Vintage Trains 2026

Heading north this morning - passing Mordon:




Richard

 

Tornado at Darlington, awaiting the inbound service.

An excellent day out with VT yesterday.
Slightly late start from Darlington, due to inbound service being a bit late, however Tornado soon had us up to line speed before Durham.
We recovered the late start timing up by Edinburgh, utilising pathing stops, and friendly signallers no doubt.
On the way up she sounded excellent, and did her usual of lifting a train up to line speed nicely.
Trip back was in the dark (to get a quick path, has to be expected, before xmas traffic increases).
Again lots of fast running, let around 5 services past, and arrived in Darlington about 15 late.
The video shots of going through Chester le Street and Durham, should be worth a look Southbound.

Many Thanks to Vintage Trains, their Stewards, who were excellent, the A1ST, their team, and all involved to make a great day out.

Wont hesitate to do this again, should the chance become available.

 

Are there actually any extra trains for Christmas these days? New timetables from Dec 12 I believe, is there an up tick in services planned as part of that?

 

Absolutely super day yesterday, fast running and superb fresh air stock where you could hear the loco performing up front

All for an absolutely bargain price in the current climate too

Well done Vintage Trains, will certainly do more tours if they offer Northern pickups