22nd August 2013

Vintage Trains
Fish & Chip Special

Locos Used 47773 & D1015 'Western Champion'
Stock Used 35470+99361+99353+5198+5177+5157+5191+9101

Route : 
1Z52 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Leicester
1Z53 : Leicester to Tyseley Warwick Road

Loco(s) Route
D1015 (2) Tyseley Warwick Road - Small Heath South Jn - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Coleshill Parkway - Whitacre Jn - Nuneaton - Hinckley - Leicester
D1015 (2) Leicester - Syston South Jn - Loughborough - Trent South Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Castle Donnington - Stenson Jn - North Stafford Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth HL - Kingsbury Jn - Whitacre Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Tyseley Warwick Road

Notes:
(1) This tour was run as a loaded test run for D1015 after its recent overhaul, in preparation for 'The Western Wessexman' on 07/09/13.
(2) plus 47773 'dead in train' (for insurance).

Sources : Nick Bartlett & Tony Fowkes

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Tom Cairns)

Location Booked Actual
Tyseley Warwick Road  17.30d 17.29
Small Heath South Jn 17/38 17/38
Bordesley Jn 17/42 17/42
St Andrews Jn 17/44 17/43
Landor Street Jn 17/46 17/44
Water Orton 18/09 17/54
Coleshill Parkway 18.13a ~ 18.28d 17.57 ~ 18.23
Whitacre Jn 18/31 18/25
Abbey Jn 18/43 18/37
Nuneaton 18/46 18/39 [P7]
Hinckley 18/52 18/44
Croft Jn 18/57 18/49
Wigston North Jn 19/04 19/01
Leicester 19.09a ~ 19.10d 19.09 ~ 19.17 [P2]
Humberstone Road 19/12 19/20
Syston South Jn 19/16 19/23
Sileby Jn 19/24 19/26
Loughborough 19/29 19/29
East Midlands Parkway 19/36 19/34
Trent South Jn 19/37 19/36
Sheet Stores Jn 19/38 19/37
Castle Donnington 19.47 ~ 20.02 ?
Stenson Jn 20/19 20/21
North Stafford Jn 20/20 20/22
Clay Mills Jn 20/24 20/25
Burton on Trent 20/27 20/28
Wichnor Jn 20/34 20/33
Tamworth HL 20/40 20/42 [P4]
Kingsbury Jn 20/48 20/53
Whitacre Jn 21/00 20/58
Coleshill Parkway 21.04a ~ 21.06d 21.01 ~ 21.02
Water Orton 21/09 21/09
Landor Street Jn 21/14 21/23
St Andrews Jn 21/16 21/26
Bordesley Jn 21/18 21/27
Small Heath South Jn 21/24 21/32
Tyseley Warwick Road 21.34a 21.38


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