47773 propels 5Z96 out of Oxford (photo: Al Wallace)
3rd October 2015
Vintage Trains
The Cotswold Explorer
| Loco Used | 47773 |
| Stock Used | 35470+99353+99361+99349+5198+5212+9101 |
Route :
1Z95 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Oxford
1Z96 : Oxford to Tyseley Warwick Road
| Loco | Route |
| 47773 | Tyseley Warwick Road - Small Heath South Jn - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Kemble - Swindon - Foxhall Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Wolvercote Jn - Ascott-under-Wychwood - Moreton-in-Marsh - Evesham - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - (reverse of outward route) - Tyseley Warwick Road |
Notes :
(1) 47773 replaced failed 4965 'Rood Ashton Hall'.
47773 propels 5Z96 out of Oxford (photo: Al Wallace)
Source : Al Wallace (on the tour throughout)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Tyseley Warwick Road | 07.24d | 07.21 |
| Small Heath South Jn | 07/31 | 07/27 |
| Birmingham Moor Street | 07.39a ~ 07.44d [P2] | 07.36 ~ 07.44 |
| Birmingham Snow Hill | 07.48a ~ 07.59d [P1] | 07.46 ~ 07.59 |
| Jewellery Quarter | 08/03 [P1] | 08/01 |
| Smethwick Galton Bridge | 08/07½ [P1] | 08/07 |
| Smethwick Jn | 08/08 | 08/08 |
| Rowley Regis | 08/13 | 08/14 |
| Stourbridge Junction | 08.24a ~ 08.28d [P3] | 08.23 ~ 08.28 |
| Blakedown | 08/35 | 08/33 |
| Kidderminster | 08/39 [P2] | 08/36 |
| Hartlebury | 08/43 | 08/40 |
| Droitwich Spa | 08/51 | 08/49 |
| Tunnel Jn | 09/04 | 09/05 |
| Worcester Shrub Hill | 09w06a ~ 09w19d [P2] | 09.07 ~ 09.20 |
| Norton Jn | 09/26 | 09/25 |
| Abbotswood Jn | 09/27 | 09/27 |
| Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | 09/38 [P2] | 09/39 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 09/47 [P1] | 09/46 |
| Barnwood Jn | 09/53 | 09/53 |
| Gloucester Yard Jn | 09.55 ~ 10.01 | ?.??? ~ 09.59 |
| Standish Jn | 10/10 | 10/07 |
| St Mary's LC | 10/20 | 10/17 |
| Kemble | 10/30 [P1] | 10/25 |
| Loco Yard Jn | 10/45 | 10/39 |
| Swindon | 10/48 [P1] | 10/43 |
| Uffington | 10/59 | 10/58 |
| Challow | 11/02 | 11/00 |
| Wantage Road | 11/06 | 11/04 |
| Foxhall Jn | 11/15 | 11/10 |
| Didcot North Jn | 11/30½ | 11/31 |
| Kennington Jn | 11/38½ | 11/39 |
| Oxford U&DPL | 11.42 ~ 11.46 | 11/54? |
| Oxford | 11.48a [P1] ~ 15.54d [P1] | 11.51 ~ 15.54 |
| Oxford North Jn | 15*58 ~ 16*43 [DPL] | 15.58 ~ 16.45 |
| Wolvercote Jn | 16/48 | 16/50 |
| Charlbury | 17/02 | ? |
| Ascott-under-Wychwood | 17/06 [P1] | 17/05 |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | 17/20 [P1] | 17/17 |
| Honeybourne | 17/30 [P1] | ? |
| Evesham | 17/39 | 17/36 |
| Norton Jn | 17/51 | 17/49 |
| Worcester Shrub Hill | 17.58a ~ 18.01d [P1] | 17.58 ~ 18.01 |
| Tunnel Jn | 18/03 | 18/02 |
| Droitwich Spa | 18/10 | 18/08 |
| Hartlebury | 18/16 | 18/15 |
| Kidderminster | 18/21 [P1] | 18/19 |
| Blakedown | 18/26 | 18/22 |
| Stourbridge Junction | 18.32a ~ 18.36d [P2] | 18.29 ~ 18.35 |
| Rowley Regis | 18/47 | 18/45 |
| Smethwick Jn | 18/51 | 18/50 |
| Smethwick Galton Bridge | 18/52 [P2] | 18/51 |
| Jewellery Quarter | 18/57 [P2] | 18/56 |
| Birmingham Snow Hill | 19.03a ~ 19.05d [P3] | 19.00 ~ 19.07 |
| Birmingham Moor Street | 19.07a ~ 19.09d [P1] | 19.09 ~ 19.10 |
| Small Heath South Jn | 19/15 | 19/16 |
| Tyseley Warwick Road | 19.22a | 19.21? |
