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A list of charter trains, railtours and associated stock moves and locomotive movements on the mainline in Scotland during 2020

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This page does not include the regular running of Jacobite steam trains but does feature the limited Royal Scotsman tours for 2020.

Please note that all trains (especially steam loco moves) can be subject to late notice re-timings, please check the Gen list for any late info.

Abbreviations:
ECS = Empty Coaching Stock
T&T = Top and Tail (locos on both ends)
DH = Double Headed locomotives
DOR = Loco dead on rear
TF = Steam loco running Tender First
DIT = Loco dead in train (between leading loco and any rolling stock)
* = Locomotive change at this location
tbc = to be confirmed
Rtn = Return journey

Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec

Date	Tour Name	Route	Traction	Promoter	Timings	Links
January 2020
no tours advertised
February 2020
no tours advertised
March 2020
Fri 20th	(ECS move)	Newcastle - Joppa	57313 & 57601 (T&T)	n/a	5Z14	=
Sat 21st	Northern Belle	Glasgow C, Edinburgh - Perth (and return)	57313 & 57601 (T&T)	Northern Belle	1Z15, 1Z16	Flickr
	The Edinburgh Flyer	York - Edinburgh (& return)	Steam 60163 'Tornado'	Railway Touring Co.	Cancelled	=
Sun 22nd	(ECS move)	Joppa - Carnforth	57601 (& 57313 OR)	n/a	5Z17	Flickr
Fri 27th	West Highland Statesman: Day 1	Milton Keynes - WCML- Fort William	LSL 47s (T&T)	Statesman Rail	Cancelled	=
Sat 28th	West Highland Statesman: Day 2	Fort William - Mallaig (& return)	LSL 47s (T&T)	Statesman Rail	Cancelled	=
Sun 29th	West Highland Statesman: Day 3	Fort William - WCML - Milton Keynes	LSL 47s (T&T)	Statesman Rail	Cancelled	=
April 2020
Fri 3rd	(Royal Scotsman ECS move)	Hamilton - Craigentinny	GBRf 66s (T&T)	n/a	5B78	Cancelled
	Royal Scotsman - Highland (day 1)	Edinburgh - Boat of Garten	GBRf 66s (T&T)	Belmond	1H89	Cancelled
	(Jacobite ECS move)	Carnforth - Fort William (via Beattock)	WCR 37 + Steam	n/a	Cancelled	=
	West Highland & Royal Deeside (day 1)	London KX - Dumbarton (via Beattock)	DBS 67s (T&T)?	UK Railtours	Cancelled	=
Mon 6th	The Jacobite (1st morning train)	Fort William - Mallaig (and return)	Steam	West Coast Railways	Cancelled	=
All excursions planned to operate in April, May and June were cancelled or postponed due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. See http://www.railtourinfo.co.uk/tours_2020.html for more details
July 2020
Sun 12th	(Jacobite ECS)	Carlisle - Craigendoran* (Fort William Jn)	Steam 62005 + 45407 (DH)	n/a	5Z57	=
	(Jacobite ECS)	(Carlisle) Craigendoran* - Fort William Jn	Steam 45407 & 62005 (T&T)	n/a	5Z57	Flickr
Mon 13th	(Jacobite ECS)	Carnforth - Fort William Jn	37518 +Steam 45212 (DH)	n/a	5Z59	Flickr
Wed 15th	The Jacobite (1st morning train)	Fort William - Mallaig (and return)	Steam 45407	West Coast Railways	2Y61, 2Y62	=
	The Jacobite (1st afternoon train)	Fort William - Mallaig (& return)	Steam 45212	West Coast Railways	2Y68, 2Y69	=
August 2020
Tue 4th	(Royal Scotsman ECS move)	Hamilton - Carstairs Carlisle (and return)	GBRf 66	n/a	5Z49	=
Fri 7th	Northern Belle	Manchester V - ECML - Edinburgh (and return*)	57601 & 57313* (T&T)	Northern Belle	1Z30, 1Z32	=
Sat 8th	Northern Belle	Liverpool - WCML - Edinburgh (and return*)	57601+47804* (DH)	Northern Belle	1Z60, 1Z62	=
Fri 21st	(Royal Scotsman ECS move)	Hamilton - Craigentinny	66746 & 66743 (T&T)	n/a	5B78	=
	Royal Scotsman - Highland (day 1)	Edinburgh - Boat of Garten	66746 & 66743 (T&T)	Belmond	1H89	=
	(N.Belle ECS move)	Carnforth - Stirling	57601 & 57316	N/A	5Z12
	Northern Belle	Stirling - Perth - Edinburgh - Carstairs - Stirling - Perth - Edinburgh	57601 & 57316 (T&T)	Northern Belle	1Z12, 1Z13, 1Z14	=
Sat 22nd	Northern Belle	Dumbarton C - Upper Tyndrum Bridge of Orchy (and return)	57316 & 57601 (T&T)	Northern Belle	1Z15, 1Z16	Flickr
	(N.Belle ECS move)	Dumbarton C - Bathgate - Joppa	57601 & 57316 (T&T)	n/a	5Z16	=
	Royal Scotsman - Highland (day 2)	Aviemore - Inverness - Dundee	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H90	=
Sun 23rd	Royal Scotsman - Highland (day 3)	Dundee - Edinburgh (& ECS to Hamilton	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H91, 5D91	=
	(N.Belle ECS move)	Joppa - Darlington	57601 & 57316 (T&T)	n/a	5Z17	=
Fri 28th	(Royal Scotsman ECS move)	Hamilton - Craigentinny	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	n/a	5B78	=
	Royal Scotsman - Western (day 1)	Edinburgh - Spean Bridge	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H85	=
Sat 29th	Royal Scotsman - Western (day 2)	Spean Bridge - Mallaig - Fort William - Bridge of Orchy	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H86	=
Sun 30th	Royal Scotsman - Western (day 3)	Bridge of Orchy - Wemyss Bay - Kilmarnock	66746 & 66743 (T&T)	Belmond	1H87	=
Mon 31st	Royal Scotsman - Western (day 4)	Kilmarnock - Edinburgh	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H88	=
	(Royal Scotsman ECS move)	Edinburgh - Hamilton	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	n/a	5D91	=
September 2020
Thu 3rd	The Aberdonian	Edinburgh - Perth - Aberdeen (& return)	Steam 60163 'Tornado'	A1 Steam Loco Trust	Cancelled	=
Wed 9th	(Officers Saloon)	Carlisle - Fort William	Caroline + 37421	n/a	5Z60	=
Thu 10th	The Aberdonian	Edinburgh - Perth - Aberdeen (& return)	Steam 60163 'Tornado'	A1 Steam Loco Trust	Cancelled	=
Fri 11th	(Officers Saloon)	Fort William - Mossend	Caroline + 37421	n/a	5Z22	=
Sat 12th	The Queen of Scots	(York) Carlisle* - Edinburgh	Steam 60163 'Tornado'	A1 Steam Loco Trust	1Z62	=
	The Queen of Scots	Edinburgh - York (via Berwick)	Steam 60163 'Tornado'	A1 Steam Loco Trust	1Z63	=
Sun 13th	(Officers Saloon)	Mossend - Inverness	Caroline + 37421	n/a	5Z52	=
Mon 14th	(Royal Scotsman ECS move)	Hamilton - Craigentinny	66746 & 66743 (T&T)	n/a	5B78	=
	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 1)	Edinburgh - Aviemore	66746 & 66743 (T&T)	Belmond	1H79	=
Tue 15th	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 2)	Aviemore - Kyle of Lochalsh	66746 & 66743 (T&T)	Belmond	1H80	=
	(Officers Saloon)	Inverness - Kyle - Inverness	Caroline + 37421	n/a	5Z53	=
Wed 16th	(Officers Saloon)	Inverness - Strathcarron - Inverness	Caroline + 37421	n/a	5Z53	=
	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 3)	Kyle of Lochalsh - Boat of Garten	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H81	=
Thu 17th	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 4)	Boat of Garten - Perth - Dundee	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H82	=
Fri 18th	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 5)	Edinburgh - Dundee (& ECS to Hamilton)	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H84, 5D91	=
Mon 21st	(Steam loco move)	Carnforth - Fort William Jn	Steam 44871	n/a	5Z46	=
	(Royal Scotsman ECS move)	Hamilton - Craigentinny	GBRf 66s (T&T)	n/a	5B78	=
	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 1)	Edinburgh - Aviemore	66746 & 66743 (T&T)	Belmond	1H79	=
Tue 22nd	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 2)	Aviemore - Kyle of Lochalsh	66746 & 66743 (T&T)	Belmond	1H80	=
Wed 23th	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 3)	Kyle of Lochalsh - Boat of Garten	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H81	=
Thu 24th	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 4)	Boat of Garten - Perth - Dundee	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H82	=
Fri 25th	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 5)	Edinburgh - Dundee (& ECS to Hamilton)	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H84, 5D91	=
	Royal Scotsman - Highland (day 1)	Edinburgh - Boat of Garten	GBRf 66s (T&T)	Belmond	1H89	=
	Private Charter	London Euston - Mossend	90001	(LSL)	1Z40	Photo
	Private Charter	Mossend - Aviemore	37s D6817+D6851 (DH)	(LSL)	1Z41	=
	(Loco move)	Mossend - Edinburgh - York	90001	n/a	0Z42	=
Sat 26th	Private Charter	Aviemore - Kyle - Inverness	37s D6817+D6851 (DH)	(LSL)	1Z42, 1Z43	=
Sun 27th	Private Charter	(Inverness) Perth - Darlington North Rd (via Beattock)	37s D6851+D6817 (DH)	(LSL)	(5Z44) 1Z44	Photo
	The Jacobite (last afternoon train)	Fort William - Mallaig (& return)	Steam 45212	West Coast Railways	2Y68, 2Y69	=
Mon 28th	(Steam loco move)	Fort William Jn - Carnforth	Steam 62005	n/a	5Z05	=
October 2020
Fri 2nd	Northern Belle	Manchester V - ECML - Edinburgh (and return)	57316 & 57314 (T&T)	Northern Belle	1Z30, 1Z32	Photo
Sat 3rd	Lochs & Glens Statesman (Day 1)	Milton Keynes - Gleneagles (via Beattock)	LSL 47s	Statesman Rail	Cancelled	=
Mon 5th	Lochs & Glens Statesman (Day 3)	Perth - Edinburgh - Milton Keynes (via Beattock)	LSL 47s	Statesman Rail	Cancelled	=
	(Royal Scotsman ECS move)	Hamilton - Craigentinny	GBRf 66s	n/a	5B78	=
	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 1)	Edinburgh - Aviemore	66746 & 66743 (T&T)	Belmond	1H79	=
Tue 6th	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 2)	Aviemore - Kyle of Lochalsh	66746 & 66743 (T&T)	Belmond	1H80	=
Wed 7th	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 3)	Kyle of Lochalsh - Boat of Garten	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H81	=
Thu 8th	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 4)	Boat of Garten - Perth - Dundee	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H82	=
Fri 9th	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 5)	Edinburgh - Dundee (& ECS to Hamilton)	66743 & 66746 (T&T)	Belmond	1H84, 5D91	=
Mon 12th	(Private Charter)	Hamilton - Bridge of Orchy (and return)	66746 & 66743 (T&T)	Royal Scotsman	1Z66, 1Z67	=
Thu 15th	(Officers Saloon)	Inverness - Carlisle	Caroline + 37421	n/a	5Z53	=
	Royal Scotsman - Classic (day 1)	Edinburgh - Aviemore	GBRf 66s	Belmond	1H79	Cancelled
Fri 16th	The Autumn West Highlander (Day 1)	Eastleigh - Fort William (via Beattock)	TBC	Pathfinder Tours	Cancelled	=
Sun 25th	(Steam loco move)	Fort William Jn - Carnforth	Steam 45212	n/a	5Z27	Flickr
	The Jacobite (last weekend train)	Fort William - Mallaig (& return)	Steam 45407	West Coast Railways	2Y61, 2Y62	Flickr
November 2020
Fri 6th	The Jacobite (last morning train)	Fort William - Mallaig (& return)	Steam 45407?	West Coast Railways	2Z61, 2Z62	=
Sat 7th	(Steam ECS move)	Fort William Jn - Carnforth	Steam 44871+45407 (DH)	n/a	5Z45	Flickr
Mon 16th	(ECS move)	Fort William Jn - Carnforth	47245 (& 37518 OR)	n/a	5Z30	Flickr
Sat 21st	Royal Scot	London Euston - Glasgow Central (and return)	LSL Class 90	Intercity Tours	Postponed	=
Sat 28th	Christmas in Edinburgh	Hull - Edinburgh (and return)	WCR 57s (T&T)	Northern Belle	Cancelled	=
December 2020
Fri 4th	Christmas Luncheon	Glasgow C - Edinburgh - Dundee?	WCR 57s (T&T)	Northern Belle	Postponed	=
Sat 5th	Christmas Luncheon	Glasgow C - Edinburgh - Dundee?	WCR 57s (T&T)	Northern Belle	Postponed	=
	Midland Scot	Birmingham International - Glasgow Central (and return)	LSL Class 90	Intercity Tours	Cancelled	=
	Edinburgh Christmas Special	Cleethorpes - Edinburgh (and return)	WCR 57s (T&T)	Spirit of the Lakes	Cancelled	=
Mon 7th	The Royal Train	(London Euston) Mossend - Edinburgh	67006 & 67005 (T&T)	n/a	1Z20	Flickr
	The Royal Train	Edinburgh - Berwick upon Tweed	67006 & 67005 (T&T)	n/a	1Z20	news
Wed 9th	Edinburgh Christmas Special	Hull - Edinburgh (and return)	WCR 57s (T&T)	Spirit of the Lakes	Cancelled	=
Sat 12th	Royal Scot	London Euston - Glasgow Central (and return with Carlisle break)	90002 & DVT 82139 (T&T)	Intercity Tours	1Z90, 1Z91	Photo
	Edinburgh Christmas Special	Peterborough - Edinburgh (and return)	WCR 57s (T&T)	Spirit of the Lakes	Cancelled	=
	Edinburgh Christmas Market	York - Edinburgh (and return)	Steam 60163 'Tornado'	Railway Touring Company	Cancelled	=
Mon 21st	Christmas Luncheon	Glasgow C - Edinburgh - Perth (and return)	WCR 57s (T&T)	Northern Belle	Cancelled	=

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See Also

Internal Links

Charter Trains 2021

Charter Trains 2019
Charter Trains 2018
Charter Trains 2017
...
Charter Trains 2007

External Links

• UK diesel & steam railtours with links to timings
• Railway Herald - listing of forthcoming Railtours & Excursions
• Six Bells Junction: railtour reviews
• National Preservation forum - Mainline activity
• The Class 47 List (news page)
• Class 37.co.uk (workings)
• Realtime Train Info

Tour Promoters

• A1 Steam Locomotive Trust
• Belmond - Royal Scotsman
• Bishop Trains
• Branch Line Society
• CFPS - Class 40 Preservation Society
• GBRf Charity Railtours <FB>
• Intercity Tours (LSL)
• Midland Pulman (LSL)
• NENTA Traintours
• Northern Belle, <FB>, <Tw>
• Pathfinder Tours
• PMR Tours
• The Railway Children (Three Peaks Challenge by Rail)
• Railway Touring Company, <news>
• Retro Railtours
• The Royal Scotsman
• Spirit of the Lakes (WCR)
• SRPS Railtours (and North East Railtours), <FB>
• Statesman Rail
• Steam Dreams - The Cathedrals Express, <Tw>
• UK Railtours
• Vintage Trains
• West Coast Railways (WCR), <FB>, <Tw>