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    Hello all,

    Not sure if this could be made a sticky but I've given this a go - below is all the tours listed (that I can find) so far for the coming year.
    This information may well be elsewhere on this site that I'm not aware of, but with no sign of updates to the UKSteam.info site I've trawled the web to hopefully capture all the currently advertised mainline tours.

    25th January 2020 The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express - Rostered Loco on RTC site is 35018.

    1st February 2020 The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express RYTC
    Euston - Carlisle: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U10596/2020-02-01/detailed
    Carlisle - Euston: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U10598/2020-02-01/detailed

    1st February 2020 https://saphostrains.com/north-wales-coast-express-saturday-1-february-2020/ Saphos
    8th February 2020 The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express RYTC
    8th February 2020 https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...&departureDate=2020-02-08&packageCode=PSLUNCH Belmond
    12th February 2020 https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/railtours/the-pendle-dalesman/trip/76 WCRC
    15th February 2020 The Valentines White Rose RYTC
    15th February 2020 https://saphostrains.com/pennine-peaks-valleys-explorer-saturday-15-february-2020/ Saphos
    15th February 2020 https://www.ukrailtours.com/product/the-st-valentines-pullman/ UK Railtours
    22nd February 2020 The Cotswold Venturer RYTC
    26th February 2020 https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/railtours/the-pendle-dalesman/trip/77 WCRC
    29th February 2020 The Cotton Mill Express RYTC
    29th February 2020 The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express RYTC
    7th March 2020 The Yorkshireman RYTC
    7th March 2020 https://saphostrains.com/white-rose-saturday-7-march-2020/ Saphos
    11th March 2020 https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/railtours/the-salopian-express/trip/78 WCRC
    12th March 2020 LONDON & THE SURREY HILLS TO BATH Steam Dreams
    14th March 2020 The Cumbrian Coast Express RYTC
    21st March 2020 The Cheshireman RYTC
    21st March 2020 The Edinburgh Flyer RYTC
    22nd March 2020 LONDON TO WINCHESTER Steam Dreams
    22nd March 2020 HAMPSHIRE & SUSSEX COASTAL TOUR Steam Dreams
    22nd March 2020 https://saphostrains.com/pennine-peaks-valleys-mothers-day-explorer-sunday-22-march-2020/ Saphos
    25th March 2020 https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/railtours/the-salopian-express/trip/451 WCRC
    27th March 2020 https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...&departureDate=2020-03-27&packageCode=PSLUNCH Belmond
    28th March 2020 The Wensleydale Railway RYTC
    28th March 2020 The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express RYTC
    1st April 2020 https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/railtours/the-pendle-dalesman/trip/364 WCRC
    4th April 2020 The Pennine Blackpool Express RYTC
    4th April 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/fenandfells/ A1 Steam Trust
    11th April 2020 LONDON & EAST ANGLIA TO LINCOLN Steam Dreams
    17th April 2020 https://www.railwaytouring.net/travel-tours/the-great-britain-2020 - London to Edinburgh
    18th April 2020 https://www.railwaytouring.net/travel-tours/the-great-britain-2020 - Edinburgh to Inverness
    18th April 2020 LONDON TO THE SETTLE & CARLISLE RAILWAY Steam Dreams
    18th April 2020 http://www.vintagetrains.co.uk/tour/settle-carlisle-saturday-18th-april/51 Vintage Trains
    19th April 2020 https://www.railwaytouring.net/travel-tours/the-great-britain-2020 - Inverness to Sterling
    20th April 2020 https://www.railwaytouring.net/travel-tours/the-great-britain-2020 - Sterling to Oban
    21st April 2020 https://www.railwaytouring.net/travel-tours/the-great-britain-2020 Sterling to Grange Over Sands
    22nd April 2020 https://www.railwaytouring.net/travel-tours/the-great-britain-2020 - Grange Over Sands to Cardiff
    23rd April 2020 https://www.railwaytouring.net/travel-tours/the-great-britain-2020 - Cardiff to Penzance
    23rd April 2020 LONDON TO OXFORD, BLENHEIM PALACE & STRATFORD-UPON-AVON Steam Dreams
    23rd April 2020 https://saphostrains.com/the-william-shakespeare-wednesday-thursday-23-april-2020/ Saphos
    25th April 2020 https://www.railwaytouring.net/travel-tours/the-great-britain-2020 - Penzance to London
    1st May 2020 https://www.belmond.com/booking-sta...n/search-results&productId=PUL&exceptionType= Belmond
    2nd May 2020 The Aberdeen Flyer RYTC
    2nd May 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/cumbrianexplorer/ A1 Steam Trust
    3rd May 2020 LONDON TO HIGHCLERE & BATH Steam Dreams
    6th May 2020 https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/railtours/the-pendle-dalesman/trip/367 WCRC
    9th May 2020 http://www.vintagetrains.co.uk/tour/llandudno-victorian-extravaganza-saturday-9th-may/29 Vintage Trains
    9th May 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/jorvik/ A1 Steam Trust
    16th May 2020 The Cumbrian Mountain Express RYTC
    20th May https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...=2&departureDate=2020-05-20&packageCode=PSBRI Belmond
    23rd May 2020 The Pennine Limited RYTC
    23rd May 2020 LONDON TO CAMBRIDGE & HARWICH Steam Dreams
    23rd May 2020 CREAM TEA SPECIAL FROM HARWICH Steam Dreams
    27th May 2020 https://saphostrains.com/the-fellsman-wednesday-27-may-2020/ Saphos
    28th May 2020 LONDON TO SALISBURY WITH FLYING SCOTSMAN Steam Dreams
    28th May 2020 FLYING SCOTSMAN FROM SALISBURY Steam Dreams
    30th May 2020 The Buxton Spa Express RYTC
    30th May 2020 http://www.vintagetrains.co.uk/tour/minehead-the-west-somerset-railway-saturday-30th-may/50 Vintage Trains
    31st May 2020 LONDON TO OXFORD WITH FLYING SCOTSMAN Steam Dreams
    31st May 2020 FLYING SCOTSMAN FROM OXFORD Steam Dreams
    5th June 2020 https://www.belmond.com/booking-sta...n/search-results&productId=PUL&exceptionType= Belmond
    6th June 2020 The Scarborough Flyer RYTC
    6th June 2020 The South Devon Explorer RYTC
    6th June 2020 https://saphostrains.com/welsh-marches-express-saturday-6-june-2020/ Saphos
    6th June 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/pennines/ A1 Steam Trust
    13th June 2020 The Cotswold Venturer RYTC
    13th June 2020 The Tynesider RYTC
    13th June 2020 https://saphostrains.com/lakelander-saturday-13-june-2020/ Saphos
    18th June 2020 SOUTHEND EAST TO EASTBOURNE & HASTINGS Steam Dreams
    20th June 2020 The Yorkshireman RYTC
    21st June 2020 LONDON TO PORTSMOUTH & THE ISLE OF WIGHT Steam Dreams
    21st June 2020 HAMPSHIRE & SUSSEX COASTAL TOUR Steam Dreams
    21st June 2020 https://saphostrains.com/pennine-peaks-valleys-explorer-sunday-21-june-2020/ Saphos
    24th June 2020 https://saphostrains.com/the-fellsman-wednesday-24-june-2020/ Saphos
    27th June 2020 The Cheshireman RYTC
    27th June 2020 https://saphostrains.com/great-western-envoy-saturday-27-june-2020/ Saphos
    2nd July 2020 THE FLYING SCOTSMAN TO EDINBURGH Steam Dreams
    3rd July 2020 FIFE MORNING TOUR Steam Dreams
    3rd July 2020 FIFE AFTERNOON TOUR Steam Dreams
    3rd July 2020 FIFE EVENING TOUR Steam Dreams
    3rd July 2020 https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...&departureDate=2020-07-03&packageCode=PSLUNCH Belmond
    4th July 2020 The Bournemouth Express RYTC
    9th July 2020 The End of Southern Steam RYTC
    11th July 2020 The Cumbrian Mountain Express RYTC
    11th July 2020 https://saphostrains.com/severn-valley-enterprise-saturday-11-july-2020/ Saphos
    12th July 2020 The Waverley RYTC
    15th July 2020 https://saphostrains.com/the-fellsman-wednesday-15-july-2020/ Saphos
    18th July 2020 The Cumbrian Mountain Express RYTC
    18th July 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/caledonian/ A1 Steam Trust
    19th July 2020 The North Wales Coast Express RYTC
    19th July 2020 The Royal Duchy RYTC
    21st July 2020 The Welsh Mountaineer RYTC
    23rd July 2020 The Dorset Coast Express RYTC
    23rd July 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/aberdonian/ A1 Steam Trust
    25th July 2020 The Hadrian RYTC
    25th July 2020 The West Somerset Steam Express RYTC
    26th July 2020 https://saphostrains.com/english-riviera-express-sunday-26-july-2020/ Saphos
    29th July 2020 https://saphostrains.com/pembroke-coast-express-wednesday-29-july-2020/ Saphos
    30th July 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/aberdonian/ A1 Steam Trust
    31st July 2020 LONDON TO BOURNEMOUTH & WEYMOUTH Steam Dreams
    2nd August 2020 The Weymouth Seaside Express RYTC
    2nd August 2020 https://saphostrains.com/english-riviera-express-sunday-2-august-2020/ Saphos
    5th August 2020 https://saphostrains.com/welsh-borders-express-wednesday-5-august-2020/ Saphos
    6th August 2020 The Kentish Belle RYTC
    8th August 2020 The Cumbrian Mountain Express RYTC
    9th August 2020 The Waverley RYTC
    9th August 2020 https://saphostrains.com/english-riviera-express-sunday-9-august-2020/ Saphos
    12th August 2020 https://saphostrains.com/devonian-express-wednesday-12-august-2020/ Saphos
    13th August 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/aberdonian/ A1 Steam Trust
    14th August 2020 LONDON TO SOUTHAMPTON MAYFLOWER 400 Steam Dreams
    14th August 2020 HAMPSHIRE TOUR FROM SOUTHAMPTON Steam Dreams
    15th August 2020 The West Somerset Steam Express RYTC
    16th August 2020 The Waverley RYTC
    19th August 2020 https://saphostrains.com/the-fellsman-wednesday-19-august-2020/ Saphos
    20th August 2020 The Dorset Coast Express RYTC
    20th August 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/aberdonian/ A1 Steam Trust
    22nd August 2020 The Cotswold Venturer RYTC
    22nd August 2020 https://saphostrains.com/white-rose-saturday-22-august-2020/ Saphos
    23rd August 2020 The Waverley RYTC
    29th August 2020 The Cumbrian Mountain Express RYTC
    29th August 2020 https://saphostrains.com/lakelander-saturday-29-august-2020/ Saphos
    30th August 2020 The Royal Duchy RYTC
    3rd September 2020 The Dorset Coast Express RYTC
    3rd September 2020 LONDON TO YORK Steam Dreams
    3rd September 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/aberdonian/ A1 Steam Trust
    5th September 2020 The Cheshireman RYTC
    5th September 2020 https://saphostrains.com/welsh-marches-express-saturday-5-september-2020/ Saphos
    6th September 2020 The Waverley RYTC
    9th September 2020 https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...=2&departureDate=2020-09-09&packageCode=PSBRI Belmond
    10th September 2020 The Swanage Belle RYTC
    10th September 2020 https://saphostrains.com/sussex-belle-thursday-10-september-2020/ Saphos
    10th September 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/aberdonian/ A1 Steam Trust
    12th September 2020 LONDON TO CHICHESTER & GOODWOOD REVIVAL Steam Dreams
    12th September 2020 SOUTH COAST CREAM TEA FROM CHICHESTER Steam Dreams
    12th September 2020 https://saphostrains.com/cotswold-express-12-september-2020/ Saphos
    12th September 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/queenofscots/ A1 Steam Trust
    13th September 2020 The Weymouth Seaside Express RYTC
    14th September 2020 MAYFLOWER 400 TO PLYMOUTH & CORNWALL Steam Dreams
    19th September 2020 The Pennine Blackpool Express RYTC
    19th September 2020 https://www.a1steam.com/tickettoride/ A1 Steam Trust
    19th September 2020 https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...&departureDate=2020-09-19&packageCode=PSLUNCH Belmond
    22nd September 2020 LONDON TO HIGHGROVE, LYDNEY & CARDIFF Steam Dreams
    24th September 2020 LONDON TO YORK, DURHAM & NEWCASTLE Steam Dreams
    26th September 2020 The Cumbrian Coast Express RYTC
    3rd October 2020 The Easterling RYTC
    8th October 2020 https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/railtours/the-pendle-dalesman/trip/373 WCRC
    10th October 2020 The Cumbrian Mountain Express RYTC
    14th October 2020 https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...&departureDate=2020-10-14&packageCode=PSSTRAT Belmond
    14th October 2020 https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/railtours/the-pendle-dalesman/trip/374 WCRC
    17th October 2020 The Yorkshireman RYTC
    21st October 2020 https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/railtours/the-pendle-dalesman/trip/375 WCRC
    21st October 2020 The Tin Bath RYTC
    28th October https://westcoastrailways.co.uk/railtours/the-pendle-dalesman/trip/376 WCRC
    30th October 2020 https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...&departureDate=2020-10-30&packageCode=PSLUNCH Belmond
    20th November 2020 https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...&departureDate=2020-11-20&packageCode=PSLUNCH Belmond
    1st December 2020 https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...2&departureDate=2020-12-01&packageCode=PSXMAS Belmond
    12th December 2020 https://www.belmond.com/trains/euro...2&departureDate=2020-12-12&packageCode=PSXMAS Belmond
    17th December 2020 https://saphostrains.com/pennine-moors-christmas-explorer-thursday-20-december-2020/ Saphos
    19th December 2020 https://saphostrains.com/christmas-white-rose-saturday-19-december-2020/ Saphos

    I'll include a PDF file created from the basic excel sheet I used to create the list above as that may help.
    Hope that some forum members may find it useful to have all the tours listed in one place.

    Happy New Year to all.

    Phil
     

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    Seems like a lot of tours for a dwindling number of Steam locos,

    surely less is more, until the numbers are back up. If they ever get back up,
     
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    Admins, can this post be pinned ?
     
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    I make that around one trip per month on average for the first nine months of 2020 for the fifteen or so active main line locos south of Fort William. A couple of thousand miles each. Some like Tornado will be a lot higher, others like the Princess and Bahamas a lot lower. But as an average, that seems a reasonable balance between famine and excess. How well the market holds up is another question.

    PS The GB 2020 is missing from the very useful list.
     
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    Whoops! Rather large oversight on my part! Now added. Maybe slightly concerned that by adding times the size of the post will become to unwieldy for viewing on a mobile device - wonder if its better to split into two or more?
     
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    You have obviously gone to a lot of trouble to obtain that information but it is all contained here and will be updated regularly

    http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/railtours#
     
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    Precisely. Personal opinion only. And let's hope that 2020 brings better times for David Randles if that includes him resurrecting the valuable UKSteam site.
     
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    Hmm - interesting - I swear that page must have only recently been completed as I looked at that site only a couple of days ago and there was nothing listed for 2020 and only contained old historical information for 2019. Hey ho - nothing ventured nothing gained.
     
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    One comment I can make is that its good to see Steam Dreams doing some short two hour trips at about £50/time

    Affordable in terms of time and money, and of course improving the use of the loco & stock
     
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    Updated and amended - this was Pinned at one point - but appears to have now been removed - is there a reason why the "LE" thread remains pinned in the "What's Going On" thread but a tours list doesn't?
     
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    We already have a tours list. It's called RailAdvent etc plus all the various operator sites and their email messages to prospective passengers. When a tour is imminent a thread is started on here. That's enough.

    As for LE movements, those who search RTT for activities perform a valuable service in identifying steam movements that might otherwise be missed and is something that doesn't appear anywhere else in that form.
     
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    I'm not sure RailAdvent is too reliable a source, is it? The best I've found is Railway Herald (http://railwayherald.com/railtours) which covers diesel tours as well as steam. Perhaps we should have a pinned thread with links to the railtour company websites and RH, rather than try to have our own comprehendive list of steam railtours?

    Alternatively, perhaps we can use this forum's Events facility? Maybe @dublo6231 and others would like to experiment with this? We need a number of categories, to avoid unnecessary confusion:
    • Mainline public railtours
    • Mainline ECS/LE/other
    • Preserved line/museum special events
    What we really need is for @gwr4090 to return to full health and resume his excellent uksteam.info service - or for someone equally dedicated to volunteer to take it on. Get well soon, David.
     
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    100% Agreed - I'll echo the sentiments of get well soon.
     
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    Personal view. Two points.

    David Randles - agree wholeheartedly with all best wishes for his return to good health. It's up to him of course whether he picks up the UKSteam baton but I agree that it is a valuable web resource.

    Experimental threads on here with different categories to save people doing a bit of research work themselves? No thanks. The 'What's Going On thread' works fine provided it doesn't get cluttered by people sticking up threads nearly six months (or more!) in advance. Keeping it current/imminent works best. I agree that key tours such as the GB 2020, that generate quite a lot of pre-trip discussion, would have a longer lead-in time.
     
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    On an important point does any member have an update on David Randles please . How is he getting on with his recovery
     
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    I'd second that - nothing else has come close to his UKSteam.info. but that's not as important as his recovery.
     
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