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Browse the years special events below or click a link
We regret that we are not holding a "Day Out with
Thomas" event in 2008
All Day Events
Evening Specials Dining
Trains Christmas Specials
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FEBRUARY |
16 |
Evening Valentine Special
- This train is now fully booked |
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MARCH |
2 |
Lunch Dining Train - Mothering
Sunday |
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21- 24 |
EASTER STEAM GALA |
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APRIL |
5-6 |
DIESEL WEEKEND |
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13 |
Lunch Dining Train |
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MAY |
3 - 5 |
STEAMING THROUGH THE 40's |
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Steam, Beer and Jazz Special |
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Evening "Swing Dance" in Bodmin Public Rooms |
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11 |
Lunch Dining Train |
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24 - 26 |
WHITSUN FAMILY FUN WEEKEND |
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JUNE |
10, 17, 24 |
Murder Mystery Evening Special |
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15 |
Lunch Dining Train - Fathers Day |
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21 |
Evening Steam, Beer & Jazz Special |
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27 |
Evening '60s & 70s Disco' Special |
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JULY |
1, 8, 15, 18, 22, 25, 29 |
Murder Mystery Evening Specials |
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5, 19 |
Evening Dining Train |
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AUGUST |
1, 5, 8,12, 15, 19, 22, 26, 29 |
Murder Mystery Evening Special |
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2, 23 |
Evening Dining Train |
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SEPTEMBER |
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 |
Murder Mystery Evening Specials |
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5 - 7 |
STEAM GALA & Real Ale Festival |
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5 |
Evening Brake Van Special |
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6 |
Evening Steam, Beer & Jazz Special |
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20 |
Evening Steam, Beer & Jazz Special |
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21 |
Lunch Dining Train |
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27 - 28 |
DIESEL GALA |
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OCTOBER |
11 - 12 |
Branch Line Weekend |
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19 |
Lunch Dining Train |
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31 |
Halloween Evening Special |
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DECEMBER |
6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 23, 24 |
Santa Special |
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7, 13, 14, 20, 21 |
Christmas Lunch Dining Trains |
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27, 28 |
WINTER STEAM UP |
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ALL DAY EVENTS
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Easter Steam Gala
Friday 21st
to Monday 24th March
Visiting loco LBSCR
0-6-0T BR No. 32670 "Bodiam" (built 1872)
and featuring LWSR Beattie Well Tank No 30587 (built 1874)
and GWR Pannier 4612 & Prairie 5552
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Diesel Weekend Saturday
5th & Sunday 6th April
Intensive service using the Railway's heritage diesel traction.
more details
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Steaming through the 40's
Saturday 3rd to Monday
5th May
Military vehicle displays.
Recreating the history of the railway at war. Battles on the trains.
Evacuees travelling.
"Spies" captured. Prisoners of War escaping
etc.
Saturday 6.00pm. - Steam, Beer & Band special
Sunday 11.00am - Service of Remembrance at the Duke of Cornwall's
Light Infantry Museum.
Sunday 7.00pm - Dance at the Public Rooms in Bodmin
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Whitsun Family Fun Weekend
Saturday 24th to Monday
26th May
- Steam Trains hauled by
Great Western Locomotives 2-6-2 No 5552 and 2-8-0 No 4247
- VINTAGE FAIRGROUND
including
- Steam powered Gallopers
- Side Shows including
Candy Floss
- Brake Van Rides with
Devonport Dockyard Loco No 19
- Miniature Railway rides
on the platform
- Road Traction Engines in
steam
- Children's Entertainer
making balloon toys and doing tricks - different every day
- Face Paining available
for a small extra charge
- Model Railway in the
Signal Box
Steam Trains depart Bodmin General at 11.00, 12.00, 1.05, 2.05, 3.10, 4.10
also Diesel Train at 10.10
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here for full timetable
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Steam Gala
Friday 5th to Sunday 7th September
Friday 5th September - Branch Line Day
2 coach trains steam hauled to an intensive timetable.
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September
One of the highlights of the year with all available steam engines
working also visiting locomotive.
Intensive train services with most trains worked with multiple
locomotives. Road steam engines in steam. Visiting locomotive.
More details nearer the time
Saturday 6.00pm. - Steam, Beer & Jazz Special
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Diesel Gala
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th September
Intensive
train services with most trains worked with multiple locomotives.
Cab Rides & Driver Experience trips in Diesel shunting locomotives
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Branch Line Weekend
11th & 12th October
Intensive train services with
typical branch line workings.
More details nearer the time
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Mince Pie Specials
run on Boxing Day 26, 31 December, 1 January 2008
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Winter Steam Up
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th December.
Intensive train service - more details nearer the event
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EVENING
SPECIALS
Valentines Dining Train
- Saturday 16 February departs 7.00pm departure. Enjoy a romantic
meal on our Luxury Dining Train
click here for details
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Steam, Beer & Jazz -
Saturdays 3rd
May, 21st June, 6th & 20th September
Band starts playing at 6pm
at Bodmin General station
Come and enjoy the sound of a traditional jazz band, drinking real ale with the sight and
smell of a working steam locomotive. Fish & Chips served
during the journey. Train departs at 7.00pm for
Boscarne Junction then onto Bodmin Parkway via Bodmin General Back
around 9.30pm
Adults £18.50, Child £8.50, Family (2 adults & 2 children) £49.50
ADVANCED BOOKING
ESSENTIAL
Click here
for Online booking
or call 0845 125 9678 (local rate) Monday to Friday 9am
- 5pm
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Murder Mystery Special
Solve a murder mystery whilst enjoying a steam railway journey along 13
miles of track through the beautiful Cornish Countryside. Bar on the train. Watch and
listen as this professionally staged murder plot unfolds before your very
eyes. Question the cast for those extra clues. View the murder scene
- choose your suspect. Win yourself a prize! Ideal for groups.
Trains depart from Bodmin
General at 7.00pm.
on Tuesdays & Fridays - June 10, 17, 24; July 1, 8, 15, 18, 22, 25,
29;
August 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26, 29; September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Adults £18.50, Child £8.50, Family (2 adults & 2 children) £49.50
ADVANCED BOOKING
ESSENTIAL
Click here
for Online booking
or call 0845 125 9678 (local rate) Monday to Friday 9am
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Brake
Van Special -
Friday 5th September
Travel in a Guard's Van as used on steam hauled goods trains. A lovely way
to see the line the way it used to be worked. Travel is rough and ready
with open verandas and basic seating.
Train departs at 7.00pm for an all line trip. Pasty available during the
journey if requested.
Fares
Adults £12.50 including Cornish Pasty,
ADVANCED BOOKING
ESSENTIAL
call 0845 125 9678 (local rate) Monday to Friday 9am
- 5pm
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60s & 70s Disco
Train - Friday 27th June
Come and enjoy the hits
of the 1960s and 1970s with a little from other decades too!
Disco & Dance Floor on a Steam Hauled train. Chicken and chips
included. Licensed Bar with Real Ale & cold drinks on board.
Take yourself on a real HEARTBEAT journey!
Adults £18.50, Child £8.50, Family (2 adults & 2 children) £49.50
Click here
for Online booking
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Halloween Evening Special -
Friday 31st October
A frightening experience, a party, a murder mystery, scary fun!
Adults £18.50, Child £8.50, Family (2 adults & 2 children) £49.50
ADVANCED BOOKING
ESSENTIAL
Click here
for Online booking
or call 0845 125 9678 (local rate) Monday to Friday 9am
- 5pm
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