SEATS on two charter trains in October and December, organised by the Branch Line Society (BLS), were still available as this issue closed for press.
The group’s first offering is the ‘Whitby Endeavour’ on October 22, which is due to feature Hanson & Hall Class 50 No. 50008 Thunderer and operate in top-and-tail mode with a Loram Class 37.
Starting at Derby (c 05.30), calling at Long Eaton, Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway, Chesterfield, it will take the ‘old road’ into Sheffield to pick up more passengers and where the train reverses direction.
There is a pick-up at Doncaster before the train takes the route to York (the final pick-up point) via Knottingley West and Ferrybridge North junctions.
From York, the route is via Eaglescliffe and Middlesbrough and over the Esk Valley Line to Whitby, with a
