The Railtour Files - 2006

Date Railtour Operator
(tour no.)
Tour name Review Timings
29/12/06 PT Yo-Ho-Ho Yes Yes
23/12/06 HRT Weymouth Circular Tour - Yes
21/12/06 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
21/12/06 HRT Norwich at Christmas - -
20/12/06 HRT Lancashire Witch Did it run?
19/12/06 HRT York Christmas Shopper Did it run?
19/12/06 FMR York Christmas Shopper CANCELLED
19/12/06 PTR Downsman CANCELLED
16/12/06 HRT Grassington Dickensian Festival - -
16/12/06 ??? ??? - -
16/12/06 SD Cathedrals Express CANCELLED
15/12/06 VT Fenland Christmas Lunch Special CANCELLED
14/12/06 HRT Christmas Lunch to Folkestone Harbour Yes Yes
14/12/06 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
14/12/06 PTR Downsman CANCELLED
12/12/06 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
09/12/06 CT Festive Scotsman - Yes
09/12/06 VT Ebor Express - Yes
09/12/06 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
09/12/06 HRT Lincoln Christmas Market (2 trains?) - -
09/12/06 CT (Lincoln Christmas Market specials) - -
09/12/06 GER ??? - -
09/12/06 VSOE (BP) ??? - -
08/12/06 SRPS/NER Link Undo - Yes
08/12/06 CT (Lincoln Christmas Market specials) - -
08/12/06 VSOE (BP) (Surrey Luncheon Special) - -
07/12/06 HRT Bath Christmas Market Did it run?
06/12/06 ??? ??? - -
05/12/06 FMR Bath Christmas Market Did it run?
02/12-04/12/06 HRT Christmas Scotsman - -
02/12/06 NENTA A Dickensian Christmas - -
02/12/06 RTC White Rose - Yes
30/11/06 PTR Downsman CANCELLED
26/11/06 BLS Sheffield Supertram Tour - Yes
25/11/06 CT Capitals Express - Yes
25/11/06 PT Son of Christmas Cracker - Yes
25/11/06 NRM York Festive Flyer - -
25/11/06 HRT St Nicholas Fayre in York - 2 trains - -
23/11/06 IW Boat Train - -
18/11/06 FMR Manchester Festive Shopper - -
18/11/06 NRM London Lights Express - -
18/11/06 PTR Capital Express - -
18/11/06 VSOE (Kent Luncheon Special) - -
18/11/06 SD Cathedrals Express CANCELLED
18/11/06 PT Principality Freighter Postponed to 14/04/07
11/11/06 PT Edwalton Equinox Yes Yes
11/11/06 HRT Humber High Ordinary - Yes
04/11/06 MCL Second Sight - Yes
04/11/06 PTR Man of Kent - Yes
04/11/06 KR Garden of England Statesman CANCELLED
03/11/06 HRT Blackpool Illuminations - -
01/11/06 VSOE (NB) (London Shopping) - -
28/10/06 PTR Cornubian - Yes
28/10/06 PMRT London Explorer - Yes
28/10/06 CT North Country Explorer - Yes
28/10/06 HRT South Devon Railway & Buckfast Abbey - Yes
25/10/06 FMR Llandudno - Yes
25/10/06 ??? ??? - -
21/10/06 PT Sandblower - Yes
21/10/06 PTR Limited - Yes
21/10/06 FMR Glorious Devon - -
21/10/06 RTC Cumbrian Mountain Express - -
21/10/06 GER/Railtourer Southern Coast Express Winchester/Bournemouth - -
21/10/06 SD Cathedrals Express CANCELLED
21/10/06 KR Trafalgar Express Postponed to 31/03/07
19/10/06 HRT City of York / North Yorkshire Moors Railway - -
19/10/06 PTR Downsman CANCELLED
18/10/06 GER/Railtourer Mid-Wales & Cambrian Coast Land Cruise - Yes
18/10/06 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
14/10-15/10/06 (private) (David Pollard 50th Birthday Bash) - Yes
14/10/06 ITG Supertrain - Yes
14/10/06 HRT Flanders Swan - Yes
14/10/06 RTC Cumbrian Mountain Express - -
14/10/06 NENTA Lakes & Settle & Carlisle Circular - -
14/10/06 GER Brighton Belle - -
14/10/06 NRHS Flaming Foliage Express - Yes
12/10/06 HRT Dean Forest Railway / Dean Forest Heritage - -
11/10/06 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
08/10/06 KR Devon Belle CANCELLED
07/10/06 NENTA Welsh Highlander - Yes
07/10/06 ??? ??? - -
07/10/06 RTC Devonian - -
07/10/06 DGEG Güterstrecken zwischen Donau und Traunsee Yes Yes
07/10/06 FMR West Somerset Railway Gala - -
06/10-09/10/06 RTC Autumn Highlander Yes Yes
01/10/06 SD Cathedrals Express CANCELLED
30/09-01/10/06 MCL Rocks & Shoals - Yes
30/09/06 PT Grid-Arising - Yes
30/09/06 KR Eden & Penzance Explorer Yes Yes
30/09/06 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
30/09/06 RTC Cumbrian Mountain Express - -
30/09/06 PTR Eden Flyer Did it run?
27/09/06 HRT City of York / Fountains Abbey Did it run?
24/09/06 ??? ??? - -
24/09/06 HRT Darlington Community Rail Festival - -
23/09-24/09/06 HRT Redmire Shuttles - Yes
23/09-24/09/06 HRT Boulby Shuttles CANCELLED - replaced
by "Redmire Shuttles"
21/09-23/09/06 RC The 'Three Peaks Challenge' Charity Special - Yes
23/09/06 HRT Darlington Community Rail Festival - -
23/09/06 SRPS Moray Mint - Yes
23/09/06 CT Edinburgh Fellsman - Yes
23/09/06 RTC Sussex Belle - Yes
23/09/06 SA ??? - -
23/09/06 A1SLT Talisman - -
21/09/06 FMR Medieval Chester Did it run?
21/09/06 PTR Downsman CANCELLED
20/09/06 HRT Chrich Tramway Village / Chatsworth House - -
16/09-19/09/06 VSOE Royal Scotsman - -
16/09/06 BLS Tees Rail Again Railtour - Yes
16/09/06 VSOE (NB) (Durham) - Yes
16/09/06 CT Cumbrian Mountain Scot - Yes
16/09/06 PT Virgin Territorial - Yes
16/09/06 PTR Eden Flyer Did it run?
16/09/06 HRT (Day Excursion to Paris) Did it run?
16/09/06 SD Cathedrals Express CANCELLED
12/09/06 FMR Torquay & Paignton Did it run?
09/09/06 NER Inverness Excursion - Yes
09/09/06 BLS Medway Ports Railtour - Yes
09/09/06 HRT Lowestoft and the East Anglian Transport Museum - Yes
09/09/06 KR Eden & Penzance Explorer - -
09/09/06 VT Two Halls to Newport - Yes
09/09/06 RTC White Rose - Yes
09/09/06 NENTA (York, Malton or Scarborough) - -
09/09/06 PT Liverpool - Yes
09/09/06 SD Cathedrals Express CANCELLED
09/09/06 NENTA Plymouth, Eden Project & Penzance CANCELLED
07/09/06 KR Royal Sovereign CANCELLED
06/09/06 FMR (Bath) Did it run?
03/09/06 SN Spitfire - Yes
02/09/06 SN Spitfire - Yes
02/09/06 CT Devonian - Yes
02/09/06 KR Somerset & Dorset Remembered - Yes
02/09/06 PTR Eden Flyer - -
01/09/06 SD Cathedrals Express CANCELLED
31/08/06 KT Surrey Hills Statesman CANCELLED
30/08/06 FMR (York Summertime Bargain) - -
28/08/06 PT Whistling Pixie Yes Yes
28/08/06 NRM Hadrian Express - Yes
28/08/06 VT Rutland Explorer & Harringworth Shuttle - -
26/08/06 PT Rutland Renegade - Yes
26/08/06 HRT (York) - Adv / - / -
26/08/06 VSOE (BP) (Luncheon Special) - -
23/08/06 HRT Amberley and Chichester - - / B / -
23/08/06 KT Ocean Liner Statesman CANCELLED
20/08/06 KT Sunny Seaside Spitfire CANCELLED
19/08/06 RTC Wensleydale Explorer - Yes
19/08/06 GCC Fishguard Centenary Special - Yes
19/08/06 PTR Eden Flyer - -
19/08/06 NENTA Whitby Explorer - Adv / - / -
19/08/06 HR ??? - Adv / - / -
17/08/06 KR Sunny Seaside Spitfire - Yes
17/08/06 FMR (Skegness) - -
16/08/06 KT White Cliffs Statesman CANCELLED
15/08/06 NRM Scarborough Spa Express - Yes
13/08/06 PTR Torbay Express - Yes
12/08-13/08/06 HRT Edinburgh Military Tattoo - -
12/08/06 ?SRPS? ??? - -
10/08/06 SD Sunny South Special - Yes
10/08/06 KT Dorset Discoverer CANCELLED
09/08/06 KT Garden of England Statesman CANCELLED
06/08/06 KR Dalesman - Yes
05/08-06/08/06 HRT Edinburgh Military Tattoo - -
05/08/06 CT Edinburgh Merseyman - Yes
05/08/06 EOW Eisenbahn Erlebnis Norderney Yes Yes
02/08/06 KT Hampshire Coast Statesman CANCELLED
01/08/06 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
30/07/06 VT Shakespeare Express - -
29/07/06 PTR Lost Gardens of Helligan - -
29/07/06 NENTA Plymouth, Eden Project & Penzance CANCELLED
29/07/06 NENTA Suffolk North Countryman Rescheduled to 15/07/2006
26/07/06 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
25/07/06 ??? (Royal Welsh Show Special) - -
22/07/06 KR Heart of Wales Rambler - Yes
22/07/06 PTR Eden Flyer Did it run?
16/07/06 PTR Torbay Express - Yes
16/07/06 PT Sunday Syphonic CANCELLED
15/07/06 PTR Eden Flyer - -
15/07/06 NENTA Suffolk North Countryman - -
14/07-17/07/06 HRT Isle of Man Vintage Railways Did it run?
14/07-15/07/06 PT Growling Grockle CANCELLED
09/07/06 BHRRC Circular Tour Derby - Toton - Yes
09/07/06 AMT Museum Express - Yes
08/07/06 BHRRC Up The Line To Deepcar - Yes
08/07/06 KR Battle of Hastings Statesman - -
08/07/06 5305LA Ebor Express - Yes
08/07/06 IW Chunkrail Challenger - Yes
08/07/06 PTR York Flyer Did it run?
07/07-10/07/06 HRT West Highlander - -
06/07/06 PTR Eden Flyer Did it run?
02/07/06 PLEG Wensleydale Western Waggoner - Yes
02/07/06 5305LA (Loaded Test Run) CANCELLED (ran on
29/06/06)
01/07-04/07/06 VSOE (RS) (Western) - -
01/07/06 NENTA (Lakes & Settle & Carlisle Circular) - -
01/07/06 HRT Torbay & Dartmouth - Yes
01/07/06 PMRT Hadrian - -
01/07/06 PT (Alnwick Gardens or Lindisfarne) - -
01/07/06 PTR Edinburgh Flyer - -
01/07/06 VSOE (NB) ??? - -
01/07/06 KT Golden Arrow CANCELLED
28/06/06 HRT Thames Diner - Yes
27/06/06 VSOE (BP) (???) - -
24/06/06 PTR Glasgow Flyer Yes Yes
24/06/06 NER ??? - -
24/06/06 HR (York, Durham & Newcastle) - Yes
24/06/06 Railtourer/GER Settle Carlisle Thunderer - Yes
24/06/06 PT Pennine Syphons Yes Yes
24/06/06 5305LA Hereward Express CANCELLED
21/06/06 TRS (no tour name) Yes Yes
21/06/06 HRT? ??? - -
18/06/06 IRHAH Fawley Hill Railway Experience - Yes
18/06/06 5305LA (Loaded Test Run) Postponed to 02/07/06
18/06/06 KR White Cliffs Statesman CANCELLED
17/06/06 RTC Citadel Express - Yes
17/06/06 WCRC Whitby Jet - -
17/06/06 Railtourer/GER (Settle + Carlisle & Edinburgh) - Yes
17/06/06 HRT Beamish Open Air Museum or City of Durham - -
16/06-19/06/06 PT Orcadian - Yes
15/06/06 NENTA ??? - -
10/06/06 RTC Cumbrian Mountain Express - Yes
10/06/06 HRT Midland & Great Central Tour - Yes
10/06/06 SRPS Chester - -
10/06/06 PTR Lost Gardens of Helligan Did it run?
10/06/06 KR Alton Downsman CANCELLED
10/06/06 PMRT Ynys Mons Express CANCELLED
10/06/06 BLS Medway Ports CANCELLED
07/06/06 SD Cathedrals Express - -
07/06/06 HRT Wilton House & Salisbury - -
03/06/06 RTC Cumbrian Mountain Express - Yes
03/06/06 CT Cumbrian Fellsman - Yes
03/06/06 PT Esk Invader - Yes
03/06/06 PTR Eden Flyer - -
03/06/06 PMRT Citadel Express - -
03/06/06 NENTA ??? - -
03/06/06 5305LA Hereward Express Postponed to 24/06/06
01/06/06 PTR Tarka Pony - Yes
31/05/06 PTR South Hams Pony - Yes
30/05/06 PTR China Clay Pony Yes Yes
29/05/06 PTR Fowey Pony - Yes
29/05/06 Railtourer (Lancaster) - Yes
29/05/06 CT Highland Clansman CANCELLED
29/05/06 PT North Wales CANCELLED
28/05/06 SRPS (Lochalsh Special) - Yes
27/05/06 Railtourer/GER (Settle + Carlisle & Lancaster) - Yes
27/05/06 HR (York & Scarborough) - Yes
27/05/06 VT (Tyseley to Scarborough) - Yes
27/05/06 CT Edinburgh Merseyman - Yes
27/05/06 SRPS (Lochalsh Special) Postponed to 28/05/06
27/05/06 KR Garden of England Statesman CANCELLED
23/05/06 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
20/05/06 PT Snowdonian - Yes
20/05/06 PTR Lost Gardens of Helligan - Yes
20/05/06 HRT Black Country Museum Did it run?
18/05/06 HRT City of York or Castle Howard - -
14/05/06 5305LA (Loaded Test Run) Postponed to 18/06/06
13/05/06 MRSI One-One-One Day Tour Yes Yes
13/05/06 PTR Welsh Marches - -
13/05/06 PT Eden Limited Postponed to 07/10/06
11/05/06 SD Cathedrals Express CANCELLED
06/05-08/05/06 RPSI [Int:37] Earl of Desmond - Yes
06/05/06 SRPS West Highlander - Yes
06/05/06 HRT A Springtime Afternoon in Lille - Yes
06/05/06 PTR Lost Gardens of Helligan Did it run?
03/05/06 HRT Leeds Castle Did it run?
01/05/06 RTC Lincoln Explorer - Yes
30/04-06/05/06 PTG Clear the Feve Yes -
30/04/06 RTC Norfolk Steam Weekend (Bittern Line Shuttles) - Yes
29/04/06 CT Heart of Wales Explorer Yes Yes
29/04/06 PT Cambrian Borderer - Yes
29/04/06 AFRPS (Diesel Day Railtours) - Yes
29/04/06 RTC Easterling - Yes
29/04/06 HRT Spalding Flower Parade - -
29/04/06 GER ??? - -
29/04/06 PTR Alnwick Flyer CANCELLED
29/04/06 DPS (Railtour) CANCELLED
29/04/06 NENTA Plymouth, Eden Project & Penzance Postponed to 29/07/06
22/04/06 PT Devonian Yes Yes
22/04/06 RTC Pembroke Coast Express - Yes
22/04/06 PTR Eden Flyer - -
22/04/06 ??? ??? - -
22/04/06 ??? ??? - -
17/04/06 ??? ??? - -
17/04/06 PTR Royal Duchy CANCELLED
17/04/06 VT (Tyseley to Scarborough) Postponed to 27/05/06
15/04/06 HR (Penzance) Yes Yes
15/04/06 KR Snowdonia Explorer - Yes
15/04/06 ??? ??? - -
15/04/06 PTR Cornishman CANCELLED
14/04-17/04/06 HRT Easter Highlander - Yes
12/04/06 PTR Strong Countryman - Yes
08/04/06 ITG Portrush Thumper - Yes
08/04/06 PTR York Flyer - Yes
08/04/06 VT Midlander - -
08/04/06 NENTA Irwell Valley Explorer - -
08/04/06 ??? ??? - -
08/04/06 PMRT Fylde Coast Express - -
08/04/06 HRT Brussels Taster Did it run?
08/04/06 SA Salisbury Spire CANCELLED
05/04/06 HRT York Midweek Bargain - -
02/04/06 CR (Chiltern Line Centenary Specials) - -
01/04/06 CR (Chiltern Line Centenary Specials) - -
01/04/06 OW Eisenbahn Erlebnis Hamburg - Yes
01/04/06 PTR Devonian - Yes
01/04/06 RTC Lincolnshire Poacher - Yes
01/04/06 VSOE (NB) (York) - -
01/04/06 HRT Blueberry Fool - Yes
01/04/06 HRT Paris in the Springtime Did it run?
01/04/06 PTR Merseyside Express Did it run?
31/03/06 Railtourer/GER ??? - -
25/03/06 RTC Yorkshireman - Yes
25/03/06 MCL State of Flux - Yes
25/03/06 PT Redmire Rambler Yes Yes
25/03/06 VT ??? - -
25/03/06 PTR Red Dragon - Yes
25/03/06 HRT Crich Tramway Museum or Chatsworth House Did it run?
23/03/06 PTR Somerset & Dorset Railtour - Yes
18/03/06 PT Humber Haulier Yes Yes
18/03/06 PTR Pines Express - Yes
18/03/06 RTC White Rose - -
18/03/06 HRT Brussels Taster - Yes
17/03/06 CT (Cheltenham Horse Racing Additional) - -
16/03/06 CT (Cheltenham Horse Racing Additional) - -
16/03/06 HRT Solent & Sarum - Yes
16/03/06 VSOE (BP) ??? - -
15/03/06 ?VSOE (BP)? ?(Bath)? - Yes
15/03/06 CT (Cheltenham Horse Racing Additional) - Yes
15/03/06 ??? (Cheltenham Horse Racing Special) - Yes
14/03/06 ??? (Cheltenham Horse Racing Special) - Yes
11/03/06 KR Battle of Hastings Statesman - Yes
11/03/06 HRT Dartmoor Railway & Castle Drogo - Yes
11/03/06 GER Big Day Out - -
11/03/06 PTR York Flyer Did it run?
11/03/06 PT Rutland Renegade Postponed to 26/08/06
09/03/06 HRT Man of Kent - Yes
04/03/06 NE (Shoppers Special) - Yes
04/03/06 HRT Ripon & Harrogate - Yes
04/03/06 BLS Peterborough Re-Re-Avoider - Yes
04/03/06 VT Leander 70th Birthday Tour - Yes
04/03/06 PTR Red Dragon Postponed to 25/03/06
01/03/06 VSOE (BP) ??? - Yes
26/02/06 ATW (Football Specials) - 4 trains - Yes
25/02/06 PT Welsh Whistler Yes Yes
25/02/06 PTR Granville Express - Yes
25/02/06 HRT Longueau Winding Road - Yes
25/02/06 VSOE (NB) (Chester from Cardiff) - Yes
24/02/06 VSOE (NB) (Lunch Excursion from Birmingham) - Yes
23/02/06 JCB (JCB Private Charters) - 3 trains - Yes
18/02/06 PTR Midlander - Yes
18/02/06 VSOE (NB) (Edinburgh & Royal Yacht Britannia from Birmingham / Derby / Sheffield) - Yes
18/02/06 GER Windsor & Eton Valentine Venturer - Yes
18/02/06 HRT Severn Valley Railway Gala - Yes
18/02/06 PT Rutland Renegade Postponed to 11/03/06
14/02/06 HRT City of Salisbury - Yes
14/02/06 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
11/02/06 GER Windsor & Eton Valentine Venturer - Yes
11/02/06 VSOE (NB) (Valentine's Dining from Edinburgh) - Yes
08/02/06 VSOE (BP) ??? - -
04/02/06 PTR Fenman Yes Yes
04/02/06 HRT In Search of the Laughing Frog? - Yes
29/01/06 VSOE (BP) (Sunday Afternoon Tea) - Yes
29/01/06 VSOE (BP) (Sunday Brunch) - Yes
28/01/06 PT Bradford Residential Express - Yes
28/01/06 PT Pennine Deltic / Settle and Carlisle Line Postponed to 24/06/06
28/01/06 HRT Portsmouth Historic Dockyard - Yes
26/01/06 VSOE (BP) (Bath) - Yes
21/01/06 PTR Settle & Carlisle Flyer - Yes
20/01/06 VSOE (BP) (Lunch from London) - Yes
14/01/06 VSOE (BP) (Beaulieu / Southampton / Portsmouth - [Steam]) - Yes
12/01/06 HRT Blue Pullman Inaugural Excursion - Yes
12/01/06 (Private) Septuagenarian - Yes
11/01/06 VSOE (BP) (Bath) - Yes
09/01/06 VSOE (NB) (Edinburgh & Royal Yacht Britannia from Birmingham / Derby / Sheffield) - Yes
07/01/06 VSOE (NB) (London Shopping from Liverpool / Warrington / Crewe / Coventry) - Yes
07/01/06 (Private) ??? - Yes
06/01/06 VSOE (BP) (Lunch from London [Steam]) - Yes
06/01/06 VSOE (NB) (Bath from Leeds / Sheffield / Derby) - Yes
04/01/06 VSOE (NB) (Edinburgh Sights, Shopping & Royal Yacht Britannia from Crewe / Manchester / Bolton & Preston) - Yes

Timings Key:
Adv : Advertised
B : Booked
A : Actual
- : no timings (can you provide them, where existing?)

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