Saturday 18 May | Train Charter to cross Angarrack viaduct?
Today I saw the extra carriages on the move about 9am, so I was wondering if there are some tours coming.
Here's what I found out!
The Canadians are on some train tours
Via http://www.dhgrouptours.com/rail-tours/details/cornwall-classic-escorted...
CORNWALL CLASSIC - ESCORTED RAIL TOUR - 10 NIGHTS
4 nts London, 5 nts Falmouth, 1 nt London
Land and Tour package from$2560** Includes ALL taxes and service charges2013: May 11, Jun 29, Aug 3, 17, Sep 21
Depart Canada
Depart Canada on your overnight flight to London
Day 1London
Four days and nights to explore London (unescorted) with a transfer to your hotel, 4 nights at a central 4 star hotel, with breakfast, a London travel card, Hop-on/Hopoff Sightseeing Tour, a ride on the London Eye, a West End show and 1 dinner.
Days 2 - 53 x1 xTruro
Make your own way to Paddington Station. Relive the happy days of childhood holidays, as we travel the route of the old 'Cornish Riviera Express', clinging to the sea wall at Dawlish before crossing Brunel's mighty Royal Albert Bridge into Cornwall, and onto Truro and our transfer to the lovely Green Lawns Hotel.
Day 61 x1 xSt Ives
A day of gentle roaming by rail as we head west on the Cornish mainline to Penzance for sightseeing and views of St. Michael's Mount, before taking the spectacular branch line journey to the pretty harbour resort of St Ives; this famous resort has it all: cobbled streets full of history, pretty fisherman’s cottages, beautiful creations in craft shops to stunning art at the Tate.
Day 71 x1 xFalmouth
Today we board our lovingly restored classic coach, a real head turner, and venture to the picturesque reaches of the Helford Estuary, where we visit the seals and otters at the National Seal Sanctuary. We meander onward to the sub-tropical paradise that is Trebah Garden. One of the 'Great Gardens of Cornwall' and rated among the 80 finest gardens in the world. Here we enjoy a traditional Cornish cream tea with homemade scones and clotted cream.
Day 81 x1 xFalmouth
Back on the rails, we travel by train to Bodmin for a wonderful journey of nostalgia on the Bodmin & Wenford steam railway, a timecapsule of yesteryear train travel. Then continue along the mainline to Liskeard and change trains to trundle along one of the prettiest rural branch lines in Britain, twisting, turning and hugging the riverside to the estuary at Looe where after a break for a little sightseeing on the banjo pier we return by train to Falmouth.
Day 91 x1 xFalmouth
A free day to enjoy the delights of Falmouth, including beautiful Gyllyngvase beach and gardens. Perhaps take a cruise up river or across the estuary to St Mawes, discover Pendennis Castle's secret wartime tunnels, or just stroll around the town and its magnificent Maritime Museum.
Day 101 x1 xLondon
After breakfast its time to bid farewell to Falmouth and board our classic coach for the final time for the short journey to Truro and express train to London where you will make your own way to your hotel.
Day 111 x
Cornwall Classic | railtourguide.com
Another set of tours http://www.railtourguide.com/uk-rail-tour-158-cornwall-classic-.html
Mystery solved... boringly empty stock!
Enjoyed researching the tours to come this summer - hope some might be steam too :) - but think have found the prosaic answer to my question via http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/1/post/2013/04/extra-trains-tim...