; Bleiburg |
2010: 06-19, 06-20, 06-25 Europe | 10-10 – 10-15 Europe |
2011: 04-29 InterRail: Südtirol circuit | 07-24 – 08-01 Austria etc. |
2013: 08-25 "Three Days, Four Countries" |
2016: 05-30, 05-31 Europe | 08-27 – 08-29 Europe, including Regiobahn: "Heizhausfest in Mistelbach" |
2017: 08-04 – 08-06 Switzerland & Austria |
2018: 08-19 – 08-22 Europe |
2019: 07-25 – 07-31, 08-04 InterRail, including BLS: "The Carinthia Explorer" |
2020: 09-02 – 09-06 including Landesbahn: "Rund um Wien" |
2024: 03-01 – 03-06 including Graz tram tour |
2025: 09-11 – 09-16 Interrail, incl. BLS: "The Vienna Explorer" |

Italy

1989: 09-15 InterRail |
1993: 03-14 – 03-21 Italy holiday |
1997: 07-28 – 08-03 Helvetia holiday |
2004: 08-18 "The Austro-Hungarian" Outward |
2009: 06-18 PTG: "The Slovenian Spanka" |
2011: 04-29 InterRail: Südtirol circuit |
2013: 08-25, 08-26 "Three Days, Four Countries" |
2014: 10-11 – 10-18 PTG: "Rail Wonders of Sardinia" |
2015: 09-03 – 09-07 Sardinia |
2018: 08-22 – 08-23 Europe |
2024: 02-21 – 02-26 Ravenna |
2025: 09-17 – 09-23 Interrail |

Scandinavia

1989: 09-22 – 09-29 InterRail [DK, NO, SE] |
2009: 12-05 – 12-07 Denmark [DK, SE] |
2014: 08-13 – 08-14 Germany etc. [DK, SE] |
2017: 08-20 – 08-28 "Pining For The Fjords" [NO] |
2018: 07-20 – 07-22 Norway [NO] |
2019: 12-13, 12-14 Denmark & Germany [DK] |

Baltic states

2013: 05-18 – 05-27 PTG: "Rail Wonders of Lithuania" [LT, LV] |

Poland

2003: 08-09 – 08-17 ADL: "A Silesian Sojourn" |
2006: 08-16 Austria & Czech Republic (Liberec - Zittau) |
2013: 05-26, 05-27 (PTG: "Rail Wonders of Lithuania"; Vilnius - Warszawa - Berlin) | 07-05 Steam Story Agency: "The Bohemian Borderer" (Zittau - Liberec) | 07-06 Steam Story Agency: "The Bohemian Borderer" (Černousy - Zawidów) |
2022: 06-23 – 06-29 BLS: "The Silesian Explorer" |
2023: 05-11 – 05-17 BLS: "The Katowice & Kraków Wanderer" |
2025: 04-24 – 04-29 BLS: "The Wielkopolski Explorer" | 06-11, 06-12 Praha holiday (Wrocław) |

Czechia

2004: 08-27 – 08-30 "The Austro-Hungarian" | 12-09, 12-13 Austria etc. |
2005: 12-05 – 12-11 Czech Republic |
2006: 02-09 – 02-14 Czech Republic | 08-13 – 08-21 Austria and Czech Republic, including IBSE: "Rundfahrt um Prag" |
2008: 08-07 Austria: Linz – České Budĕjovice – Wien |
2009: 08-28 Germany: Vogtlandbahn circuit |
2010: 10-13, 10-18, 10-19 Europe, including Steam Story Agency: "Grumpy Tour" |
2011: 04-30 InterRail: München – Dresden via Karlovy Vary |
2013: 07-04 – 07-08 Czech Republic and Germany, including Steam Story Agency: "The Bohemian Borderer" | 10-20 Dresden – Praha |
2014: 08-15 – 08-16 Germany etc. | 11-30 OSEF: "???" |
2016: 08-26, 08-27 Europe |
2017: 08-05 Brno |
2019: 07-31 – 08-02 InterRail |
2025: 06-12 – 06-16 Praha holiday |

Slovakia

2004: 08-24 – 08-27 "The Austro-Hungarian" | 12-09, 12-10 Austria etc |
2010: 10-15 – 10-18 Europe, including Steam Story Agency: "Grumpy Tour" |
2011: 08-01 Austria etc. |
2019: 07-31, 08-02 – 08-04 InterRail |

Hungary

2004: 08-20 – 08-24 "The Austro-Hungarian" | 12-10 Austria etc. |
2010: 10-15 Europe, including Steam Story Agency: "Grumpy Tour" |
2011: 07-30 – 08-01 Austria etc. |
2016: 05-31 Europe: Wien - Budapest - Zagreb |
2024: 03-04 Austria: Graz - Hungary - Wien |

Slovenia

2004: 08-18 – 08-20 "The Austro-Hungarian" |
2008: 08-09 Desperate Tours: "The Terminator" |
2009: 06-17 – 06-24 Slovenia, including PTG: "The Slovenian Spanka" |
2010: 06-20 – 06-25 Europe, including PTG: "The Slovenian Spanka Rides Again" |
2013: 03-07 "They Tried To Make Me Go To NoHAB" | 08-24, 08-25 "Three Days, Four Countries" |
2016: 06-01 Europe |
2025: 09-15 – 09-17, 09-21 Interrail |

Croatia

2009: 06-20 PTG: "The Slovenian Spanka" |
2010: 06-20 – 06-21 Europe, including PTG: "The Slovenian Spanka Rides Again" |
2013: 03-07 – 03-08 "They Tried To Make Me Go To NoHAB" | 08-24 "Three Days, Four Countries" |
2014: 04-05 – 04-12 PTG: "Rail Wonders of Croatia and Bosnia" |
2016: 05-31 – 06-03 Europe |

former Yugoslavia

2013: 03-08 – 03-12 "They Tried To Make Me Go To NoHAB" [RS, MK, XK] |
2014: 04-05 – 04-12 PTG: "Rail Wonders of Croatia and Bosnia" [BA, RS] |
2015: 09-17 – 09-19 Kosovo and Germany [XK] |
2018: 09-30 – 10-02 PTG: "The Balkan Circular" [MK, RS] |

Bulgaria

2018: 09-29, 09-30, 10-04 – 10-07 PTG: "The Balkan Circular" |

Greece

2018: 10-02 – 10-04 PTG: "The Balkan Circular" |

Turkey

2012: 04-07 – 04-10 İstanbul |

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