The Railtour Files - 1960

Date Railtour Operator Headcode Tour name Traction Review Timings
26/11/60 BR? ? (Football Specials) at least 42099, 44834 & 45440 - -
26/11/60 BR 1Z22 (Football Special) Did it Run? - Yes
20/11/60 LHCETS ? ??? ?EMU? - -
12/11/60 RCTS ? Great Eastern Suburban Rail Tour 68619 & 69687 - Yes
02/11/60 ILE ? ??? Did it run? - -
29/10/60 SAU ? ??? 61172 & 80090 - -
29/10/60 ?BR? ? (Football Special) Did it Run? - -
22/10/60 RCTS ? (Consett to Weatherhill) 63357 - -
15/10/60 REC ? Aldershot Area Rail Tour 30028 - Yes
?09/10/60 or
01/10/60?
HCRC [1] ? Swindon Special 92220 - Yes
08/10/60 SDRS ? (Half Day Excursion) Did it Run? - -
08/10/60 M&GNJRPS 45 M&GN and Waveney Valley Rail Tour 61572 & 65469 - Yes
01/10-02/10/60 BR ? (Blackpool Illuminations Special) D5574, 61800, 61939 & 61972 - Yes
01/10/60 RCTS ? Northern Heights Rail Tour DMU - Yes
?09/10/60 or
01/10/60?
HCRC [1] ? Swindon Special 92220 - Yes
24/09/60 REC ? North Kent Rail Tour D3721, 31512 & 31177 - Yes
24/09/60 SBLC ? Nickey 40026 - -
24/09-25/09/60 TRPS at least 1Z19 Talyllyn Special 4701, 9017 & 7330 - -
18/09/60 LCGB [11] ? South Western Limited Rail Tour 30339, 30357, 30516, 30782, 31768, 44557 & 53804 - Yes
18/09/60 L&HCETS ? (Circular Tour) ? - -
18/09/60 RA/BR ? (Ramblers Special) Did it run? - -
17/09/60 RVRES ? Central Lancashire Railtour 50850 & 52271 - -
17/09/60 TRC ? ??? Did it run? - -
17/09/60 ??? ? ??? Did it run? - -
11/09/60 RCTS at least M950 / 1X80 East Midlander No.4 1000, 7317 & 76006 - Yes
11/09/60 SLS ? Somerset and Dorset 2-8-0 Rail Tour 53804 - Yes
11/09/60 BR ? (Farnborough Air Show Special) D5531 & D5631 - Yes
11/09/60 RA/BR ? (Ramblers Special) Did it run? - -
10/09/60 REC ? Carlisle Goods Lines Tour DMU - Yes
10/09/60 RCTS ? Gypsum Mines 'Lady Angela' & 41280 - -
10/09/60 LT ? (Special Train: Chesham to Chalfont & Latimer and back) Did it run? - -
04/09/60 RCTS N561 Cumbrian Rail Tour 1000, 45503, 46442 & 46456 - Yes
04/09/60 SLS ? 'City of Truro' Swindon Works Tour 3440 - Yes
04/09/60 BR ? (Ramblers Excursion) 30056 & 30545 - -
03/09/60 SLS ? Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Special CR 123 - Yes
28/08/60 BR ? Derby Works Excursion 45285 - -
28/08/60 FRS ? ??? ? - -
27/08/60 BR ? (Derby Works Open Day Special) 45348? - -
24/08/60 ??? ? ??? 60022 - -
21/08/60 ??? ? ??? DMU - -
21/08/60 ??? ? ??? at least 34066 - -
21/08/60 RA/BR ? (Ramblers Special) Did it run? - -
14/08/60 RCTS ? Greyhound 3737, 6326, 31768 & 30718 - Yes
14/08/60 ??? ? ??? at least 31614 - -
11/08/60 BR ? (Conducted Tour of Derby Locomotive Works) Did it run? - Yes
01/08/60 ??? ? ??? at least 73xxx - -
01/08/60 ??? ? ??? at least 92205 - -
31/07/60 BR ? (Day Excursion) DMU - -
30/07/60 ??? ? ??? at least 30545 - -
24/07/60 BR ? (Ramblers Excursion) DMU - -
24/07/60 RCTS ? Dukeries Rail Tour 43145, 44590 & 64314 - -
24/07/60 BR ? (Day Excursion) 7928, 30545 & 33022 - -
24/07/60 BR ? (Ramblers Excursion) 34070 - -
24/07/60 RA/BR ? (Ramblers Special) Did it run? - -
19/07/60 ?BR? ? (Special to commemorate Centenary of Salisbury - Exeter Line) 30587 - -
16/07/60 REC/CIE ? ??? Did it run? - -
16/07/60 ?BR? ? (Miners Gala Special) at least 64942 - -
14/07/60 BR ? (Sunday School Special) 32515 - -
10/07/60 RSMEE ? ??? Did it run? - -
06/07/60 ??? ? ??? at least 42781 - -
02/07/60 SLS at least 2Z37 South Wales Tour 6416 & 9634 - Yes
26/06/60 BR ? (Day Excursion) DMU & TR No.4 - Yes
26/06/60 SLS M916 Midland Compound 1000 Special MR 1000 - Yes
22/06/60 RA/BR ? (Ramblers Special) Did it run? - -
19/06/60 BR ? (Day Excursion) D5600 - -
19/06/60 REC M970 Leicestershire Woldsman 43046 & 75059 - Yes
18/06/60 BR 1X13 (Day Excursion) 6969 - -
18/06/60 SLS ? White Cockade Rail Tour 61995 - Yes
16/06/60 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 75074 - -
12/06-17/06/60 SLS/RCTS various Joint Scottish Tour GNSR 49, NBR 256, HR 103, CR 123, 40663, 46463, 46464, 54485, 57441, 57594 & 64615 - Yes
12/06/60 NLRT 371 Lincolnshire Poacher at least CR: 123, 60022 & 61168? - -
11/06/60 SLS ? East Lothian Excursion 64489 - Yes
11/06/60 BR 1X23 (Day Excursion) 92205 - -
11/06/60 RC ? ??? 65469 - -
06/06/60 SDRS ? Heart of Devon Rambler 4174 - -
06/06/60 RA/BR ? (Ramblers Special) Did it run? - -
05/06/60 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 73050 & 76015 - -
04/06 & 06/06/60 SSoGL ? (Private Excursion) ? - -
31/05/60 PRC ? (Wadebridge - Wenford Brake Van Trip) 30587 - -
29/05/60 BR ? (Day Excursion) D5604 - -
29/05/60 SLS/MLS C801 & W512 Northern Fells Tour 42136, 42952 & 45509 - Yes
29/05/60 RA/BR ? (Ramblers Special) Did it run? - -
28/05/60 ??? at least C400 ??? at least 45599 - -
28/05/60 Ian Allan ? (Progress Chasers' Competition 1960 Special) ? - -
22/05/60 REC ? North Hampshire Downsman 5977 & 31067 - -
22/05/60 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least D8408 - -
21/05/60 M&GNJRS ? Waveney Valley and M&GN Special 65462 & 65469 - Yes
21/05/60 WBRS ? Tour of London Termini ? - Yes
21/05/60 SLS ? (Tyne Dock to Consett Brake Van Tour) 63755 & 92060 - -
21/05/60 SLS ? Midland Meteor CANCELLED - -
21/05/60 BR ? Tour Dalriada (Photographers' Excursion) Did it run? - Yes
18/05/60 SLS/BR ? (Stoke-on-Trent Jubilee Celebrations) MR 1000 - -
15/05/60 NRS ? ??? 65469 - -
15/05/60 RA/BR ? (Ramblers Special) Did it run? - -
14/05/60 PRC ? Cattewater & Stonehouse Tour 11227 & 30193 - -
14/05/60 IA ? Severn & Wessex Express 6000, 6384, 35008 & 53807 - Yes
14/05/60 GRS ? M. & S.W.J. Tour to Southampton Docks at least 3440 - -
14/05/60 SLS ? Stratford & Midland Jct District Tour DMU - Yes
14/05/60 SLS ? (Bowaters Paper & Pulp Mill Railway) at least 'Excelsior' - -
14/05/60? GURS? ? ??? at least 49 - -
07/05/60 RCTS/S&DLS 509 J21 Rail Tour 65033 - Yes
07/05/60 R&CHS ? South Monmouthshire Rail Tour ? - -
07/05/60 ?BR? 518 (Football Special) ? - -
07/05/60 BLS ? Scottish Central Tour 54465 - -
??/05/60 BR ? (School Special) 31749 - -
30/04/60 SLS ? Glasgow City & District Tour 256 - Yes
30/04/60 FRS ? ??? 1021, 7827 & 9021 - -
26/04/60 IA ? (Locospotters Excursion to Doncaster Works) ? - -
23/04/60 SLS M985 Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Area Rail Tour DMU - Yes
23/04/60 RCTS ? ??? at least 1 - -
22/04/60 ??? ? (Brake Van Trip - Cawood Light Railway) at least D2063 - -
21/04/60 IA ? (Locospotters Excursion to Doncaster Works) 60103 - -
21/04/60 IA ? (Locospotters Excursion to Doncaster Works) - Relief Train 61137 - -
20/04/60 IA ? (Locospotters Excursion to Doncaster Works) MR 1000 & 3440 - -
18/04/60 BR ? (Day Excursion) at least 44557 - -
17/04/60 BR ? (Ramblers Excursion) 34062 - -
16/04/60 BR ? (Football Special) 2267, 5084 & 5959 - -
03/04/60 LCGB [10] ? Six Counties Limited WD132, 1473, 49093, 69614 & 92220 - Yes
09/04/60 RCTS ? Hepworth Iron Company Railtour 'Hepworth' (YEC 799/1905) - Yes
??/04/60 BR ? (Day Excursion) 7928 - -
26/03/60 RCTS W233 Cheshire Rail Tour 46472 - Yes
20/03/60 SLS ? Last Day Special WD no. 193 - Yes
12/03/60 BR? ? (Hockey Specials) at least 30921, 37039, 34087 & 34089 - -
06/03/60 RA/BR ? (Ramblers Special) CANCELLED - -
05/03/60 RCTS ? ??? at least 49 - -
05/03/60 BR ? (Horse Racing Specials) at least 5074 & 6010 - -
27/02/60 PRC ? ??? 4549 - -
30/01/60 BR ? (Football Special) 45324 & 73053 - -
09/01/60 BR ? (Football Special) D5548 & D6127 - -
09/01/60 BR ? (Football Specials) Did they run? - Yes
03/01/60 HR ? Solent Coaster 30120 - -
02/01/60 REC ? ??? ? - -


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