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It was in March 1963 that Dr Beeching issued his first report, named ‘The Reshaping of British Railways’,
which eventually resulted in the closure of mile after mile of track and thousands of stations. Since then,
pioneers of railway preservation and tireless volunteers have donated their time, skills and finance to
preserve as much of our railway history as possible.
It’s fitting then that this March 2017 we are launching
our biggest ever steam and heritage programme!
We normally mail out the tours in leaflet format, but this year’s selection is bigger and better, so we decided
to bind it into its own brochure. Whilst retaining many ever popular, tried and trusted, steam tours we are
also delighted to invite you to join us aboard a number of
brand new itineraries
in Britain, Belgium, Holland
and Germany, countries as passionate about railway preservation as we are at Railtrail.
Whatever the season you can be sure that ‘steam’ is a great attraction and you may notice that a lot of the
tours travel through spectacular scenery, and so may well appeal to both enthusiasts and partners alike.
Being very much an enthusiast myself I will be attending many of the events at the Great Central Railway
this year, including the magnificent Model Railway event that is a centre-piece of our tour in June. My
colleagues Rob & Maeve will also be at a number of other events, so please come and say hello!
And if you haven’t already, please go to our website
www.railtrail.co.ukand
register to receive our weekly email. We often release new tours by email first,
as well as Railtrail Loyalty Points promotions, so it’s well worth keeping
up-to-date with us.
Well that’s enough from me for now, please enjoy a spot of armchair steam
travel and I hope we have the pleasure of your company during 2017.
Dave Felstead
Founder & Managing Director
Railtrail Tours Ltd
Book now – online at
www.railtrail.co.ukor telephone:
01538 382323
Steam Power keeps
March-ing on!
All tours in this brochure will earn
DOUBLE LOYALTY POINTS
when booked
before 5.00pm Tuesday 18 April 2017