Touring Bikes

You don't see a lot of touring bikes around, but they've always seemed eminently sensible to me as commuters, utility bikes and general all rounders. As well as being good at their primary role of long distance, solo, ultra light camping. ISTM that there's room here for another combination style that does what "Hybrid" was meant to do but didn't. Take bits from Road-Racing and CX but add racks and baskets. Fit wide (by Road standards) sensible tyres like Marathon Plus, 700 x 32/35C

So can anyone recommend a steel frame tourer with a mechanical front disk brake, racks, baskets, mudguards for not silly amounts of money? Where should I start looking?