On the stroke of midnight the curtain fell on what can only be described as a “simply amazing “bank holiday weekend, as Pathfinder Railtours “The Grampian Highlander arrived into Taunton
The class 50’s only operated to Gloucester and a class 66 onwards to Taunton.
The Tour on arrival at Gloucester Photo J Summerfield
A 3 day demonstration of English Electric brilliance at its very best, surrounded by breathtaking scenery.
On the final day of the tour, a recreation of “The Scots Streaker” railtour which originally ran in 1985 with 50030 Repulse was successful done with original headboard.
50049 arrives in to the newly opened Leven
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The locomotives performed without fault or issue and this is testament to the meticulous preparation by our dedicated team in the months prior to departure.
Thank you so much for all the pre orders of our merchandise and purchases on board at the sales stand and supporting our raffle.
A huge thank you to the sales team who did a amazing job.
If you missed out on the merchandise please order online
The sheer amount of photos and videos we have been sent has been wonderful , and we cannot thank you all enough for going out to see Hercules and Defiance on their travels.
Class 50 alliance technical team on arrival at Inverness
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We wish to thank Pathfinder Railtours & GBRf and everyone who assisted in the mammoth planning these sort of tours create.
Beautiful view from a train window approaching Stonehaven, on east coast of Scotland
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