Has the use of air-con stock on railtours affected bookings ?

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I have never got the appeal, I can barely afford regular trains. For that old experience I would much rather go on a heritage railway where you often get to experience a few different trains for 1/20th of the price. I have another memories of riding on a MK2 carriage in the early 2000's on a XC service to Stoke. I had no idea what it was and I had a new fangled WAP phone, I remember using it to go on Wikipedia to find out what the carriage was! That was my first memory of using the internet on a phone for something actually useful. I used to dread them so much I used to try and get the Pendolino service, but I must admit now I would quite like to go on a MK2 again, just not on an expensive railtour.

The appeal of railtours is experiencing classic heritage traction doing what it was built to do, i.e. to haul trains at design speed on the main line, which is rather different to pottering around at 25mph on a heritage railway. Some people prefer one activity, some the other. Horses for courses.