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BRITISH RAIL TOURS

Pictures in this gallery are of tickets for enthusiast rail tours of various sorts, including photographs, programmes, brochures and flyers where I have them. I have attempted to differentiate them into enthusiast specials and trains that were mere excursions of interest to the general public as well, probably not entirely successfully! These pictures are published for pleasure/information/research purposes only and are not for sale or copy under any circumstances. Information in captions has been researched as thoroughly as possible but its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
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RAIL TOUR - 'CHESHIRE RAMBLER' - organised by the RCTS and run on April 27th, 1963 as 1T12. Details are limited but motive power was Class 4F 44548, seen here running round, and Class B1 61039. The route was as follows:-<br /> <br /> Warrington Central - Glazebrook - Northenden - Lymm - Warrington Bank Quay Low Level - Ditton Jn - Runcorn - Folly Lane - Halton Jn - Frodsham Jn - Chester General - Malpas - Whitchurch - Crewe - Kidsgrove Central - Lawton Jn - Sandbach - Middlewich - Hartford & Greenbank - Hartford CLC Jn - Hartford LNW Jn - Warrington Arpley - Warrington Bank Quay Low Level
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RAIL TOUR - 'CHESHIRE RAMBLER' - organised by the RCTS and run on April 27th, 1963 as 1T12. Details are limited but motive power was Class 4F 44548, seen here running round, and Class B1 61039. The route was as follows:-

Warrington Central - Glazebrook - Northenden - Lymm - Warrington Bank Quay Low Level - Ditton Jn - Runcorn - Folly Lane - Halton Jn - Frodsham Jn - Chester General - Malpas - Whitchurch - Crewe - Kidsgrove Central - Lawton Jn - Sandbach - Middlewich - Hartford & Greenbank - Hartford CLC Jn - Hartford LNW Jn - Warrington Arpley - Warrington Bank Quay Low Level

  • RAIL TOUR - 'CHESHIRE RAMBLER' - organised by the RCTS and run on April 27th, 1963 as 1T12. Details are limited but motive power was Class 4F 44548, seen here running round, and Class B1 61039. The route was as follows:-<br /> <br /> Warrington Central - Glazebrook - Northenden - Lymm - Warrington Bank Quay Low Level - Ditton Jn - Runcorn - Folly Lane - Halton Jn - Frodsham Jn - Chester General - Malpas - Whitchurch - Crewe - Kidsgrove Central - Lawton Jn - Sandbach - Middlewich - Hartford & Greenbank - Hartford CLC Jn - Hartford LNW Jn - Warrington Arpley - Warrington Bank Quay Low Level
  • RAIL TOUR - 'CLASS 27 FAREWELL' - Run by the SRPS on May 9th, 1987, to mark the passing of Class 27. The tour ran as follows:-<br /> <br /> 27001 + 27046 Glasgow Central - Baillieston - Coatbridge Central - Larbert - Stirling - Perth - Aviemore - Inverness <br /> 27055 + 27063 Inverness - Elgin - Aberdeen - Dundee - Tay Bridge - Kirkcaldy - Forth Bridge - Haymarket West Junction - Craiglockhart Junction - Portobello Junction - Edinburgh - Falkirk Grahamston - Coatbridge Central - Baillieston - Glasgow Central
  • RAIL TOUR - 'CLYDE COAST PULLMAN/BALLOCH BASHER' - Lea Valley Railway Club - Run on July 7th, 1984, 86229 powered this tour from Euston to Wemyss Bay and back again. From Wemyss Bay, 3-car Class 101 DMU 51529/59562/51454 was utilised and routed as follows:-<br /> <br /> Motherwell - Whifflet North Jn - Langloan Jn - Rutherglen East Jn - Larkfield Jn - General Terminus - Muirhouse South Jn - Larkfield Jn - Rutherglen North Jn - Hyndland - Yoker - Dalreoch - Balloch Pier <br /> as listed Balloch Pier - Dalmuir - Hyndland West Jn - Anniesland - Knightswood North Jn - Milngavie - Maryhill Central Jn - Cowlairs - Sighthill Jn - Bellgrove - High St Jn - Shields Jn - Paisley Gilmour Street
  • RAIL TOUR - 'CONWY/FORTH EXPRESS' - British Rail - Run on September 22nd, 1984, this tour was hauled throughout by 40012 as 1Z09 and was routed as follows:-<br /> <br /> Llandudno Junction - Warrington Bank Quay - Preston - Blackburn - Clitheroe - Hellifield - Settle Jn - (via Settle & Carlisle) - Petteril Bridge Jn - Carlisle - Carstaits South Jn - Carstaits East Jn - Midcalder Jn - Slateford Jn - Haymarket - Edinburgh Waverley - (via ECML) - York - Leeds - Dewsbury - Huddersfield - Stalybridge - Manchester Victoria - Warrington Bank Quay - Chester - Llandudno Junction
  • RAIL TOUR - 'CREWE CRUISER' - organised by Pathfinder Tours and run on August 21st, 1994. 37906/37903 are seen here nearing Crewe on the Bristol - Crewe Leg of the tour. The tour (1Z27) ran as follows:-<br /> <br /> 37903 + 37906 - Bristol Temple Meads - Dr Days Jn - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Kidderminster - Stourbridge Junction - Galton Jn - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Nuneaton<br /> 37906 + 37903 - Nuneaton - Tamworth - Colwich Jn - Stafford - Norton Bridge - Madeley - Crewe<br /> 86606 + 86620 - Crewe - Sandbach - Wilmslow - Cheadle Hulme - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly<br /> 56076 - Manchester Piccadilly - (reverse of outward route) - Crewe<br /> 47301 - Crewe - Whitchurch - Shrewsbury<br /> 31272 + 31306 - Shrewsbury - Whitchurch - Crewe<br /> 58046 - Crewe - Chester<br /> 60045 - Chester - Crewe<br /> 56092 + 56086 - Crewe - Madeley - Norton Bridge - Stafford - Bushbury Jn - Wolverhampton - Dudley Port - Galton Jn - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Kings Norton - Bromsgrove - Stoke Works Jn - Droitwich Spa - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads
  • RAIL TOUR - 'CUMBRIAN COAST EXPRESS' - Organised by the LNER Society, I can find no evidence that this train actually ran.
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DART VALLEY LIMITED' - Run by the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society, Not a great deal is known about this tour except that it was DE hauled from Norwich to Stratford and back and to Newton Abbot and back by a DH. It presumably included a trip out on the newly re-opened Dart Valley line too.
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DELTIC SCOTSMAN FAREWELL' - organised by British Rail (Eastern) and run on January 2nd, 1982, the last regular Deltic working. Seen here is 55015 TULYAR passing Finsbury Park on the outward leg. The tour and as follows:-<br /> <br /> 55015 - London Kings Cross - (via 'old' ECML, Selby) - Edinburgh Waverley<br /> 55022 - Edinburgh Waverley - (via 'old' ECML, Selby) - London Kings Cross
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DENTON MINES RAIL TOUR' - oraganised by the RCTS East Midlands Branch and run on July 6th, 1957, It ran from Denton Loco Depot on the Harston Ironstone Tramway to Denton Exchange Sidings and return, using 0-6-0ST BELVOIR and open wagons.
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DENTON MINES RAIL TOUR' - oraganised by the RCTS East Midlands Branch and run on July 6th, 1957, It ran from Denton Loco Depot on the Harston Ironstone Tramway to Denton Exchange Sidings and return, using 0-6-0ST BELVOIR and open wagons.
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DENTON MINES RAIL TOUR' - oraganised by the RCTS East Midlands Branch and run on July 6th, 1957, It ran from Denton Loco Depot on the Harston Ironstone Tramway to Denton Exchange Sidings and return, using 0-6-0ST BELVOIR and open wagons.
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DENTON MINES RAIL TOUR' - oraganised by the RCTS East Midlands Branch and run on July 6th, 1957, It ran from Denton Loco Depot on the Harston Ironstone Tramway to Denton Exchange Sidings and return, using 0-6-0ST BELVOIR and open wagons.
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DENTON MINES RAIL TOUR' - oraganised by the RCTS East Midlands Branch and run on July 6th, 1957, It ran from Denton Loco Depot on the Harston Ironstone Tramway to Denton Exchange Sidings and return, using 0-6-0ST BELVOIR and open wagons.
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DERBY & NOTTS RAIL TOUR' - organised by the SLS and run on April 21st, 1956. Motive power throughout was Standard Class 2P 2-6-2T No.84008, seen here at Codnor Park Station showing the M965 headcode. Coaching stock was a 3-coach push/pull set. The route was a follows:-<br /> <br /> Derby Midland - Little Eaton Jn - Kilburn - Denby - Marehay Crossing - Ripley - (reverse of outward route) - Little Eaton Jn - Breadsall Crossing - Little Eaton Jn - Duffield - Wirksworth - Duffield - Belper - Ambergate South Jn - Ambergate - Ambergate North Jn - Crich Jn - Butterley - Ironville Jn - Codnor Park Jn - Trowell Jn - Stanton Gate South - Mapperley Jn - dead end sidings - Opencast Sidings - West Hallam Colliery Sidings - West Hallam Colliery Jn - West Hallam - West Hallam Colliery Jn - Stanton Jn - Ilkeston North - Stanton Jn - Heanor - Stanton Jn - Ilkeston North - West Hallam Colliery Jn - West Hallam - Derby Friargate - Egington Junction - Dove Jn - Stretton Jn - Horninglow - North Stafford Jn - Burton-on-Trent
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DERWENT VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY' - organised by the Branch Line Society and run on May 17th, 1958. 65064 was the sole motive power and is seen here at Dunnington on May 17th, 1958, on the outward journey. The tour ran as follows:-<br /> <br /> York Layerthorpe - Elvington - Cliff Common - Elvington - York Layerthorpe
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DIESEL EXCURSION' - Run by the Westminster Bank Railway Society on March 21st, 1954, this trip included a tour round Swindon Works. Transport provided for the tour was GWR railcars Nos.W33 and W38 either side of a trailer - must have been quite a novelty back then.
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DONCASTER ROVER No.2' - Run by the LCGB on January 21st, 1979, in heavy snow, the tour commenced by DMU from Liverpool Lime Street to Allerton due to engineering works. At Allerton, 40106 took over and ran as follows:-<br /> <br /> Allerton - Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Guide Bridge - Dinting - Woodhead - Sheffield Victoria - Woodburn Jn - Tinsley Yard - Treeton North Jn - Aldwarke Jn - Doncaster - Break here for tour of Works - Doncaster - Hare Park Jn - Wakefield Kirkgate - Healey Mills - Huddersfield - OA & GB Jn - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly [P14] - Liverpool Lime Street
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DUKERIES LIMITED' - Run by the Branch Line Society on October 22nd, 1977, this tour took a very roundabout route through London to get to Lincoln. The tour ran as follows:-<br /> <br /> 25081+25069 - London Euston - Wembley Central <br /> 47290 - Wembley Central - Kensal Green Jn - Harringay Park Jn - Ferme Park - Peterborough - Spalding - Sleaford avoider - Lincoln avoider - Pyewipe Jn - Edwinstowe - Elmton & Cresswell - Shireoaks - Beighton Jn - Chesterfield - Trowell Jn - Lenton North Jn - Trent - Sheet Stores Jn - Stenson Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Kingsbury Jn - Whitacre Jn - Landor Street Jn - Lifford West Jn - Birmingham New Street - Bordesley Jn - Banbury - High Wycombe - London Paddington.<br /> <br /> As can be seen, it did not follow the published route and was supposed to terminate at St Pancras, not at Paddington.
  • RAIL TOUR - 'DUKERIES RAIL TOUR' - RCTS tour run on July 24th, 1960, to various collieries and over old LDECR routes. The tour ran as follows:-<br /> <br /> 43145 - Sheffield Victoria - Woodburn Jn - Darnall - Beighton Station Jn - Beighton Jn - Killamarsh West - Foxlow Jn<br /> 44590 + 43145 - Foxlow Jn - Hall Lane Jn - Staveley Town - Seymour Jn - Doe Lea - Bolsover Midland - Ramcroft Colliery Jn - Glapwell Old Colliery - (reverse of outward route) - Seymour Jn - Oxcroft Jn - Clowne & Barlborough - Elmton & Cresswell<br /> 43145 Elmton & Cresswell - Langwith - Shirebrook West - Mansfield Town - Mansfield North Jn - Mansfield East Jn - Mansfield Colliery Jn - Rufford Jn - Southwell - Rolleston Junction - Newark Castle - Swinderby - Lincoln St Marks - Pelham Street - Lincoln Central - Pyewipe Jn - Fledborough - Dukeries Junction HL - Tuxford West Jn - Boughton Jn - Thoresby Colliery Jn - Clipstone East Jn - Clipstone West Jn - Welbeck Colliery Jn<br /> 43145 (t/t 64314) - Welbeck Colliery Jn - Welbeck Colliery<br /> 64314 (t/t 43145) - Welbeck Colliery - Welbeck Colliery Jn<br /> 43145 - Welbeck Colliery Jn - Warsop Jn - Shirebrook North - Creswell & Welbeck Colliery Jn - Clowne South - Oxcroft No.3 Jn - Spink Hill - Killamarsh Jn - (via spur) -Beighton Jn - Treeton Jn - Catcliffe Jn - Shepcote Lane Jn - Brightside Station Jn - Nunnery Main Line Jn - Sheffield Midland.
  • RAIL TOUR - 'EAST LONDON SPECIAL' - organised by the RCTS, this tour ran on April 14th, 1951. The engines used were E8619, 47300 and 64647 but there is some doubt as to which sections of the tour the latter two actually hauled, although here we see 47300 at Stratford which would suggest that it hauled the last leg. The tour ran as follows:-<br /> <br /> E8619 - Fenchurch Street - Stepney East - Salmonds Lane Jn - Gas Factory Jn - Bromley - Abbey Mills Upper Jn - Abbey Mills Lower Jn - Canning Town - Custom House - North Woolwich<br /> 64647 - North Woolwich - Custom House - Canning Town - Abbey Mills Lower Jn - Stratford Market - Stratford Southern Jn - Stratford Western Jn - Bow Jn - Gas Factory Jn - Stepney East<br /> 47300 - Stepney East - Gas Factory Jn - Bromley - Abbey Mills Upper Jn - East Ham - Woodgrange Park - Forest Gate Jn - Stratford
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