The Railtour Files - 2000

Date Railtour Operator Tour name Review Timings
30/12/00 HRT Pennine Weaver Yes Yes
17/12/00 HRT Christmas Lunch in the Garden of England - Yes
16/12/00 PT Siberian Hamster Yes Yes
16/12/00 HRT Sussex Carol - -
15/12/00 HRT Christmas Lunch In The Garden Of England - Yes
12/12/00 SD Cathedrals Express - -
12/12/00 VSOE (BP) ??? - -
09/12/00 HRT Grassington Dickensian Festival Yes Yes
09/12/00 FC Lindum Deltic Yes Yes
09/12/00 PT Chester Charger Yes -
03/12/00 BLS Chester & Holyhead Railtour - Yes
02/12/00 PT Grassington Excursion Yes Yes
02/12/00 HRT Worcester Christmas Fayre - Yes
25/11/00 PTR Devonian - -
25/11/00 HRT York Merrymaker - -
18/11/00 SJDT Dreaming Spires Express - Yes
18/11/00 RR (Rugby Additionals) - -
11/11/00 PTR Edinburgh Explorer Yes Yes
11/11/00 HRT Bath & Bristol Merrymaker - -
11/11/00 GER (150) ??? - -
11/11/00 RR (Rugby Additionals) - -
04/11/00 HRT Blackpool Illuminations Yes Yes
28/10-29/10/00 VSOE ??? - -
28/10/00 HRT Humber Docker Yes Yes
28/10/00 PT Ynys Mon Express - -
21/10/00 SRPS "Flying Scotsman" Steam Special - -
21/10/00 PTR Mayflower - -
21/10/00 MThB Orient-Express auf der Sauschwänzlebahn - -
21/10/00 HRT City of York - -
15/10/00 PT Worcester 150 Gala Day Shuttles Yes Yes
14/10/00 PT Cumbrian Taw-Tourer - -
08/10/00 LRTA Croydon Tramlink Tour - Yes
07/10/00 ITG Tipperary Trekker Yes Yes
07/10/00 SRPS Cumbrian Coast Special - Yes
07/10/00 PT Southern Scot - -
07/10/00 NENTA Lakeland Steamer Yes Yes
06/10-09/10/00 HRT Autumn Highlander - Yes
02/10/00 HRH (Highland Rail Festival 2000) - -
01/10/00 HRH (Highland Rail Festival 2000) - -
01/10/00 VT Two Panniers - Birmingham Suburban - Yes
30/09/00 HRH (Highland Rail Festival 2000) - -
23/09-29/09/00 PTG Palaces and Pousadas Yes -
23/09/00 PT Calder Revolver Yes Yes
23/09/00 SRPS (Oban) - -
16/09/00 PT Celtic Hoovers - -
16/09/00 MC Last Outpost Yes Yes
15/09/00 MC Learning Curve Yes Yes
09/09/00 DR Quantock Flyer II - -
09/09/00 SRPS (Kyle of Lochalsh) - -
09/09/00 ??? ??? - -
09/09/00 ADL (85) Tess Enderlo and Albert Kanaal - Yes
09/09/00 VT (Birmingham Snow Hill to Kingswear) - Yes
03/09/00 PTR Scandinavian - Yes
03/09/00 ??? ??? - -
02/09/00 SRPS (Fort William & Mallaig) - -
02/09/00 PTR Suburbian - -
02/09/00 A1A/RNW Heart of Wales Explorer - Yes
28/08-29/08/00 PT North East Excursion - Yes
28/08/00 VT/IGEB (no tour name) - -
28/08/00 GER (149) ??? - -
27/08-28/08/00 BR/MBC Celebration of Steam and Transport (I & II) - Yes
27/08/00 VT/IGEB (no tour name) - -
26/08/00 VT/IGEB (no tour name) - -
25/08/00 VT/IGEB (no tour name) - Yes
27/08/00 c2c/PTR Cockney Coaster - -
24/08/00 VT Two Panniers to Wolverhampton - -
20/08/00 GR 21st Century Limited - -
19/08/00 PTR Dalesman - -
19/08/00 ??? ??? - -
18/08/00 VSOE (NB) ??? - -
16/08/00 PTR Ynys Mon Express - -
16/08/00 SD Cathedrals Express - Yes
13/08/00 PT East Coasterman - Yes
13/08/00 BLS Broomhill Yes Yes
12/08/00 BLS Durham Coast Railtour - Yes
12/08/00 FC Flying Haggis - Yes
05/08/00 SRPS (Fort William & Mallaig) - -
05/08/00 PT Anglian Capitalist Yes Yes
05/08/00 FC Flying Kipper - Yes
05/08/00 GER (148) ??? - -
30/07/00 VT Shakespeare Express - -
30/07/00 CHT Central Centenarian Railtour - -
29/07/00 GER (147) ??? - -
29/07/00 FC Flying Haggis - Yes
22/07/00 FC Flying Kipper - Yes
22/07/00 HRT ??? - -
15/07/00 HRT Twisted Spire Yes Yes
15/07/00 FC Flying Fisherman - -
09/07/00 NER/GER ??? - -
08/07/00 NER/GER ??? - -
08/07/00 HRT Lancastrian - -
07/08/00 PT Skirling Postie Yes Yes
07/07/00 PT "ECS" for The Skirling Postie - Yes
01/07/00 HRT Spanish Inquisition Yes Yes
01/07/00 WDCTC Class 58 Farewell Yes Yes
01/07/00 RPSI Strawberry Fair - -
01/07/00 VT (Birmingham to Poole) - Yes
01/07/00 PT Glamorgan Pioneer - -
24/06/00 PTR Welsh Dragon - -
24/06/00 A1A West Highlander - -
24/06/00 CPRE Jubilee Rail Tour - Yes
23/06-24/06/00 SRPS Far North Explorer - -
17/06/00 SRPS (York) - -
17/06/00 VT 4936 Kinlet Hall - Inaugural Run - -
17/06/00 PT Cumbrian Coasterman Yes Yes
10/06/00 DR Phoenix II - -
10/06/00 SRPS Heartbeat Special - -
10/06/00 HRT Sword & Pen - Yes
03/06-05-06/00 ??? Balmoral and Britannia Landcruise - -
03/06/00 MCRUA Mid-Cheshire Fensman - Yes
02/06/00 VSOE (NB) Birmingham Lunch Excursion Yes -
29/05/00 PT Severn-Dee Borderer - -
29/05/00 LT Steam on the Met - Yes
28/05/00 PT Brighton Excursion - Yes
27/05-29/05/00 PTR Laird of Stranraer Yes Yes
27/05/00 LT Steam on the Met - Yes
27/05/00 SRPS (Kyle of Lochalsh) - -
27/05/00 RT Settle Carlisle Scotsman Yes Yes
27/05/00 MC Neutral Zone Yes Yes
27/05/00 RR (Rugby Additionals) - -
26/05/00 MC Corvallen Freighter Yes Yes
21/05/00 VT Cannock Chase Shuttle - -
21/05/00 BLS South Essex No.1 - Yes
21/05/00 fNW/RM Class 37 Farewell Special - -
20/05/00 LT Steam on the Met - Yes
20/05/00 HRT Cheshire Cat Yes Yes
20/05/00 PT Cheshire Phoenix Yes Yes
20/05/00 BLS Port of Boston Railtour - Yes
20/05/00 fNW/RM ??? - -
20/05/00 RR (Rugby Additionals) - -
14/05/00 PT Devon Quarryman Yes Yes
13/05/00 fNW 309 Farewell - Yes
13/05/00 ??? ??? - -
13/05/00 DPS (Mainline Tour) Yes Yes
07/05/00 BLS Ringway Requiem - Yes
06/05/00 RNW North Yorkshireman - -
06/05/00 PT Oil Leake Yes Yes
06/05/00 SRPS West Highlander - -
06/05/00 JF&S Somerset Fusilier Yes Yes
01/05/00 PTR Dawlish Donkey - -
01/05/00 GER (140) Heart of Wales Scenic Tour - -
30/04/00 PTR Dawlish Donkey & Mountain Pony - -
30/04/00 MC Cloaked Vessel Yes Yes
30/04/00 CHT Circular Wanderer Railtour - -
30/04/00 CLPG Cotswold-Derwent Express - -
29/04/00 PTR Dawlish Donkey & Otter & Pony - -
29/04/00 ??? ??? - -
24/04/00 PTR Dawlish Donkey & Dartmoor Pony - -
24/04/00 GER (138) ??? - -
22/04/00 PT Cleveland Crusader Yes Yes
21/04-24/04/00 HRT Saint Columba - Yes
21/04/00 PTR Dawlish Donkey & South Hams Pony - -
16/04/00 PTR Tall Ships - -
15/04/00 PT Dorset Mariner Yes Yes
14/04-15/04/00 ??? ??? - -
10/04/00 ITG Queenstown Rambler - -
08/04/00 NELPG Geoff Drury Memorial Train - -
08/04/00 HRT Geordie Go-Round - Yes
01/04/00 PTR Buxton Peaks - Yes
01/04/00 HRT Glazed Leek - Yes
01/04/00 MC Practical Joker Yes Yes
01/04/00 GER (135) ??? - -
27/03/00 PMR Night Owl II - -
26/03-27/03/00 PTG Bom Bom Estrela - Yes
26/03/00 DR The March Hare & The March Leveret - -
25/03/00 HRT Mendip Merchant - -
25/03/00 CT West Countryman - -
25/03/00 PTG Barriero Rail Day - Yes
18/03/00 HRT City of York Merrymaker - -
18/03/00 PT Exmoor Belle - Yes
11/03/00 HRT Fish Finger Yes Yes
11/03/00 PT Medway Medicaster - -
11/03/00 ??? ??? - -
04/03/00 PTR Mancunian - -
04/03/00 GER (134) ??? - -
26/02/00 PT Weaving Weasel Yes Yes
26/02/00 DPS (Mainline Tour) Yes -
26/02/00 HRT Spinning Jenny (Merrymaker) - -
19/02/00 PTR Canterbury Belle - -
18/02-19/02/00 ADL (80) Hagen Dazzler With Added Bananas - Yes
12/02/00 PTR Bournemouth Belle - -
12/02/00 PT Dukeries Collier Yes Yes
12/02/00 HRT Saint Valentine - Yes
05/02/00 PTR Peak Forester - Yes
05/02/00 HRT Dartmoor Pony Yes Yes
05/02/00 RR (Rugby Additionals) - -
29/01/00 HRT Southampton Docker Yes Yes
22/01/00 PTR Flying Dutchman - -
22/01/00 PT White Horse Rambler Yes Yes
22/01/00 HRT Settle & Carlisle Circular Yes Some
19/01/00 (CTC) Dome Specials - -
15/01/00 HRT Wensleydale Yes Yes
15/01/00 BLS River Don - Yes
08/01/00 PT Buffer Puffer - Yes
08/01/00 HRT Avon Lady - -
02/01/00 VT Shakespeare Express - -

Did the tours below run? (taken from advertising leaflets):

Date Railtour Operator Tour name Timings
26/08/00 NENTA (York, Durham, Newcastle, Rail2000 & Beamish) -
15/07/00 NENTA Five Cities Rambler -
17/06/00 NENTA Torbay Coast Boat Train -


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