Steam Railtours from Lime Street Station

2008 will be the 40th anniversary of the last ever scheduled steam train, which 40 years ago left Liverpool Lime Street, on 11th August 1968.

To mark this anniversary the Walker Art Gallery presents its Exhibition Art in the Age of Steam at the Walker Art Gallery. This art exhibition will include some of the great names of European and North American art including Frith, Manet, Monet, Van Gogh and Hopper. With over one hundred works including paintings, drawings, prints and photographs, covering a variety of themes, the exhibition will celebrate the power and impact of the railway on artists - from its embryonic beginnings in the 19th century through the golden age of rail to the 20th century

In association with the Railway Touring Company, a season of Steam Trains will leave Liverpool Lime Street, to Carlisle, over Settle and Carlisle Viaduct and to Holyhead via Warrington, Chester to Colwyn Bay, Llandudno, Conwy Bangor. Steam trains will start on 19th July, with a special train from Scarborough and the rest will start from Liverpool Lime Street and run through-out August. Family tickets are available as well as prices to stations along the route. Tickets from Railway Touring Company, 01553 661500 and www.railwaytouring.co.uk

Tickets from Lime Street Lower Level Station, and 08 Place Tourist Information Centre and through Railway Touring Company

The Tall Ships 19th July
Scarborough to Liverpool

The Cumbrian Mountain Express, 2nd & 23rd August
Liverpool to Carlisle

The North Wales Coast Express, every Sunday in August
Liverpool to Holyhead
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24 &25th and 31st

Dates

opening 19 Jul 2008 - 31 Aug 2008