Railtours and Specials in 2018 - Mixed Diesel Variety

The railtours and specials that were filmed in 2018 was the year of the diesels, with hardly any steam tours being filmed at all.

This collection shows the diesel railtours that we filmed from January to November, with a fantastic variety of diesel locos ranging from first and second generation, with a Class 86 electric loco and the Hastings DEMU Thumper making an appearance.

Only one steam engine was accounted for in this collection, and that was A4 Pacific 60009 'Union of South Africa'.

Railtours Filmed:

1: DBS 60001 & 66230 on 'The Severn Aggregator' - Newport (South Wales) - 13/01/18

2: E3137 / 86259 'Les Ross' on 'The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express - Crewe - 17/02/18

3: DRS 37069 & 37259 on 'The Pennine Pathfinder' - Crewe - 17/02/18

4: Hastings DEMU Thumper on '60 Marches' - Cwmbran - 23/03/18

5: DBS 66133 & 66198 on 'Chester & Liverpool Explorer' - Pontypool - 26/05/18

6: DRS 37069, 37259 & 68025 on 'Retro Bath Centurion & Retro Sailsbury Belle - Cwmbran & Panteg - 26/05/18

7: WCRC 47826 & 47832 on 'Exmoor Coast Statesman' - West Somerset Railway - 30/06/18

8: WCRC 57313 & 57314 on 'Northern Belle to Raveglass' - Preston - 03/08/18

9: WCRC 57314 & 47832 on 'Northern Belle to Shrewsbury' - Cwmbran - 10/08/18

10: WCRC 33029 & 33207 on 'The Marching Crompton' - Llantarnham & Panteg - 27/08/18

11: GBRf 73963 & 73961 on 'Out of the Ordinary' (Day 1) - Newport (South Wales) - 20/09/18

12: DRS 37602 & 37606 on 'The Marches Cornishman' - Cwmbran & Pontypool - 22/09/18

13: WCRC 47746 & A4 Pacific 60009 'Union of South Africa' on 'The Cathedrals Express' - Newport (South Wales) - 22/11/18

A total of 13 railtours were filmed in 2018, although two other railtours that we filmed, 'The Valley of the Witch' and 'The Dartmouth Regetta Statesman' were missing from the collection.

Filmed by Thomas Coombes and Scott Coombes
Produced and Edited by Thomas Coombes

(C) 2018 s0nic1997 Productions