Farewell CrossCountry:
With the Purbeck Hills and the iconic Corfe Castle providing the backdrop, No. 43007, with No. 43008 at the rear, head across Corfe Common on the Swanage Railway with the Modern Railways/CrossCountry HST farewell tour, the 06.35 Leeds to Swanage‘Pines Express’, on Tuesday, September 26.
RUSSELL AYRE
HAVING been given a clean bill of health after its unfortunate skirmish with a‘Royal Scotsman’ carriage at Aviemore on September 29 (see separate story),‘A3’Pacific No. 60103 Flying Scotsman is to feature on a number of seasonal tours for the RailwayTouring Company (RTC).
RTC is promoting a busypre-Christmas schedule, offering 15 varied steam-hauled railtours over a four-week period.
The seasonal specials kick-off on November 18 when‘Black Five’No. 44871 is booked to work along the East Coast Main Line from London King’s Cross toYork, and back as far as Peterborough with the ‘Christmas White Rose’.
The following day, Flying Scotsman will haul the first of its three trains for RTC when it works fromYork to Carlisle and back via the Settle & Carlisle line, picking up and setting down at Leeds, Keighley and Skipton.