FUTURE CLASS 47 WORKINGS AND EVENTS FOR 2008, last updated: 25/04/2008 Provided as a reference place for your diary during 2008 ------ Notes: ------ Please note: for trains shown as WCR/WCRC or FMR/SDFR (see the key at the end) under the loco section... these are POSSIBLY 47 hauled - either throughout or partially through a tour and not necessarily booked for 47's and are "Unspecified Traction". Some operators intentions for TOC or traction and rolling stock provider are unclear, and these trains are denoted by the addition of a “?” e.g. RTLO?. All information is supplied in good faith, therefore accuracy over time cannot be guaranteed. Refer to the key at the foot of the page for operator codes. This page first published here by sulzerpower.com with permission of Mr Nick Scott on 12/03/04, last updated 25/04/08 (with a list dated 23/04/08) replacing anything previously stated. Please contact tour operators for confirmation of the below guide and seating availability. If tour operators would like phone numbers and websites listing at the bottom of the page please email me at the email address below (still nobody has, maybe they don't like enthusiasts...!) See other sections of THE CLASS 47 LIST www.sulzerpower.com for news and updates. If you can correct or add any information, please email sulzerpower@yahoo.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DATE OPERATOR EVENT LOCO'S TO BE USED ---------- April 2008 Sat 26 SBP King’s Cross – York – Harrogate, York – Harrogate – Kings X 47712 47802 PMR Lincoln – Crewe & return (Part of Kettle-ex) 2 x WCRC SDR Diesel Gala 47375 Poss 47309 MNR 1015, 1300, 1515 ex Dereham Prob 47596 TnT 31438 Sun 27 SDR Diesel Gala 47375 Poss 47309 MNR 1015, 1300, 1515 ex Dereham Prob 47596 TnT 31438 NLR All trains 47205 or 45118 May 2008 Sat 3 SBP Reading – Spalding 2 x XHNC NVR Diesel Diagram 47270 Fri 9 SWN Beer Festival Gala 47635 Sat 10 SBP King’s Cross - Chesterfield 2 x XHNC PFT Barrow Hill – Kingswear 2 x RTLO TBC PMR Sheffield – Crewe & return (Part of Kettle-ex) WCRC VIN Birmingham Moor Street - Weymouth 47773 + 50049 NPG Billingham Jn – Seal Sands Jn, Eaglescliffe – Boulby Mine WCRC Vac SWN Beer Festival Gala 47635 Sun 11 SWN Beer Festival Gala 47635 Thu 15 SBP Victoria - Carmarthen 2 x XHNC Fri 16 RTR Peterborough – Fort William (one way) 2 x WCRC RTR Scarborough – York (one way) portion into the above! WCRC Sat 17 SBP Finsbury Park – Morpeth 2 x XHNC COM Preston – Paignton 2 x RTLO ELR Diesel Diagram 47402 Sun 18 RTR Fort William – Peterborough (one way) 2 x WCRC RTR York – Scarborough (one way) portion from the above! WCRC ELR Diesel Diagram 47402 Wed 22 SBP Victoria – Laverstock – Fareham – Guildford - Euston 2 x XHNC Sat 24 SBP Birmingham International – York (out Standedge, back H.Valley) 2 x XHNC PMR Gloucester – Crewe; Carlisle - Gloucester (Part of Kettle-ex) WCRC RTR Hull – Hellifield & return (part of Kettle-ex) 2 x WCRC NEN Norwich – Newcastle 2 x WCRC NVR Diesel Diagram 47270 Fri 30 CVR Diesel Gala 47192 Sat 31 SBP Glasgow – York via G&S, S&C out Tyne Valley back 2 x XHNC RTR Skegness – Hellifield; Carlisle – Skegness (Kettle-ex) 2 x WCRC COM Holyhead - Edinburgh 2 x RTLO CVR Diesel Gala 47192 June 2008 Sun 1 CVR Diesel Gala 47192 Sat 7 SBP King’s Cross – Berwick upon Tweed 2 x XHNC RTR Stevenage – Edinburgh 2 x WCRC COM Workington – Inverness 2 x RTLO BTF Sulzer Day 47640 Sun 8 BIR Transport Festival 47768 Fri 13 WSR Mixed Gala 47840 Sat 14 SBP King’s Cross – Carlisle 2 x XHNC PMR Lancaster – Crewe & return (Part of Kettle-ex) WCRC COM Runcorn - Edinburgh 2 x RTLO GCN Diesel Gala 47292 WSR Mixed Gala 47840 MRC Diesel & Steam 47401 Sun 15 SBP King’s Cross – Norwich – Ipswich – Cambridge – Kings Cross 2 x XHNC GCN Diesel Gala 47292 WSR Mixed Gala 47840 Thu 19 SBP Victoria – Didcot – Ascot, Ascot – Westbury – Salisbury - Victoria 2 x XHNC Sat 21 PFT Crewe – Cranmore 2 x RTLO TBC SBP Northampton – Minehead 2 x XHNC NVR TPO Weekend 47270 Sun 22 NVR TPO Weekend 47270 Thu 26 SBP Finsbury Park – Great Yarmouth, Yarmouth – Stevenage 2 x XHNC Sat 28 COM Hooton - Kingussie 2 x RTLO SBP King’s Cross – Keighley 2 x XHNC ELR Diesel Gala 47402 Sun 29 ELR Diesel Gala 47402 July 2008 Mon 30 ELR Diesel Gala 47402 Tue1 ELR Diesel Gala 47402 -Fri 4 Will not be out all days Fri 4 GWR Diesel Gala 47105 47376 Sat 5 NEN Norwich – Carlisle 2 x WCRC COM Stafford - Carlisle 2 x RTLO SBP Paddington – Kingswear 2 x XHNC GWR Diesel Gala 47105 47376 ELR Diesel Gala 47402 Sun 6 GWR Diesel Gala 47105 47376 ELR Diesel Gala 47402 Fri 11 SBP Kings Cross – Glasgow (one-way) 2 x XHNC Sat 12 SBP Glasgow – Fort William 2 x XHNC Mon 14 SBP Glasgow – Kings Cross (one-way) 2 x XHNC Thu 17 SBP Edinburgh (via Glasgow )– Preston 2 x XHNC Sat 19 COM Nuneaton - Edinburgh 2 x RTLO SBP Edinburgh (via Glasgow) – Liverpool Lime Street 2 x XHNC EMB Diesel Gala 47004 MRC “Anything goes” Weekend 47401 Sun 20 EMB Diesel Gala 47004 MRC “Anything goes” Weekend 47401 Wed 23 KFR Skipton – Carlisle 2 x WCRC Thu 24 SBP Edinburgh – Dundee – Stirling - Edinburgh 2 x XHNC Sat 26 SBP Edinburgh – Blackpool 2 x XHNC August 2008 Fri 1 KFR Skipton – Carlisle 2 x WCRC Sat 2 FBR Peterborough – Various Parts of South Yorkshire 2 x WCRC Fri 8 KFR Skipton – Carlisle 2 x WCRC Sat 9 COM Crewe – Durham (Cum Coast+T Val out, baby S&C bk + Durham Coast mini-tour) 2 x RTLO NVR Diesel Diagram 47270 Sun 10 NVR Diesel Diagram 47270 Sat 16 VIN Birmingham Moor Street – Eastbourne 47773 + “Friend” Fri 22 KFR Skipton – Carlisle 2 x WCRC BAR Diesel Gala 47488 TBC Sat 23 NEN Norwich – Plymouth 2 x WCRC COM Holyhead - Carlisle 2 x RTLO NVR Diesel Diagram 47270 BAR Diesel Gala 47488 TBC BIR Diesel Gala 47768 Sun 24 BAR Diesel Gala 47488 TBC BIR Diesel Gala 47768 Mon 25 COM Carlisle – Worcester + minitour via Avonmouth Dock 2 x RTLO BIR Diesel Gala 47768 Fri 29 KFR Skipton – Carlisle 2 x WCRC Sat 30 VIN Tyseley Warwick Rd - Kingswear 47773 + “Friend” September 2008 Fri 5 KFR Skipton – Carlisle 2 x WCRC Sat 6 COM Congleton - Edinburgh 2 x RTLO SPS Ayr – Mallaig 2 x WCRC BIR Waterfront Festival 47768 Fri 12 KFR Skipton – Carlisle 2 x WCRC BTF Diesel Gala 47640 BIR Waterfront Festival 47768 Sat 13 BTF Diesel Gala 47640 GCR Diesel Gala 47117 Sun 14 GRA Aberdeen – Kyle of Lochalsh 2 x WCRC STD Exeter – Yeovil Jn (one-way) WCRC Vac BTF Diesel Gala 47640 GCR Diesel Gala 47117 Fri 19 MNR Diesel Gala 47596 Sat 20 NEN Norwich – Carlisle 2 x WCRC NER Newcastle – Inverness 2 x WCRC PTR Hereford – Hellifield; Carnforth – Hereford WCRC MNR Diesel Gala 47596 Sun 21 MNR Diesel Gala 47596 Sat 27 VIN Birmingham New Street – Preston & return (Part of Can-ex) 47773 BNK Diesel Gala 47643 BWR Diesel Gala 47306 Sun 28 BNK Diesel Gala 47643 BWR Diesel Gala 47306 October 2008 Fri 3 LLG Diesel Gala 47449 NVR Diesel Gala 47270 Sat 4 LLG Diesel Gala 47449 NVR Diesel Gala 47270 Sun 5 LLG Diesel Gala 47449 NVR Diesel Gala 47270 Sat 11 COM Rose Grove - Kingussie 2 x RTLO VIN Tyseley Warwick Road – Southend Central 47773 + “Friend” GCN Diesel Gala 47292 47765 Sun 12 GCN Diesel Gala 47292 47765 Sat 18 SPS Dundee – Keighley 2 x WCRC ELR Diesel Gala 47402 NLR Diesel Gala 47205 Sun 19 ELR Diesel Gala 47402 NLR Diesel Gala 47205 Sat 25 COM Tame Bridge Parkway - Carlisle 2 x RTLO GWR Diesel Gala 47105 47376 WSR Mixed Gala 47840 Sun 26 GWR Diesel Gala 47105 47376 WSR Mixed Gala 47840 November 2008 Sat 29 NEN Norwich – Skipton 2 x WCRC COM Liverpool South Parkway – Stratford-upon-Avon 2 x RTLO SWN 1960s Gala 47635 Sun 30 SWN 1960s Gala 47635 December 2008 Fri 5 SPS Linlithgow – Lincoln 2 x WCRC likely Sat 6 RTR Stevenage – Edinburgh 2 x WCRC SRT Saltburn – Skipton 2 x WCRC Sat 27 GWR Diesel Gala 47105 47376 Key to Abbreviations Used Train Operating Companies (Note: Can refer to the provision of train crew rather than necessarily locos) ATW Arriva Trains Wales EMT East Midlands Trains COT Cotswold Rail / Advenza NXA National Express (East Anglia) DRS Direct Rail Services WCR West Coast Railway Co. Preserved & Community Railways BAR Barrow Hill Roundhouse MHR Mid-Hants Railway BNK Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway MNR Mid-Norfolk Railway BIR Barry Island Railway BTF Battlefield Line (Shackerstone) MRC Midland Railway, Butterley BWR Bodmin & Wenford Railway CVR Churnet Valley Railway NLR Northampton & Lamport Light Railway DMR Dartmoor Railway NNR North Norfolk Railway ELR East Lancs Railway NVR Nene Valley Railway EMB Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway GCN Great Central Railway (North) NYM North Yorkshire Moors Railway GCR Great Central Railway SDR South Devon Railway GWR Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway SVR Severn Valley Railway LLG Llangollen Railway WYR Wensleydale Railway KWV Keighley & Worth Valley Railway WSR West Somerset Railway Railtour & Charter Promotors A1T A1 Locomotive Trust PFT Pathfinder Tours CHT Caledonian Heritage Tours PMR Princess Margaret Rose Association COM Compass Tours PTR Past Time Rail FBR Flamboyant Railtours FBP Friends of Bowring Park PRV Private Charter (likely to be a one off) FWK J. Fishwick & Sons RTC Railway Touring Company GRA Grampian Railtours RTR Railtourer GRX Green Express SBP Stobart Pullman HLR Heartlands Rail SPS Scottish Railway Preservation Society KGP Kirkless Green Party SRT Saltburn Railtours KFR Kingfisher Railtours SST Spitfire Steam Trains LAN Lancashire Railtours STD Steam Dreams NEN NENTA Traintours TCC Train Charter Company NER North East Railtours TSP Travelsphere NPG North East Preservation Group NRM National Railway Museum VIN Vintage Trains Locomotives COLO COLAS Rail 47 Loco most likely a 47, but provider unclear CREL Cotswold Rail WCRC West Coast Railway Co. RTLO Riviera Trains XHNC Direct Rail Services sulzerpower.com, the class 47 list