I didn't save the link but someone posted a link to a full list of touring bikes. Maybe another poster here has it.

In any case, I would pay attention to the crankset and type of shifters. Some have 50/39/30 (teeth) cranksets that are more suitable for credit card touring (too hard for loaded bike on hills). I'd prefer bar-end shifters as well (although I've seen all kinds of mixed messages on the quality on 9 and 10 speed Shimano and Microshift shifters).

EDIT: I haven't seen negative comments on the 8 speed Shimano bar-end shifters though. But it's kind of rare to find 8 speed Shimano Deore (actually STX-RC in 8 speed) or Deore LX.