The Railtour Files - 1958

Date Railtour Operator Headcode Tour name Traction Timings
07/12/98 BR ? (Ramblers Excursion) 34077 -
06/12/98 ??? ? (Brake Van Tour) ? -
30/11/58 REC ? Special Tour of Leeds Corporation Tramways Tram -
29/11/58 BR ? (Football Special) Did it run? -
15/11/58 BR ? (Football Special) 34067 & 34097 -
15/11/58 BLS ScR; 31 Lauder Light Railway at least 78049 -
14/11/58 BR ? (Race Special) 31778 -
04/11/58 BR ? (Conducted Tour of Derby Locomotive Works) Did it run? Yes
19/10/58 LCGB [7] ? Rother Valley Limited DS377, 30905, 31019, 31258 & 32678 Yes
12/10/58 SRC ? Oxfordshire & Warwickshire Rail Tour Did it run? -
11/10/58 SLS ? Tour by C.R. 123 CR 123 & 44258 Yes
04/10/58 IA ? ??? DMU -
04/10/58 RCTS ? Sapper 30120 & WD400 Yes
04/10/58 LCGB [6] ? (Wenford Bridge) 30585 -
28/09/58 G.R. Lockie ? Essex Wealdman 30322, 65440 & 68577 -
28/09/58 SLS ? Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway at least WD188? & Drewry Railcars Yes
27/09/58 REC ? ??? at least 62785 -
27/09/58 TRPS ? Talyllyn Special 9004, 9018 & 41123 -
22/09/58 BR ? (Hop Pickers Special) at least 32636 & 32678 -
21/09/58 SLS ? Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway at least WD188 & Drewry Railcars Yes
21/09/58 RCTS ? South Yorkshire No.4 61126, 61127, 61165, 62660, 64222 & 64268 Yes
21/09/58 AMR ? Creweorton Flyer DMU -
20/09/58 IA ? Westcountryman 30712, 30726, 35017 & 35023 Yes
20/09/58 SLS ? Tanat Valley and Llanfyllin 46509 Yes
14/09/58 SLS ? Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway at least WD188 & Drewry Railcars Yes
14/09/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) 30800 -
07/09/58 BR/RA ? (Ramblers Excursion) DMU Yes
07/09/58 ROC ? Farnborough Flyer D201 -
07/09/58 SLS ? (Special Train to Gloucester, Swindon and Didcot) at least 3440 & 4900 Yes
07/09/58 REC ? (Special Tour of Glasgow Corporation Tramways) Did it run? -
06/09/58 SLS 213 Lothian Lines Tour 67492 & 78049 Yes
31/08/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 30546 -
31/08/58 BR ? (Hop Pickers Special) at least 31590 -
31/08/58 SLS/MLS W694 & W614 West Durham Rail Tour (46143 &) 62059 Yes
30/08/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 61249 -
30/08/58 BR ? (Hop Pickers Friends Special) 31735 -
30/08/58 ??? ? (Caledonian 123 Excursion) at least C.R. 123 -
26/08/58 BR ? (Swindon Works) ? Yes
24/08/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 31145 -
19/08/58 BR ? (Swindon Works) ? Yes
12/08/58 BR ? (Swindon Works) ? Yes
10/08/58 RCTS at least 550 Northern & Eastern 43245, 64656, 65440, 75055 & 80041 Yes
10/08/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 31497 -
10/08/58 BR C791 (Circular Tour by Diesel Train) DMU & 'River Esk' Yes
09/08/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 43086 -
03/08/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 42870 -
03/08/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 34060 -
03/08/58 BR at least W728 (Day Excursion) at least 45310 -
03/08/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 31904 -
03/08/58 GR Lockie ? Riverside Special EMU & GWR 56xx 2-6-2T Yes
31/07/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) 44043 -
30/07/58 BR ? City of Exeter Holiday Express at least 30709 & 31838 -
29/07/58 BR ? (Swindon Works) ? Yes
27/07/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) ? -
27/07/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 45404 -
27/07/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 43088 -
23/07-??/??/58 BR? ? (Glasgow Fair Week Specials) CANCELLED -
22/07/58 BR? ? (Glasgow Fair Week Special) at least CR 123 -
22/07/58 ??? ? ??? at least 43115 -
21/07/58 BR? ? (Glasgow Fair Week Special) at least CR 123 -
21/07/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) 73142 -
19/07/58 ??? ? (Durham Miners Gala Special) at least 67691 -
19/07/58 RCTS ? (Bowaters Paper Mill Railway) at least 'Alpha' -
14/07/58 ?BR? ? (Cadet Force Special) 42362 & 44099 -
13/07/58 ??? ? ??? at least 49121 -
12/07/58 SLS ? South Wales Rail Tour (Cardiff Area, Part 2) 6434 Yes
09/07/58 ??? ? ??? at least 7820 -
05/07/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 69802 -
??/07/58 EADT ? Caxton's Day Out on the Southend Flyer 61572 -
28/06/58 LCGB [5] M969 (throughout?) North Western Branch Lines CD7, 40421 & 41901 Yes
22/06/58 SLS ? (Special Train to Derby, Horwich and Crewe) 45265 Yes
22/06/58 ?BR? ? (Sunday Excursion) at least 46466 -
19/06/58 ??? ? (Brake Van Trip - Wadebridge to Wenford) ? -
15/06/58 SLS ? (Special Train to Derby, Horwich and Crewe) CANCELLED Yes
14/06/58 ?? ? (Irish Pilgrim Special to Lourdes) at least 30835 -
08/06/58 ??? ? West Sussex Downsman 30549 & 80154 -
08/06/58 RCTS C819 Roses Rail Tour DMU Yes
08/06/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 42770 -
07/06/58 REC at least SPL43 South Dorset 30107 -
07/06/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) 6950 -
07/06/58 RCTS/RCHS ? Middleton Colliery Railway Bicentenary Rail Tour NCB 'Blenkinsop' Yes
07/06/58 RC ? ??? at least 78009 -
31/05/58 PRC ? ??? 30587 -
31/05/58 SLS W725 (throughout?) North Staffs Rail Tour (Part 2) at least 42378, 42482 & 42939 Yes
30/05/58 ??? ? ??? at least 44751 -
25/05/58 BR ? (Day Excursion) DMU -
24/05/58 ??? ? (Caledonian 123 Excursion) at least C.R. 123 -
18/05/58 or
18/05/57?
TI ? Daffodil Express at least 3440 & 73132 -
18/05/58 RCTS ? South Yorkshire Rail Tour No.4 'POSTPONED INDEFINITELY' -
17/05/58 ??? ? (Caledonian 123 Excursion) at least C.R. 123 -
17/05/58 BLS ? Derwent Light Railway 65064 Yes
11/05/58 (private) ? Bluebell Special 3440 & 32342 -
11/05/58 SLS ? L&NWR Rail Tour (Part 1?) CANCELLED -
10/05/58 GRS ? Dorset Rail Tour DMU -
10/05/58 ??? ? (Caledonian 123 Excursion) C.R. 123 Yes
08/05/58 BR ? (Educational Excursion) ? -
03/05/58 SLS ? Strathendrick Special 65315 & 69182 Yes
03/05/58 ??? ? (Caledonian 123 Excursion) at least C.R. 123 -
27/04/58 RCTS ? Hertfordshire No.2 Rail Tour 41901, 69414 & 69632 Yes
27/04/58 CURC ? ??? at least 62785 -
27/04/58 BR ? (Lincolnshire Bulb Fields) ? -
26/04/58 Ian Allan 510 (throughout?) Pennine Limited 41063, 41100, 60157 & 71000 Yes
26/04/58 FRS ? (A.G.M. Special) 3440, 9017 & 9021 -
26/04/58 SLS ? Last Train Bromyard - Leominster 4571 Yes
26/04/58 ??? ? (Caledonian 123 Excursion) at least C.R. 123 -
20/04/58 SCTS ? South Londoner at least 31521 Yes
20/04/58 REC ? Severn Rambler 5417 & 9017 -
20/04/58 AMR ? ??? ? -
16/04/58 Ian Allan ? (Locospotters Excursion to Ashford Works and the RH&DR) ? -
16/04/58 IA ? (Locospotter's Excursion to Swindon and Eastleigh Works) Ran on 10/04/1958 (&/or 11/04, 12/04, 14/04) Yes
13/04/58 RCTS ? Sussex Coast Limited 30796, 32424, 32640 & 80154 Yes
12/04/58 BLS ? Kent & East Sussex Light Railway 32636 & 32678 Yes
12/04/58 BR ? (Football Special) at least 44417 -
10/04/58
(?11/04/58 &/or
12/04/58 &/or 14/04/58?)
IA ? (Locospotter's Excursion to Swindon and Eastleigh Works) 3440, 5369 &6313 Yes
10/04/58 Ian Allan ? (Locospotters Excursion to Ashford Works and the RH&DR) Postponed to 16/04/1958 -
29/03/58 RCTS ? London River Rail Tour 31518 & 68646 Yes
18/03/58 ??? ? ??? at least CR123 -
09/03/58 ICRS ? ??? GWR Railcar W13W -
11/01/58 ??? ? ??? 6411 Yes
07/01/58 LT ? Silver Train 1956 Tube Stock -
06/01/58 LT ? Silver Train 1956 Tube Stock -
05/01/58 SLS ? (Special Last Train from Abergavenny to Merthyr) 49121 & 58926 Yes
03/01/58 LT ? Silver Train 1956 Tube Stock -
02/01/58 LT ? Silver Train 1956 Tube Stock -


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