We are sorry to hear that John Farrow, who was the owner of UK Railtours, has died following contracting COVID-19.
Our thoughts go out to John's family at this very difficult time.
UK Railtours provide several mainline railtours across the country, using a variety of traction, from steam locomotives such as new build London and North Eastern Railway Peppercorn A1 No.60163 “Tornado” and Southern Railway Rebuilt Merchant Navy No.35028 “Clan Line”, to diesel engines such as Class 66s.
Unfortunately, their tours are postponed during the current COVID-19 outbreak, these know to be postponed are listed below:
- Shrewsbury In Springtime – Saturday 9th of May 2020
- The Tinsley Tugger – Saturday 16th of May 2020
- The Aln Valley Venturer – Saturday 30th of May 2020
- The Derbyshire Rose – Saturday 13th of June 2020
UK Railtours will return once safe to do so, where postponed tours can be reorganised for a later date.
For the latest information or to contact UK Railtours, please visit their website here.
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My heart goes out to his family. RIP John Farrow. Such a sad day for his family and for UK Railtours. Very tragic.
I knew John when we both worked on BR’s London Midland Region. We also attended a marathon (eight week) course at the Management Training Centre at ‘The Grove’ Watford – where not impressed with the beer available, John used his management ‘initiative’ and arranged delivery of a single barrel from a Biggleswade brewery, which was ‘racked’ inside his wardrobe – and enjoyed by course participants in due course. His best titled railtour? ‘The Leuchars Aide’ must be near the top! R.I.P, John.
I am booked on ‘The Cotswold Lion’ and this was due to operate on Saturday 21 March 2020. This has also been postponed to a later date in the year.