Steam railtours coming through your local station

[davsarg]

Hi,

A steam tour came through my local station yesterday but I only accidentally stumbled across the info about it the day before. So I was wondering, is there a website please that gives advance details of railtours due to come through any given station?

Thanks

 

[JonathanH]

is there a website please that gives advance details of railtours due to come through any given station?

Not explicitly, no. This website gives details of railtours due to run and links to timings when available.
www.railtourinfo.co.uk/tours.html

 

[davsarg]

Not explicitly, no. This website gives details of railtours due to run and links to timings when available.
www.railtourinfo.co.uk/tours.html

Ok thanks for the info

 

[Jan Mayen]

I used that website yesterday when I saw the Hastings DEMU at London Victoria. Unless I'm looking it the wrong place, it didn't list the Neasden Nonsense tour. Does it list all tours?

 

[stuartl]

It was on the Railway Herald site
www.railwayherald.com/railtours
Although they usually remove them the day after the train has run.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Hi,

A steam tour came through my local station yesterday but I only accidentally stumbled across the info about it the day before. So I was wondering, is there a website please that gives advance details of railtours due to come through any given station?

Thanks

I use Railtour Info (link above, in post #2) to see which tours pass my area. Then I use Realtime Trains, to find its booked path and watch its realtime progress (e.g. when I'm wanting to photograph it).

The realtime info was invaluable when yesterday's Horsham to Bath/Bristol steam excursion was severely delayed before it had even started. Photo on this thread, post #117

Loco hauled around Havant

My current photo "challenge", to capture the human factors of the railway: A follow-on to post #90; Portsmouth Harbour's track renewal work progresses this week, through rain and shine (literally!). Drier conditions for today's activity. Spot the WD-40 cans, in photo 3 - well, it's one way to...

www.railforums.co.uk

 

[Trackman]

Join a local facebook group, there's always a (railway) crank on them advising of steam specials passing through.
Best bet as suggested above, is to keep an eye on upcoming railtours.

 

[MaxB]

I use https://www.railadvent.co.uk/steam-locomotives-on-the-mainline. Seems to work ok.

 

[davews]

I use https://www.railadvent.co.uk/steam-locomotives-on-the-mainline. Seems to work ok.

You have to be a paid subscriber to see trains through your local station.

 

[Deepgreen]

Railway Herald's (RH) tours page will give you a broad picture of what might be happening, so you can then home in on the details through RTT, usually only about a week before (or sometimes much less).