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Our Best Ever Railtour Heist??? 33s, 201 DEMU & A 37!!! - 18/07/2026

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West Coast Railways were operating a railtour service from London Paddington - Minehead on The West Somerset Railway. The tour was expected to use a steam loco however the sun had other plans and gave the UK a heatwave! This meant WCR had to find a loco to haul this tour.

This happened to be 33207 & 33025 which we see at Newbury.

We then see the Hastings Class 201/202 DEMU which was on a tour from Hastings. This also went to Minehead but went via the GWML and then up to Oxford, then Worcester.

Vintage Trains operated a railtour from Birmingham Snow Hill - Portsmouth Harbour. Again, this was meant to use a steam loco for traction but of course, they were BANNED. Instead 37240 took over which was the perfect loco for it!

These two tours were seen at Didcot Parkway

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  • Platform ID ad94v_AVAnk
  • Views 120
  • Date published 19 Jul 2026 23:06
  • Date added 21 Jul 2026 08:46
  • Recorded 18 Jul 2026
  • Locomotives 6
  • Headcodes 3
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