Steam Dreams (The Cathedrals Express) 09 dates

[34067James]

Hi All,

Here is next years dates for The Cathedrals Express for anyone who is intrested They have four Pacifices doing it next year and they are:
A1 class 60163 Tornado,
Standard Class 7MT 70013 Oliver Cromwell
A4 class 6007 Sir Nigel Gresley &
BofB class 34067 Tangmere.

Now for the dates.

Saturday 14 February Valentine’s Day Circulars + Tornado will be doing this.
Sunday 1 March Swindon & Cardiff
Thursday 2 April Bath & Bristol
Monday 13 April Salisbury
Thursday 23 April Norwich
Saturday 9 May Manchester + 70013 Oliver Cromwell
Saturday 16 May Coronation (Edinburgh)
Sunday 17 May Coronation (Edinburgh)
Monday 18 May Coronation (Edinburgh)
Saturday 23 May Hull and Beverley + 60163 Tornado and 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley
Saturday 6 June Chester
Sunday 14 June Canterbury (returns via Sole Street) + 34067 Tangmere
Thursday 18 June Wells & Minehead
Saturday 27 June Lincoln
Sunday 5 July Exeter + 34067 Tangmere
Thursday 9 July Weymouth + 34067 Tangmere
Thursday 16 July Cheltenham & Worcester
Thursday 23 July Canterbury
Sunday 26 July Cambridge, Ely & Norwich
Thursday 30 July Glorious Goodwood & Brighton
Thursday 6 August Salisbury, Bath & Bristol
Thursday 13 August Oxford via Surrey Hills
Wednesday 19 August Weymouth
Sunday 23 August Cambridge & Norwich
Thursday 27 August Warwick & Stratford on Avon
Thursday 10 September Canterbury
Sunday 13 September Salisbury & Exeter
Saturday 19 September York
Thursday 8 October Bath & Bristol

Visit http://www.steamdreams.com/ for more info.

James

 

[JoshW1992]

Ah brilliant, looks like a nice line up of locos. Although I cant say the same about the destinations. There are not enough Canterbury ones!

Should be a good year for them though.

 

[34067James]

Ah brilliant, looks like a nice line up of locos. Although I cant say the same about the destinations. There are not enough Canterbury ones!

Should be a good year for them though.

Yeah its a shame about the Canterbury ones as they normal do 4 to Canterbury I am hopeing they will do a Special to Canterbury as they doing one to cardiff , They are doing the White Cliffs Christmas Luncheon again & the VSOE are doing the British Pullman round kent again like this year for valentines day


Yeah it is a great line up of locos

James

 

[randompilgrim]

Hardly anything comes down to the southwest these days...

 

[Daniel533]

There are not enough Canterbury ones!

2 to Canterbury, i can remember when either 34016 "Bodmin" or 73096 hauled the Cathedrals Express to Canterbury every week.

 

[EE Type 3]

Lets get hoping Tornado gets wanged onto the Chester one

 

[JoshW1992]

Lets hope Tornado gets down this way! Although there has been a lot of controversy about it being too big.

 

[EE Type 3]

Lets hope Tornado gets down this way! Although there has been a lot of controversy about it being too big.

And the fact that they are painting it in LoadHaul for when it visits your neck of the woods

 

[JoshW1992]

And the fact that they are painting it in LoadHaul for when it visits your neck of the woods

Wash your mouth out Davey!

Glad to see 60163 has a proper chime whistle now, and not that silly LNER high pitched squeeky piffle thing.

 

[34067James]

2 to Canterbury, i can remember when either 34016 "Bodmin" or 73096 hauled the Cathedrals Express to Canterbury every week.

try 3 14 June which is being done by Tangmere , 23 July & 10 september .Every week wish they did that again.

Wash your mouth out Davey!

.

With Soap

James

 

[EE Type 3]

With Soap

James

LoadHaul is the way forward.

 

[Daniel533]

Glad to see 60163 has a proper chime whistle now, and not that silly LNER high pitched squeeky piffle thing.

And what a whistle it is, aparently off of an A4.

 

[34067James]

LoadHaul is the way forward.

It is but then they brought along EWS I think.I have always wondered what a 59/66/67 would look like a loadhaul livery?

And what a whistle it is, aparently off of an A4.

I heard it was off mallard ?

James

 

[Daniel533]

Aparently the whistle is off of 60023 Golden Eagle, i wouldnt have thought they would have used Mallards whistle.

 

[34067James]

Aparently the whistle is off of 60023 Golden Eagle, i wouldnt have thought they would have used Mallards whistle.

Well it was close named after a bird

James

 

[City Of Truro]

On Wednesday the 19th I am planning seeing Oliver Cromwell in Weymouth, But I don't know the times. Does anybody know when she will be Weymouth?

 

[33056]

A little too early for confirmed times, but check on UK steam info in a few days time, they nearly always publish the information when it becomes available.

 

[Billr]

Times are now on uksteam.info ..... http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t09/t0819a.htm

 

[TGVDUDE]

60019 Bittern will haul thecathedrals express to Cardiff on the 5th December