Welcome to "The Railtour Files", a major part of Six Bells Junction. This set of Webpages are an attempt to list the motive power and routes of as many UK railtours (and some non-UK tours) as possible. Tour details from each year can be found by following the links below;
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||
| 2000 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
| 1990 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 |
| 1980 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 |
| 1970 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 |
| 1960 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 |
| 1950 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 |
| 1940 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 |
| 1930 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
| 1920 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 1910 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 1900 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 |
| ...and finally, the oldest ones yet... | |||||||||
| 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 |
| 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 |
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| Tours that did not run/were postponed | Not a railtour/charter (but headboard carried) | |
| Can you help identify this particular tour? | The Thanks Page |
Updates News :
At the present time only tour gen sent to me already coded in html format
is being uploaded as soon as received. Any other information sent will be backed-up and dealt with as and when time may
permit, priority being given where possible to 'current' tours in order that I
do not receive multiple submissions from people assuming I have not received the
info as the tour has not been uploaded. As I am receiving in excess of 20-30
e-mails per day relating to this Website I also am not able to open, read and
respond to what is being received...I regret I simply do not have the time to
engage in lengthy discussions about tours or other specials, past or present. A
big thanks go to Nick Bartlett who has been assisting me for a while now
creating Pages for current tours already in html format ready for uploading.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...when submitting tour
information
(assuming you want me to use your submission quickly);
put the date, tour name and tour organiser
in the SUBJECT LINE of your e-mail
...this will help me greatly
when I am making updates as I can quickly identify e-mails in my inbox about the same tour. E-mails received without this vital information in the subject will be archived,
unread, until such time as I may be able to work on them. The backlog currently
stands at around 2,500 e-mails in total, and growing daily. What time I have available
will be spent working on those which have been 'well presented'. E-mails simply
offering/asking if I want tour gen/photos sending in will be deleted without
response - if it is new gen you have to offer that is not presently uploaded on
the site then please send it in. Please also,
when sending timings, tell me whether they are booked or actual - in around 25%
of submissions it isn't at all clear!
Finally, please also take note of the rest of the comments in the section "Submitting Gen? Please read first...", especially if you are sending information for the first-time, or infrequently. By submitting gen to this Website it is assumed you have read and are complying with the comments contained in that section.
Two last requests with respect to sending photos (or other
large attachments);
1) No e-mails with very large attachments (files, photos etc) please without
first clearing it with me - with digital photos these days being often 5mb each
or more, it does not take many to exceed my ISP's mailbox limit and work
commitments sometimes mean I do not download e-mails every day.
2) Please do not forward photos that were taken trackside, or have the
appearance of having been taken from, 'inside the
boundary fence', even if that was from a legitimate location (e.g. footpath
crossing). Whilst enthusiasts and even the authorities took a liberal attitude
to this a few decades ago, we live in a far different world nowadays and I do
not want SBJ to be seen encouraging trespass or putting a
photographers safety at risk. If your photo does not
clearly show you were outside the boundary fence then it will not be used on SBJ. Exceptions to this are
legitimate trackside photostops (remember them?!?) or photos from the 70's and
earlier.
Want to use information from this
Website elsewhere? Please read first...
Use of this
information
elsewhere
To those who follow the above 'rules' - you have my thanks, it is much appreciated.
WEST COAST SIGHTINGS RECORDS 1948 to 1968
Do you have any spotting records tucked away?
If they are from somewhere on the West Coast Main Line in the period 1948 to
1968 then they may be useful for this project.
Contributor Links
The owners of the following Website(s) in this section have very kindly contributed towards the running costs of this Website;
My personal thanks also goes to Dave Kirwin, Bill Leatherland, Brian Whitaker, John Debens, John Simmonds, Vic Smith, Greg Morse, David Tomlinson, Ian Lyall, Tony Davies, Keith Jenkin/The Cornwall Railway Society, Paul Harrison, Tony Davies, Ken Horan & Bruce Nathan who have all chosen to make a contribution as a way of acknowledging the important source of reference that SBJ has become and enjoyment that can be derived when reading through the many pages of information and memories.
It currently costs me around £100/year to bring you Six Bells Junction which, up
to now, I have been paying out of my own pocket. The cost
is for the domain name (sixbellsjunction.co.uk) plus the provision of Webspace
and mail forwarding etc. Though I've never asked it before, donations towards
the running costs would always be gratefully received. I am willing in return to
consider allowing adverts (of a railway interest/nature only) to be placed for
an agreed period in this area of the homepage and/or in a prominent area at the
top of the links Page, or simply include your name in the growing list of people
who have financially supported this endeavour.
If you are interested then please
contact me for further
discussion, or simply make a donation via PayPal. Thanks in
advance for your kind support!
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Looking for something in particular - a loco, a tour etc? Try this search engine and you may be in luck!
These Webpages are dedicated to the memory of Alan Bradley (1948 - 2000).
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This Website is copyright (c) Gary
Thornton (webmaster@sixbellsjunction.co.uk).
All photographs and articles used on this site are my own work,
unless otherwise stated. Copyright on all photographs remains with the
photographer/collection owner.
The views expressed on these pages are mine only, unless
otherwise stated (comments and views expressed in reviews are that of the
reviewer unless otherwise stated).
Photographs and articles from this site may be copied for personal use ONLY, and not used on the web or elsewhere without permission.
Gary Thornton.