Rails in the UK 2002. "The Ayr Receeder" Railtour.

7 loco haulage in 24 hours. Travel with us on the 24 hour Railtour on July 19th/20th 2002, from Newport to Crewe, Preston, Carlisle, Mossend Yard, Falkirk, Polmadie, Paisley, Glasgow, Carlisle again for steam, Preston, Crewe and Newport. In the days of open windows on railtours, I was able to catch quite a few freights and shots of freight yards too. It was early days for clips of the then new Pendolino, but a tip off proved genuine when we pass one on Shap; in daylight on the return run.

[@westcoastmodels]

Ohhh yes. I was on this tour from Newport on the Friday night. Bailed at New Street on the return, then back to Coventry for a well earned sleep! Great tour and a great upload. Thank you Mike.

[@johnbill9201]

Great video thanks for sharing John

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

More to come soon, just takes time to re edit these old tapes

[@nelson408.]

Had a look on Six Bells Junction. Seems like the tour missed most the freight branches it was supposed to do. Was that a bit of a let down at the time ? I think the leg stretch at Preston is platform 12 at Crewe.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Oop! So I did make one mistake, thanks for your help. It's a long job going through these old VHS 3 hour tapes and re editing. At the time of recording You Tube hadn't even been thought about, let alone sharing on the internet Thanks again

[@nelson408.]

Your videos are always much appreciated. As you say it is great to be able to share these memories of the 'recent' past on You Tube.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

@@nelson408. Still plenty more to come, I have over 700 x 1 hour DV tapes to re edit! Just takes time