Steam Leaflets for 2018

Dresden Steam Festival plus Saxon Narrow Gauge Steam

FOCUS ON STEAM WITH RAILTRAIL TOURS

10 DAYS

Celebrate the best of German steam at Dresden Steam Festival plus 4 amazing mainline steam journeys, 2 private charters at Saxon Narrow gauge lines, and experience 3 of the other famous Saxon narrow gauge steam lines. Add to that a paddle steamer cruise on the Elbe and a night in Colditz Castle.

DEPARTS

Wednesday 4 April 2018

Fares From £1895

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS ★ ★ The famous Dresden Steam Festival at Dresden Altstadt Depot ★ ★ 4 mainline steam excursions ★ ★ After dark steam photo shoot at Alstadt depot ★ ★ Private steam photo charter on Döllnitztalbahn ★ ★ Private steam photo charter on the Waldeisenbahn Muskau ★ ★ Visit Railway Museum at Weisswasser ★ ★ Articulated 8-wheeled Saxon- Meyer locomotives ★ ★ Colditz Castle tour & overnight stay ★ ★ Ride the newly extended Weisseritztalbahn, ★ ★ A full day on the Zittau-Oybin- Jonsdorf line, ★ ★ Tour Bertsdorf shed ★ ★ Paddle steamer cruise on the River Elbe ★ ★ Steam on the Lossnitzgrundbahn

Everything you can’t do in the UK – A genuine steam festival at a steam depot with visiting engines coming on and off shed. Experience parallel running on the mainline with two steam hauled trains side by side. Lots and lots of steam action both standard and narrow gauge with rare haulage. And, of course, the unique opportunity for you to spend a night in Colditz Castle former POW camp.

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Railtrail Tours Ltd 43 St. Edward Street, Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands ST13 5DN Telephone: 01538 382323 Fax: 01538 382525 email: enquiry@railtrail.co.uk www.railtrail.co.uk