Travels: Railtours

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Along Different Lines

1994: 01-22 "North East Belgian Byways" | 03-19 "South-East Belgian Depots" | 04-30 "ARBED Express" (with 5519 group) | 05-14 "West & Central Belgian Branches" | 09-03 "Brussel – Antwerpen and Branches" | 10-09 "Three Countries Steam" (with 5519 group) |
1995: 03-04 "Eastern Belgian Branches" | 03-05 "Belgian Coastal Tramway" | 04-01 "The Dutch Treat" |
1996: 04-13 "Antwerpen Docks & Yard" | 04-14 "The Dürener Kreisbahn" | 08-03 "Charleroi & Le Centre" |
1997: 02-13 "Even More Bananas" | 03-21 – 03-24 "Portuguese Power" | 04-11 "Contain Yourself" | 04-12 "Antwerpen Docks" | 05-31 "The Stolberger" | 10-18 "A Belgian High Speed Preview" |
1998: 03-22 – 03-24 "Portuguese Super Power" |
1999: 02-06 "The Flanders Flyer" | 10-30 "The Brussel Brancher" |
2003: 08-10 – 08-14 "A Silesian Sojourn" | 10-26 – 10-31 "Roving La Robla" |

Branch Line Society

1994: 02-19 "The Radlett Roundabout" | 03-12 "The Roxby Rambler" | 03-26 "The Trent Power" | 04-16 "The Caldon Peak" | 09-24 "The Port Vale" | 11-05 NRM shuttles | 11-06 Scunthorpe Steelworks |
1995: 03-11 "The South-West Rambler" | 05-27, 05-28 "Double Dutch Docker" | 11-05 "The ABB Works Visitor" | 11-25 "The Quadri-Decennium" |
1996: 07-07 "The Hallam Terminator" | 08-24 "The Bo'ness Traveller" | 10-13 AS&W and Cardiff Docks tour |
1997: 11-23 "The Mountfield Pioneer" |
1998: 07-11 "The Hornsey Potterer", "The Hackney Carriage" |
1999: 03-13 "The Red Nose Rambler" | 12-04 "The North & South Western Junction" |
2000: 05-21 "South Essex No. 1 Tour" | 06-24 "The Beckton Explorer" | 08-12 Durham Coast | 08-13 Broomhill |
2001: 08-11 "Firth to Firth" | 10-27 "Sussex – Essex Express" | 12-15 "The Secondary Crewe" |
2002: 08-10 "The Circumforth" | 12-08 Paris Metro tour (with ADEMAS) | 12-15 "The Northwich Dodger" |
2003: none
2004: 03-27 "The Birch Coppice Pioneer" | 05-08 "The London and Kent" |
2005: 11-05 "Tees Rail Tour" |
2006: 03-04 "The Peterborough Re-Re-Avoider" | 09-09 "The Medway Ports" | 09-16 "The Tees Rail Again" |
2007: 06-02 "The Tealby Beck" |
2008: none
2009: 05-02 – 05-04 Antwerpen tours |
2010: 06-12 "The Wrexham and Lancashire" | 09-12 "Antwerpen Tram Tour No. 2" |
2011 - 2017: none
2018: 07-01 "The Ketton Osprey" |
2019: 02-03 "The Looe Brush" | 07-26 – 07-28 "The Carinthia Explorer" |
2020: none
2021: 05-31 Romsey Horticultural Tramway | 11-13 Middleton Railway |
2022: 06-24 – 06-28 "The Silesian Explorer" | 09-09 – 09-11 "The Niedersachsen Explorer" |
2023: 05-12 – 05-15 "The Katowice and Kraków Wanderer" | 10-04 – 10-06 "The Sahara Explorer" |

DGEG

2009: 12-12 "Anschluss- und Gütergleise auf der Schäl Sick" |
2010: 08-28 "Durch die Grafschaft Bentheim" | 11-06 "Güterbahnen im östlichen Revier" | 12-04 "Unbekannte Gleise rund um Mühldorf" |
2011: 02-05 "Mit dem Schienenbus über die TWE" | 02-26 "Von der Ruhr zu Rhein, Niers und Schwalm" | 04-09 "Über die WLE zur Warsteiner Brauerei" | 11-05 "Zwischen Emscher und Lippe" |
2012: 02-11 "Privatbahnen im Münsterland" | 10-06 "Mit der V 65 zum Sulinger Kreuz" | 11-24 "Rund um Köln" |
2013: 11-16 "Herbst in der Pfalz" | 11-23 "Herbst an Ruhr und Alme" |
2014: 01-25 "Schienenwege in Dortmund" | 03-29 "Kalkwerke zwischen Ruhr und Rhein" | 11-15 "Bahnen an Ruhr und Emscher" |
2015: 10-10 "Abschied vom Bergbau" |
2016: 04-02 "Abenteuer Hunsrückbahn" | 04-30 "Frühlingsfahrt ins Edertal" |

Hastings Diesels Ltd

1996: 09-21 "The Quantock DEMU" |
1997: 11-23 BLS: "The Mountfield Pioneer" |
1999: 12-04 BLS: "The North & South Western Junction" |
2000: 05-21 BLS: "South Essex No. 1 Tour" |
2001: 10-27 BLS: "Sussex – Essex Express" |
2004: 05-08 BLS: "The London and Kent" | 11-13 "The Hastings Time Traveller" |
2012: 09-15 "The Western Forester" |

Hertfordshire Rail Tours / UK Railtours

1991: 01-05 "The Dukeries Deviation" | 08-18 "The Didcot Lupin" |
1992: 09-05 "The Wool Witch" | 09-12 "E5001 Returns To The Main Line" | 09-20 "The Wensleydale Ranger" | 09-27 "The Hampshire Hog" |
1993: 01-09 "The Waveney & Wensum Wanderer" | 02-20 "The Par Snip" | 02-27 "The Tyne & Wear 125" | 04-03 Weymouth Quay shuttles | 05-15 "The Cattle Grid" | 05-29 "The Mothball" | 06-26 "The Castor & Pollocks" | 07-31 "The Cumbrian Coastliner" | 09-05 "The Worksop Coalman" | 10-10 "The Kinky Newt" | 11-13 "The Speaking Clock" | 11-20 "The Herald Angel" |
1994: 01-03 "The Pieman" | 03-13 "The Edgehill" | 05-02 "The Big E" | 05-22 "The Peak Explorer" | 06-04 "The Geordie 125" | 06-11 "The National Grid" | 07-09 "The Transpennine Freighter" | 07-23 "Roxby Music" | 09-10 "The Blythe Spirit III" | 10-08 "Doctor Syn" | 11-19 "The Sugar Loafer" | 12-03 "The Westerleigh Wizard" |
1995: 01-14 "The Brown Cow" | 03-18 "The Prize Porker" | 05-20 "The Pinner Pieman" | 07-29 "The Honey Monster" | 10-21 "The Faulty Tower" | 11-18 "The Boulby Prize" | 12-02 "The Butter Mountain" |
1996: 02-17 "The Robin Hood" | 06-08 "The Strathclyde and Lothian" | 07-27 "The Hale Stone" | 08-31 "The Chester and Llangollen" | 09-14 "The Doctor Syn" | 09-28 "The South Bank Show" | 11-23 "The Grimsby Reaper" |
1997: 02-08 "The Ford Prefect" | 04-05 "The Garw Guru" | 06-07 "The Three Summits" | 06-29 "The Arch Weaver" | 07-12 "The Dungeness Pebbledasher" | 08-16 "The Spin Doctor" | 09-13 "The Six Five Special" | 10-25 "The Sally Forth" |
1998: 03-21 "The Rylstone Cowboy" | 05-30 "The Cheetham Fiddler" |
1999: 05-08 "The Wymondham Willows" |
2000: 04-01 "The Glazed Leek" | 06-10 "The Sword and Pen" | 07-15 "The Twisted Spire" |
2001: 08-04 "The Ebbw Vale" |
2002: 05-25 "The Clay-Liner" | 07-13 "The Flower Arranger" |
2003: 12-30 "The Wey Out" |
2004: 03-13 "The Grand Slam" |
2005: none
2006: 02-25 "The Longueau Winding Road" | 10-14 "The Flanders Swan" |
2007: none
2008: 07-19 "The East Coast Deviation" |
2009: 04-01 "The Purbeck Pioneer" |
2010: 04-17 "The Dartmoor Excursion" |
2011: 04-02 "The Moorland and City" | 05-07 "The Norfolkman" | 10-01 "The Tees Goblin" |
2012: 01-28 "The Concrete Cow Repeat" | 02-18 "The Snowdonian Panorama" | 10-20 "The Ferry-Go-Round" | 11-03 with East Midlands Trains: "The Worth Valley Wanderer" |
2013: none
2014: 01-18 "The Old Battle Axe" | 06-26 "The Yorkshire Detour" |
2015: 11-14 "The Galloping Goolie" |
2016: none
2017: 06-24 "The Liverpool Docker" | 12-29 "The Pieman Two" |
2018: 07-28 "Hills of the North" | 10-20 "The Man of Steel" |
2019: none
2020: none
2021: 12-18 "A Beverley Christmas Carol" |
2022: none
2023: 09-23 "The Bluebell Railway" |

IBSE

2006: 08-19, 08-20 "Rundfahrt um Prag" |
2007: 03-31, 04-01 "Rundfahrt in und um Berlin" |
2009: 12-13 Brohltalbahn |
2012: 11-17 "Sonderfahrt durch Mecklenburg nach Röbel und in den Damerower Forst" |
2014: 03-01 – 03-03 "Sonderfahrt ab Neustrelitz" | 08-16 – 08-17 "Erzgebirgsbahn Rundreise" |
2016: 03-12 – 03-13 "Sonderfahrt in und um Bremen" | 05-28, 05-29 "Sonderfahrt in Nürnberg und Umgebung" |
2019: 10-12 "Abschied vom VT 628.4 im Saarland" | 10-26 – 10-27 "Gütergleise in und um Osnabrück" |
2023: 07-29 – 07-30 "Sonderfahrten in Schleswig-Holstein" |

Irish Traction Group

1994: 08-20 "The Western Ranger" | 11-26 "The Beet Campaigner" |
1995: 04-08 "The Tuam Freight-Liner" |
1996: 03-24 "The Bog Basher" | 10-19 "The Europort and Lemon" |

London Underground

1990: 08-05 Upminster Depot Open Day | 11-03 Morden Depot Open Day |
1992: 05-16 "Steam on the Met" |
1993: 06-05 "Steam on the District" |
1995: 05-20 "Steam on the Met" | 09-10 Stanmore Depot Open Day |
1996: 05-25 "Steam on the Met" |
2007: 06-24 CCE&H Centenary |
2011: 05-15 "First and Last" |
2013: 01-13 "Underground Pioneer" |

Mercia Charters

2006: 03-25 [LU] "The State of Flux" | 11-04 [BE] "The Second Sight" |
2007: 07-07 [NL] "That Which Survives" |
2008: 04-19 [DE] "The Return to Grace" |
2009: 09-05 [BE] "The Resurrection, Part 2" |
2010: 10-09 [DE] "The Icarus Factor" |
2011: 04-16 [BE, LU] "The Alter Ego" |
2014: 06-28 [BE] "The Buried Age" |
2015: 09-18 – 19 [XK] "The New Frontier, part 2" |

OSEF

2013: 10-19 "Wo unser Strom herkommt" |
2014: 09-13 Wismut tour | 11-30 "Über den Schluckenauer Zipfel in die Sächsische Schweiz" |
2015: 10-12 "Energie aus der Lausitz" |

Pathfinder Tours

1992: 08-30 "The Bilston Knob" |
1993: 10-02 "The Neath Navigator" | 10-09 "The Anglesey Odyssey II" | 10-30 "The Merseyman" | 11-06 "The Itchen-Piddle!" | 12-12 "The Southern Mariner" |
1994: 01-08 "The Dyfed Dub-Dub" | 01-15 "The Scrummager I" | 01-29 "The Ivan-Hoe" | 03-05 "The Hampshire Hog" | 08-27 "The Trawsfynydd Trekker" | 10-01 "The Hampshire Hog II" | 10-22 "The Citadel Centurion" |
1995: 01-07 "The Teign-Dart" | 01-28 "The Gladstone Bag" | 02-18 "The Hymn & Ham" | 06-24 "The Logistician" | 10-14 "The Aire Freighter" | 11-11 "The Severn-Sider" |
1996: 09-08 "The Great Eastern Grid" |
1997: 01-04 "The GM Gyrator" | 04-19 "The Welsh Wizard" | 05-03 "The Crewe Cut" |
1998: 01-24 "The Thames Valley Freighter" | 04-25 "The Barrow Buoy" | 07-04 "The Scottie" | 08-01 "The Ribble Nibble" | 11-07 "The Cheshire Mole" |
1999: 01-16 "The Kentish Container" | 08-28 "The Sandwich Dealer" | 11-20 "The Crompton Collier" | 12-11 "The Chester Jester" |
2000: 01-08 "The Buffer Puffer" | 02-12 "The Dukeries Collier" |
2001: 07-13+14 "The Ayr Liner" |
2002: 01-12 "The Grid-Iron Grinder" | 04-27 "The Forth Porter" | 06-08 "The Festive Freighter" | 11-17 "The Bicester Baseline" |
2003: 07-12 "The Pennine Fellsman" |
2004: 01-17 "The Joint Line Jester" | 09-18 "The Industrial Invader" |
2005: 05-02 "The Cumbrian Warrior" | 11-19 "The Guild 'n' Docker" |
2006: 09-30 "The Grid-Arising" | 10-21 "The Sandblower" |
2007: 11-10 "The Silverlink Swansong II" |
2008: 11-15 "The Industrious Trader" | 12-13 "The Lancs Links" |
2009: 01-24 "The Mersey Mancunian" | 02-08 "The Forth McFreighter" | 10-24 "The Buffer Puffer 8.0" | 11-14 "The Boot & Hoot" |
2010: none
2011: 02-12 "The Galloway Galloper" |
2012: none
2013: 12-14 "The Maybach Meanderer" |
2014: 01-11 "The Deviationer" | 05-10 with Carlisle PSB: "Carlisle PSB @ 40" |

PTG

1999: 06-25 – 06-29 "The Alentejo Reborn" |
2000: 01-28 – 02-01 "Sines of the Times" | 06-02 – 06-06 "Figueira It Out" |
2001: 01-26 – 01-30 "The Covilhã Thriller" | 03-29 – 04-03 Enthusiast Events | 10-19 – 10-22 "Tomar or Not Tomar" |
2002: 01-25 – 01-29 "The Salamanca Salamander" | 03-14 – 03-18 Enthusiast Events |
2003: 01-31 – 02-04 "The Lusitania" |
2004: 01-30 – 02-03 "Papa Tango Gulf" |
2005: 04-07 – 04-13 "The 1812 Overture" |
2006: 04-24 – 05-05 "Clear the FEVE" |
2007: 04-28 – 05-07 "Great Spanish Track Bash" |
2009: 01-30 – 02-02 "Tenth Anniversary Reunion" | 06-18 – 06-22 "The Slovenian Spanka" |
2010: 06-21 – 06-24 "The Slovenian Spanka Rides Again" |
2013: 03-16 – 03-23 "Rail Wonders of Southern Morocco" | 05-19 – 05-25 "Rail Wonders of Lithuania" |
2014: 04-05 – 04-12 "Rail Wonders of Croatia and Bosnia" | 10-11 – 10-18 "Rail Wonders of Sardinia" |
2018: 09-30 – 10-06 "The Balkan Circular" |
2020: 01-25 – 01-29 "The ALCo Holic 5" |

SEG

1991: 03-30 Network Easter Parade (with Network SouthEast) |
1992: 02-01 "The Meldon Hoover" |
1993: 03-27 "Spirit of the ..." |
1995: 04-15 "End of an Era" |
1996: 09-01 "The Stone Lillie" |
2005: 09-17 "The Southern Belle" |

others – UK

1988: 11-12 ???: Marylebone – Milton Keynes shoppex | 12-03 ???: Kettering – Nottingham shoppex |
1989: 03-18 RDS: "The Trent Train Tour" |
1990: 09-29 Cambridge Gala Day | 11-10 Badger Railtours: "The Roving Docker" |
1991: 03-30 Network SouthEast / SEG: Network Easter Parade | 05-05 Wimbledon Depot Open Day | 08-18 Old Oak Common Open Day | 09-14 Cambridge Gala Day |
1992: 01-19 DC Tours: "Solent & Wessex Wanderer" |
1993: 01-23 Badger Railtours: "The Last Trad Jazz" | 03-06 Merlin Railtours: Cardiff – Carmarthen trip | 06-05 Upminster Gala Day | 08-14 Black Cat Tours: "The Waverley Wizard" | 09-05 Worksop Open Day Committee: Open Day shuttles | 09-19 Newport Open Day Committee: Open Day shuttles |
1994: 04-23 MRS: "The Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Growler II" | 05-07 Eurotunnel: Célébration '94 |
1995: 05-06 Transrail: "The Cream T" | 08-13 "The Boulby Flyer" | 10-07 MRS: "The Garw Growlers" |
1996: 07-20 Class 37 Group: "The Settle Syphons" |
1999: 07-10 Worksop Open Day Committee: Edinburgh and Fife tour |
2001: 06-02 ???: 306 shuttles |
2002: 04-13 Vintage Trains: "The Intercity" |
2004: 04-08 Midland Main Line: "St. Pancras Farewell" | 10-30 'one': "Class 86 Farewell" |
2005: 05-07 Steamy Affairs: "The Irish Mail" | 07-23 South Eastern Trains: "The Flush D'Or" | 09-24 'one': ACoRP specials | 12-04 Arriva Wales: Rhymney Loco Gala |
2007: 07-14 Barrow Hill: Diesel Gala, incl. "The Hope Valley Explorer" |
2012: 11-03 East Midlands Trains / UK Railtours: "The Worth Valley Wanderer" |
2013: 08-10 Charity Railtours: "The Great Eastern Freighter" | 10-13 Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway: "The Wolverton Wanderer" |
2014: 05-10 Carlisle PSB / Pathfinder: "Carlisle PSB @ 40" |
2015: 05-09 Charity Railtours: "The Four Triangles" |
2021: 07-31 Hanson & Hall / BLS: "The Thanet Thunderer" |
2022: 04-23 Hanson & Hall / BLS: "The Ore No More" |

others – Europe

2004: 12-08 [AT] ÖRBG: ET4030 farewell |
2006: 08-12 [AT] Desperate Tours: "Der Wiener Walzer" |
2008: 08-08 – 08-10 [AT, SI] Desperate Tours: "The Terminator" |
2009: 08-22 [CH] Verein Pacific 01 202: "150 Jähre Turgi – Koblenz – Waldshut" | 08-29 [DE] Jochen Pursche: "Alte and neue Anschlussbahnen rund um Leipzig" | 12-06 [DK] DSB Museumstog: "Afskedtur for Gedserbanen" |
2010: 10-16, 10-17 [SK] Steam Story Agency: "Grumpy Tour" | 12-05 [DE] BEM: Nördlingen specials |
2013: 07-04 – 07-07 [CZ] Steam Story Agency: "The Bohemian Borderer" |
2015: 07-18 [IE] IRRS: "Diesel Railtour to Ballina and Westport" |
2016: 08-28 [AT] Regiobahn: "Heizhausfest in Mistelbach" |
2020: 09-05 [AT] Landesbahn: "Rund um Wien" |

others – rest of world

2007: 09-16 [AU] SteamRail: Camberwell – Mitcham shuttle |

Last update: 2023-10-15 17:41 BST