15th December 2005

Vintage Trains
(Christmas Lunch Excursion)

Loco Used steam : 4472 'Flying Scotsman'
Stock Used ?????

Route : 1Z72 throughout

Loco Route
4472 Dorridge - Tyseley - Bordesley Jn - Water Orton - Nuneaton - Leicester - Sheet Stores Jn - North Stafford Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth - Water Orton - Bordesley Jn - Tyseley - Dorridge

Notes :
(1) Late start due to loco needing water (believed a knock-on effect from the ECS being delayed due to an earlier train failure at Widney Manor) and further delayed between Sheet Stores Jn - Birton due to a track fault (broken rail?).

Sources : Richard Rooker, Peter Lawrence & Martin Williams

Timings (Booked & Actual)

Location Booked Actual
Dorridge 10.00d 11.08
Solihull 10.09a ~ 10.11d 11.17 ~ 11.21
Tyseley 10.18a ~ 10.20d 11.29 ~ 11.32
Small Heath South Jn 10/23 11/33
Bordesley Jn 10/28 11/36
St Andrews Jn 10/29 11/38
Landor Street Jn 10/41 11/40
Water Orton 10/50 11/49
Whiteacre Jn 10/57 11/52
Abbey Jn 11/10 12/05
Nuneaton 11/13 12/07
Hinckley 11/22 12/13
Wigston North Jn 11/40 12/27
Leicester 11/45 12/32
Leicester North Jn 11/46 ?
Humberstone Road 11w29a ~ 12w29d ? ~ ?
Humberstone Road Jn 12/30 ?
Syston South Jn 12/36 13/15
Sileby Jn 12/40 13/19
Loughborough 12/45 13/24
Ratcliffe Jn 12/59 13/31
Trent South Jn 13/01 13/32
Sheet Stores Jn 13/03 13/33
Stenson Jn 13/30 14/50
North Stafford Jn 13/31 15/56
Clay Mills Jn 13/36 15/29
Burton-on-Trent 13w45a ~ 14w10d 15w39 ~ 16w18
Leicester Jn 14/13 16/18
Wichnor Jn 14/20 16/38
Tamworth 14/26 16/52
Kingsbury Jn 14/32 16/59
Water Orton 14/39 17/03
Landor Street Jn 14/47 17/10
St Andrews Jn 14/53 ?
Bordesley Jn 14/56 17/13
Small Heath South Jn 15/05 17/19
Tyseley 15.07a ~ 15.09d 17.21 ~ 17.23
Solihull 15.16a ~ 15.19d 17.30 ~ 17.33
Dorridge 15.25a 17.38


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