"All Good Things" and "The Blaze Of Glory" tours

21st June 2008 to 22nd June 2008

A pictorial review of the two tours ran by Mercia Charters over the weekend of 21/22 June. Both days featured 5811 and 1254 with 203.1 appearing on the Amersfoort Pon leg on the Saturday.

The routing was as follows:

ALL GOOD THINGS: Sat 21 June 2008:
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1254: Rotterdam CS - Utrecht (rev)
5811: Utrecht - Amersfoort
203.1: Amersfoort - Amersfoort Pon (RR) - Amersfoort
1254: Amersfoort - Utrecht - Arnhem (rev)
5811: Arnhem - Nijmegen - Venlo - Maastricht (RR) - Simpelveld - Sittard - Weert - Tilburg - Breda - Doordrecht - Rotterdam CS

THE BLAZE OF GLORY: Sun 22 June 2008:
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5811: Rotterdam CS - Den Haag HS - Amsterdam CS - Watergrafsmeer - Schiphol - Den Haag HS - Rotterdam CS - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen (rev)
1254: Vlissingen - Roosendaal - Dordrecht - Rotterdam CS

5811 TnT with 1254 at Rotterdam CS at the beginning of the day on the Saturday morning.	5811 TnT with 1254 at Rotterdam CS at the beginning of the day on the Saturday morning.	1254 TnT with 5811 at Rotterdam CS at the beginning of the day on the Saturday morning.	5811 starts up at Utrecht for the run to Amersfoort. Saturday.
203.1 hauls the train, complete with the 58 (which is allegedly banned on the route!) from Amersfoort to Amersfoort Pon, seen here on arrival. Saturday.	203.1 "Tom" is ex-DB 202.539 (and ex-ex-DR 112.539!). Saturday.	5811 at Amersfoort Pon after 203.1 has run round to the other end to haul the train back to Amersfoort. Saturday.	Close-up shot of 5811 at Amersfoort Pon. Saturday.
5811 back at Amersfoort. Saturday.	5811 back at Amersfoort. Saturday.	5811 at Nijmegen for a brief photostop before heading down the diesel route to Venlo. Saturday.	5811 at Nijmegen for a brief photostop before heading down the diesel route to Venlo. Saturday.
5811 at Venlo for another photostop before heading further south to Maastricht. Saturday. 5812 also worked to Venlo in 2005 with the "Queens Day" tour.	5811 at Venlo. Saturday.	5811 hauling 1254 pauses on the preserved line at Simpelveld. Saturday.	5811 hauls 1254 through Valkenburg on the Saturday. Photo: Maarten Otto
5811 and 1254 at Sittard on the Saturday, pausing allowing everyone to stock up for "afternoon tea"!	Next photostop, Tilbury in the evening sun. Saturday.	5811 and 1254 at Tilburg. Saturday.	Getting into the spirit of Holland playing Russia in the quarter finals for Euro 2008, 5811 suitable adorned with a "bug".
The station staff at Tilburg getting involved and also in the spirit of the football. Saturday. Unfortunatly Holland lost 3-1 :-(	5811 and 1254 at Amsterdam Centraal on the Sunday tour whilst doing the 'circular' trip.	Back at Rotterdam for another brief pause before heading down towards Vlissingen. Sunday.	5811 pauses at Middelburg whilst en-route to Vlissingen - a surprise as we were allegedly going to Sloehaven instead!
5811 at Vlissingen with the "Blaze of Glory" tour on Sunday 22 June 2008.	Vlissingen station.	5811 and 1254 posed side-by-side for the shots at Vlissingen.