THREE-IN-ONE ‘JUBILEE’: No. 45699 Galatea, which carries the external identity of No. 45562 (Alberta) but the nameplates of Sierra Leone, crosses Whalley Arches with ‘The Pendle Dalesman’ tour from Carlisle to Lancaster on August 10.
STEVE SIENKIEWICZ
TWO railtours organised by InterCity, part of the Locomotive Services Limited group, have sold out within a short time of going on sale.
With all-First Class seating, the first to sell in a matter of hours was the ‘Devonian Double’ tour taking a pair of green Class 40s – privately owned No. D213 (40013) Andania and the Class 40 Preservation Society’s D345 (40145) – from Preston to Plymouth on October 30.
It is a very rare trip west for the English Electric locos, which will tackle the inclines of Whiteball, Rattery, Hemerdon and the Lickey.