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Special Trains with Heritage Haulage
Passing through our area

Date Details Locomotive(s)
Friday 16th May West Highland Weekend.
Day 1
WCRC Class 47 (Pair)
Peterborough (pu) - Grantham (pu) - Newark (pu) - Retford (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - Wakefield (pu) - Leeds (pu) - York AND Scarborough (pu) - Seamer (pu) - Malton (pu) - York (train combines) Newcastle upon Tyne - Edinburgh - Glasgow - Fort William
Sunday 18th May West Highland Weekend.
Day 3
WCRC Class 47 (Pair)
Fort William (pu) - Glasgow - Edinburgh - York and return as outwards (above)
Saturday 24th May 1968 EVENT AT THE NRM YORK
UK Railtours
EWS Class 67 (Pair)
London Kings Cross - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - York and return
Saturday 31st May The Locomotive Exchange Special
Details
Ex LNER A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley
Ex GWR King 6024 KING EDWARD 1

London Kings Cross-York and return
Diesel Hauled, Kings Cross - York
Steam hauled, York - Leeds - Kings Cross
Saturday 31st May The Tyne Valley Steam Special
LMS LMS Black 5 No.45231 Sherwood Forester
(Skegness (pu0 - Wainfleet (pu) - Boston (pu) - Sleaford (pu) - Grantham (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - Leeds - Hellifield) - Hellifiel;d - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) - (Carlisle - Hexham - Durham - York - Doncaster (sd) and return) (Re-dated from 12 April)
(Railtourer)
Saturday 7th June The Londoner
details
BR Class 8 71000 DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
Cleethorpes - London Kings Cross and return
Steam Hauled, Cleethorpes - Scunthorpe - Doncaster - Retford (water)- Kings Cross
Saturday 7th June Edinburgh The Settle Carlisle
WCRC Class 47 (Pair)
Stevenage (pu) - St. Neots (pu) - Huntingdon (pu) - Petrborough (pu) - Grantham (pu) - Newark (pu) - Retford 9pu) - Doncaster (pu) - Hellifield - Appleby - Carlisle - Beattock - Edinburgh (break/rev) - Newcastle upon Tyne - York - Doncaster and return
(Railtourer)
Saturday 5th July The Coronation (Day 1 of 2)
Details
Ex LNER A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley
London Kings Cross-Edinburgh
60007: Kings Cross-York
60009: York-Edinburgh
Sunday 6th July The Coronation (Day 2 of 2)
Details
Ex LNER A4 60019 BITTERN
Edinburgh-London Kings Cross
60009: Edinburgh-York
60019: York-Kings Cross
Saturday 12th July The Jolly Fisherman
details
Class 40 40145
Liverpool Lime Street to Skegness, outward via Sheffield, Worksop, Retford and Lincoln, return via Nottingham and Chesterfield 
Saturday 2nd August Doncaster PSB Charter
Details
2 x Class 50 (T&T)
London Kings Cross to Hull and Return
Saturday 15th November The Capital Deltic
details
Deltic 55022 ROYAL SCOTS GREY
Preston to London Kings Cross via Leeds, Doncaster and Retford
Saturday 27th November The Cathedrals Express Class 50 Northbound, Steam (TBC) return
London Kings Cross to York and Return

If you know of any further special workings passing through the North Notts area, or can update any of the information shown above, please contact us via the email link below.

Information on this page is collated from the following websites.
Diesel Hauled Railtours: Railtour Info
Steam hauled Railtours: UK Steam Info

Information is provided in good faith, but it should not be taken as an absolute, definitive guide.
The advertised traction is not guaranteed as locomotives can be substituted at short notice.
Trains are often subject to cancellation or change at short notice by Network Rail.

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