Decades ago there was not a lot of competition in the touring bike range. I am in USA, I was shopping for a touring bike in 2004 and the only touring bikes in stores were Fuji, Trek 520, and Cannondale. Surly that year started selling the LHT as a frame and fork only, not a complete bike and nobody stocked them in retail stores.
I recall doing lots of internet researching for bikes, saw several in the UK and Continental Europe that were not available in USA. Dawes Galaxy was very well thought of.
But now there is a lot of competition in the touring range and I am sure that has hurt the older companies that specialized in it. I think Roberts (UK) stopped selling touring bikes a few years ago. Thorn (UK) still sells touring bikes, but they no longer make them in UK, moved frame production to Asia.
This website has been up for decades with photos of touring bikes, has not been updated for a while. But is still on the internet with some great photos. A quick word search for Galaxy gave me 10 hits.
https://www.pbase.com/canyonlands/fullyloaded