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Pushing and pulling the preservation boundaries

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Alex Bestwick

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19th June 2023

Returning No. 47712 to the main line was one thing, but getting it to operate in push-pull mode across Scotland, running at 100mph for sustained periods, won it an award selected by Rail Express. Richard Clinnick meets the owners to find out how this happened, and why.
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Why Travel with PTG Tours

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Alex Bestwick

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13th June 2023

PTG is one of the very few rail holiday companies that are members of ABTA (Y2193) and ATOL bonded. ABTA membership is the highest accreditation available in the travel industry. To be accepted as a member of ABTA you must have very stringent financial controls and a large amount of surplus cash. We must report…
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Darjeeling Tours Ltd

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Alex Bestwick

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7th June 2023

The forthcoming season sees our popular ‘Indian Magic’ tour, covering all three of India’s Hill Railways, running as usual, and following the success of our Darjeeling Mail tour last October, recreating the 1940’s Raj era train between Kolkata and Darjeeling in the hills, this tour is being repeated with several improvements. We also have a…
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Holidays should be action-packed, entertaining and above all fun, agree, then read on:

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Alex Bestwick

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31st May 2023

Inside Track is a long established, independent, tour operator specialising in holidays with a nostalgic transport theme.
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RAILTRAIL TOURS: Focus on Steam – Europe & Worldwide 2023/24

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Alex Bestwick

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24th May 2023

Railtrail Tours www.railtrail.co.uk offers a superb programme of fully escorted steam tours in the UK, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland all including a variety of steam lines, beautiful scenery and a plethora of differing gauges, locomotives and rolling stock! From extended weekends to longer adventures, enjoy your holiday with like-minded friends, great value fares…
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SCOTSMAN, SCOTLAND, SWITZERLAND AND SRI LANKA – step on board with The Railway Touring Company

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Alex Bestwick

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22nd May 2023

Winner of the British Travel Award for ‘Best Small Travel Company for Rail Holidays 2021/22’, The Railway Touring Company applies over 25 years expertise to create a varied, and often innovative, choice of rail-themed tours.
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Ffestiniog Travel – 50 years of touring the world by train!

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Alex Bestwick

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22nd May 2023

In October 1974 Ffestiniog Travel ran its very first escorted rail tour – the destination was Switzerland, and the purpose was to ride its majestic Alpine railways. It proved a very popular choice as the company escorted 70 people on not one but two inaugural tours that year! Fifty years on, Switzerland continues to be…
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Enthusiast Holidays – steam and classic traction for the 21st Century gricer!

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Alex Bestwick

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22nd May 2023

Enthusiast Holidays can trace its origins back to 1975, as the “Magic of Steam in Poland” – part of the émigré Polish travel organization “Fregata” – running trips to that country at a time when photographing trains, or even writing down their numbers, without the necessary permission – could get you arrested!
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Memorable day trips by luxury train

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Alex Bestwick

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19th May 2023

At UK Railtours we’re justly proud of being family owned since 1978. Many people associate a train journey with their daily commute to work, very much a ‘grudge purchase’ and hardly a memorable experience. We’re here to show that on board a private excursion train with like-minded travelling companions, things are very different. There really…
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How the Class 777 will help transform Merseyrail

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Alex Bestwick

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16th May 2023

Stadler ‘777s’ have begun entering traffic with Merseyrail. Richard Clinnick asks Merseytravel rolling stock programme director David Powell about the roll-out and the possibility of even more new trains.
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