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More loco-hauled Cambrian Coast excursions set for 2024

FIVE further excursions along the scenic Dovey estuary, around the Cambrian Coast and into Eryri (Snowdonia) have been added to Pathfinder Tours’ 2024 schedule.

Hauled by a pair of Class 37s, with at least one being a yellow Network Rail ERTMS-fitted type, the first of these excursions to Pwllheli is planned to run on Thursday, April 4.

This‘Cambrian Coast Express’ will start at Reading (06.15) behind a DB Cargo Class 67, and will pick up at Didcot Parkway, Oxford, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Dorridge, Birmingham New St, Wolverhampton, Telford Central and finally Shrewsbury, where the Class 67 will be replaced by the pair of Class 37s. Rolling stock will be Riviera Trains Mk. 2 blue and grey set.

There are options for passengers to alight at either Barmouth, Minffordd, Porthmadog or Pwllheli, each

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