Sunday, 23 August 2009

Steam tours through crewe.........


Over the next week there are two uk steam railtours coming through or departing from Crewe,1st up is the scarborough flyer which is scheduled to depart from Crewe at 07:10 on friday the 28th of august heading off to scarborough and then returning to Crewe at approx 21:49.The tour is to be hauled by LNER A4 Class 4-6-2 no 60009 Union of South Africa (Courtesy of the railway touring company) the train is listed as fully booked.Next up is the Cumbrian mountain express which is to be hauled by one of three engines either 60009 as above/46201 princess Elizabeth/46233 Duchess of sutherland due to depart Crewe at 06:08 and returning at approx 22:08, The locos will be calling at carsile in beetween and the tour is courtesy of the railway touring company again.

1 comments:

SCOTT said...

Engine confirmed as 46201 princess elizabeth,by the way 6201 is now permanently housed at the Crewe heritae centre along with regular visitor 6233 The Duchess of Sutherland.