Steam locomotive 34067 Tangmere to pass through Yorkshire and Lancashire this Saturday

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Steam locomotive 34067 Tangmere to pass through Yorkshire and Lancashire this Saturday

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34067 Tangmere heads The Northern Belle through Oxenholme Lake District
34067 Tangmere heads The Northern Belle through Oxenholme Lake District. // Credit: RailAdvent

34067 Tangmere will be back on the mainline this weekend (24th February 2024) as it hauls part of a Pathfinder Tours trip to .

The trip will depart Bristol Temple Meads behind a diesel locomotive at 05:30 and will pass through Bristol Parkway (05:42), Cam and Dursley (06:09), Cheltenham Spa (06:33), Worcestershire Parkway (07:02), Birmingham New Street (07:45), Stafford (08:53), Crewe (09:26), Preston (Lancs) (10:20) and North Junction at 10:50, where Tangmere is added to the train.

With Tangmere added to the train, the locomotive will depart at 11:26 and will pass through (11:42), Penrith North Lakes (12:21) and Carlisle at 12:43.

After time in Carlisle, the train will depart at 14:18 and will pass through (15:04), (15:50), Ribblehead (16:04), Clitheroe (17:13), Blackburn (17:33) and Preston at 17:54.

Here, the diesel locomotives replace Tangmere and will return to Bristol Temple Meads via the same outbound route, passing through Crewe (19:29), Stafford (20:05), Birmingham New Street (20:52), Worcestershire Parkway (21:45), Cheltenham Spa (22:21), Cam and Dursley (22:53), Bristol Parkway (23:16) and Bristol Temple Meads at 23:33.

Never seen 34067 Tangmere before? You can see it on a previous Northern Belle railtour in the video below:

These above timings in brackets are approximate. Please click here to view tracking links that will track the train throughout the day to keep you up to date on when it will pass through your local station.

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As always, please respect the dangers of the railway. Please do not trespass on the railway to see this iconic locomotive – stay to public access spots.

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  1. I have seen Tangmere on the mainline several times. It always seems to emit loads of black smoke which envelopes the engine and lead carriages. Is it simply a bad steamer…?

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