Mainline activity near you. The tours and Specials that everyone wants to know about. Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:50:02 +0000 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:50:02 +0000 National Preservation https://www.national-preservation.com/forums/whats-going-on.20/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:43:33 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/saphos-trains-2026.1425475/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/saphos-trains-2026.1425475/ invalid@example.com (GWR7812) GWR7812 435 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:30:42 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/rtc-2026.1425314/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/rtc-2026.1425314/ invalid@example.com (2857Harry) 2857Harry https://www.railwaytouring.net/uk-2026d250172f

Programme for 2026 is starting to take shape. Intersting to note on the Whitby job the diesel haulage is prominently advertised.]]> 321 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:05:24 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/vintage-trains-2026.1425699/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/vintage-trains-2026.1425699/ invalid@example.com (Michael Whitehouse) Michael Whitehouse 276 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:44:54 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/le-movements-ecs-and-test-runs-2026.1425739/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/le-movements-ecs-and-test-runs-2026.1425739/ invalid@example.com (henrywinskill) henrywinskill 429 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:05:04 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/inter-city.1425683/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/inter-city.1425683/ invalid@example.com (Sidmouth) Sidmouth

https://inter-city.co.uk/]]> 14 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:24:50 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/wcme-cme-2026.1425823/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/wcme-cme-2026.1425823/ invalid@example.com (Davo) Davo 108 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:12:54 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/35028-british-pullman-2026.1425938/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/35028-british-pullman-2026.1425938/ invalid@example.com (John Petley) John Petley
Regrettably, it's not a particularly brilliant weather forecast for tomorrow. Hopefully some other runs will be blessed with some sunshine.

Anyway, I am attaching three pictures from runs in 2024 and 2025 when the sun did shine. I did mention in last year's Pullman thread that on two occasions, I went to...

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However, I believe there is only Tangmere available from Carnforth, which is down to do a Cumbrian Mountain Express on the same day. There is also nothing in Real Time Trains.

I assume it is not...

Border City Express 3/10/26]]> 4 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:20:08 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/vt-the-great-northern-with-tornado-26-09-26.1426404/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/vt-the-great-northern-with-tornado-26-09-26.1426404/ invalid@example.com (NathanP) NathanP The Great Northern" on Saturday 26th September. Includes S&C, Tyne Valley and ECML.]]> 80 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:19:07 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/wcr-rail-tours.1424753/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/wcr-rail-tours.1424753/ invalid@example.com (RalphW) RalphW 187