Wensleydale Tour: 28/03/20

Be a cracking day on the 28th of March now as the Wensleydale tour out of 10A early doors will be followed by an A4 on Shap . What’s not to like

 

Sorry to disappoint you Steve. Steam for Wensleydale only runs from York to Redmire and back

 

Are you sure about that? Steam throughout Carnforth back to Carnforth according to RTC https://www.railwaytouring.net/uk-day-trips/the-wensleydale-railway-1

 

Sorry I misread it. Steam comes off at York on return

 

No problem, but again that is not what RTC say:


After servicing our steam locomotives, we will return along the Wensleydale line back to Northallerton, were we will rejoin the East Coast Main Line for the run southwards back to York. We continue with our steam locomotives for the full return journey to Carnforth, setting down at our earlier pick up points.


Do you know differently?

 

Nice big advert in this mornings local paper The Westmorland Gazette , The Wensleydale Railway begins with two Steam Locomotives running double headed out of Carnforth then top an tailing at York for Wensleydale, no mention of the return working.

 

Only going by the Railway Herald site

 

Rail tours info also has it down as diesel from York to Carnforth

 

Well, it isn't - it's steam throughout.

JS

 

I was only going by Rail Advent and Railway Herald. Thank you for the correction

 

RailAdvent getting something wrong.

I’m shocked*.

James

* hang on, no... I’m actually not shocked at all.

 

Howcome the wensleydale tour is been diverted to york via Castleford down the ex midland line via Woodlesford and not through Leeds city station like last years tour pathing problems on the T.P.E. route via micklefield maybe?

 

Not very relevant for the WCME thread... might be worth posting in/starting a thread for it?

 

Are you sure? Last year it picked up and set down passengers at Woodlesford.

 

Yes i know that but i mean on last years tours it was origionally going to pick up at leeds city but instead routed via woodlesford to pick up and again the same thing has happened for the 2020 wensleydale tour on 28th march.

 

As the holding company for the Weardale Railway has been declared bankrupt, will this tour run?

Cheers, Neil

 

Weardale and Wensleydale are different railways, this is booked to visit Wensleydale...

 

I've always been dubious of a southerners grasp of northern geography !

Wensleydale -- Northallerton to Redmire
Weardale -- Bishop Auckland to Stanhope

 

Yes Scott the map finishes at York in the East and Carlisle in the West doesn't itAfter that its classed as South