trainmananthon
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Well, now I've seen it announced online I think I'm finally safe to share...
Next month, normal service trains on the S&C will be operated by A1 'Tornado' for three consecutive days. Something to definitely look out for!
http://www.steamrailway.co.uk/steamnews/2017/1/13/exclusive-steam-to-run-sc-timetabled-trains
Next month, normal service trains on the S&C will be operated by A1 'Tornado' for three consecutive days. Something to definitely look out for!
http://www.steamrailway.co.uk/steamnews/2017/1/13/exclusive-steam-to-run-sc-timetabled-trains
AnthonyTrains hauled by ‘A1’ class ‘Pacific’*Tornadowill replace DMUs on timetabled services over the Settle & Carlisle (S&C) route next month.
'A1' No. 60163*Tornado*will be the locomotive taking charge of next month's S&C 'Plandampf'. STEVE DONALD
No. 60163, completed in 2008, will run Northern passenger trains over the S&C between Skipton and Appleby on three consecutive days.
The first timetabled ordinary main line passenger steam trains to run in England for 50 years are the result of a pioneering modern and heritage industry alliance, formed to help revive the economic fortunes of the beleaguered S&C as well as the towns and villages that it serves. The railway, which was opened in 1875, was severed by a major landslip last February and has been in limbo ever since.*
This collaborative alliance comprises Northern, Network Rail, DB Cargo, the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust and Friends of the S&C, together with*RAIL*and*Steam Railwayfrom the Bauer Media magazine portfolio, who came up with the proposal two years ago.
The historic community trains are being promoted under the banner ‘I LOVE S&C’.
RAIL*Managing Editor Nigel Harris said: “Former*Steam Railway*Editor Tony Streeter and I first suggested this to Northern MD Alex Hynes a couple of years ago, but with the old franchise in its last days, it just wasn’t possible to pull it all together. Severance of the S&C gave us the opportunity......
·******For more on this EXCLUSIVE story, readRAIL*818, on sale January 18.*
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