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SRPS RAILTOURS : 1999 PROGRAMME


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Below are details of the 1999 SRPS Railtours programme.

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1 May : FORT WILLIAM & MALLAIG

From GLENROTHES with Thornton, Kirkcaldy, Dalgety Bay, Inverkeithing, Dalmeny, Linlithgow, Falkirk High, Lenzie, Westerton
From the scenic West Highland Line view Loch Long, Loch Lomond, Rannoch Moor, Monessie Gorge, Fort William, Ben Nevis, Glenfinnan and Morar.
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8 May : PLOCKTON & KYLE of LOCHALSH

From KILMARNOCK, Stewarton, Barrhead, Hamilton Central, Motherwell, Cumbernauld, Larbert, Stirling, Perth
The Highland Line via Pitlochry, Drumochter, Aviemore and Culloden to Inverness, then via Dingwall, Garve and Loch Carron to Hamish Macbeth's 'Lochdubh'.
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29 May : PLOCKTON & KYLE of LOCHALSH

From DUNBAR, Drem, Longniddry, Edinburgh Waverley, Dalmeny, Dalgety Bay, Kirkcaldy, Markinch, Ladybank, Perth
The Highland Line via Pitlochry, Drumochter, Aviemore and Culloden to Inverness, then via Dingwall, Garve and Loch Carron to Hamish Macbeth's 'Lochdubh'.
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12 Jun : FORTH BRIDGE & FIFE CIRCLE
Steam-hauled by 60532 Blue Peter

From EDINBURGH Waverley
Morning and afternoon steam specials over the Forth Bridge, around the Fife Circle and Edinburgh South Suburban Circle. ( Tour organised jointly with North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group )
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19 Jun : YORK

From PERTH, Ladybank, Kirkcaldy, Inverkeithing, Edinburgh Waverley
Along the East Coast Main Line through Berwick, Newcastle and Durham for a visit to the historic cathedral city of York.
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26 Jun : INVERNESS

From KIRKCALDY, Ladybank
Over Highland Line via Pitlochry, Killiecrankie, Blair Atholl, Drumochter, Aviemore & Culloden to Inverness for a visit to the Capital of the Highlands.
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10 Jul : PRESTON via Beattock and Shap
Steam-hauled by 60532 Blue Peter

From LINLITHGOW & EDINBURGH Waverley
A steam special along the West Coast Main Line over Beattock and Shap summits. The return journey will be diesel-hauled. ( Tour organised jointly with North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group )
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Tues-Thurs 10-12 Aug 1999 : The Total Eclipse
TRURO, St ERTH & PENZANCE

From LINLITHGOW, Edinburgh Waverley, Motherwell, Carlisle, Lancaster, Preston, Crewe
Overnight to Cornwall to experience the once-in-a-lifetime natural phenomenon of a Total Eclipse of the Sun.
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28 Aug : PLOCKTON & KYLE of LOCHALSH

From DUNBAR, Drem, Wallyford, Edinburgh Waverley, South Gyle, Inverkeithing, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Glenrothes with Thornton, Ladybank, Perth
The Highland Line via Pitlochry, Drumochter, Aviemore and Culloden to Inverness, then via Dingwall, Garve and Loch Carron to Hamish Macbeth's 'Lochdubh'.
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11 Sep : KEIGHLEY & YORK

From AYR, Prestwick Town, Troon, Kilmarnock, Sanquhar, Dumfries, Annan, Carlisle
Over the Pennines on the scenic Settle & Carlisle line to Keighley (for the Worth Valley) or continue to the historic city of York.
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18 Sep : FORT WILLIAM & MALLAIG

From DUNBAR, Drem, Edinburgh Waverley, Linlithgow, Falkirk Grahamston, Lenzie, Westerton, Dumbarton Central
This tour was cancelled due the railway companies scheduling two charter trains over the same line at the same time.
9 Oct : BUXTON (Peak District)

From EDINBURGH Waverley, Drem, Dunbar, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnmouth, Morpeth, Cramlington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Durham
South through York and Sheffield, then via the Hope Valley line, Peak Forest and Wye Dale to the elegant spa town of Buxton in the heart of the Peak District. Return via Stockport, Stalybridge and Standedge Tunnel.
( Tour organised jointly with North East Railtours )

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