4th March 2017

Vintage Trains
The Belated Valentine's Express

Loco Used steam : 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe'
Stock Used 96100+35470+9101+5157+5198+99361+99353+17018

Route : 
1Z59 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Leicester Humberstone Road
1Z60 : Leicester Humberstone Road to Tyseley Warwick Road

Loco Route
5043 Tyseley Warwick Road - Small Heath South Jn - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Coleshill Parkway - Whitacre Jn - Nuneaton - Hinckley - Leicester - Leicester Humberstone Road - Syston South Jn - Loughborough - Trent South Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Castle Donington - Stenson Jn - North Stafford Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth HL - Kingsbury Jn - Whitacre Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Tyseley Warwick Road

Notes:
(1) Tour postponed from 18/02/17.
(2) 5043 replaced advertised 4965 'Rood Ashton Hall', due to gauging issues.

Source : Al Wallace (on the tour throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual
Tyseley Warwick Road 17.55d 17.56
Small Heath South Jn 18/01 18/05
Bordesley Jn 18/04 18/09
St Andrews Jn 18/05 18/10
Landor Street Jn 18*08 ~ 18*10 [ML] 18/11
Water Orton 18/21 18/21
Coleshill Parkway 18.24a ~ 18.27d [P2] 18.24 ~ 18.26
Whitacre Jn 18/30 18/29
Abbey Jn 18/43 18/44
Nuneaton 18/46 [P7] 18/46
Hinckley 18/51 18/53
Croft 18/57 18/59
Wigston North Jn 19/04 [FL] 19/06
Leicester 19/09 [P2] 19/12
Leicester North Jn 19/10 19/13
Humberstone Road 19w13 ~ 19w51 [GL] 19.13 ~ 19.53
Humberstone Road Jn 19/53 [SL] 19/54
Syston South Jn 19/58 19/59
Sileby Jn 20/02 20/05
Loughborough 20/10 [P3] [DS] 20/13
Ratcliffe Jn 20/19 [DS] 20/24
Trent South Jn 20/21 20/26
Sheet Stores Jn 20/22 20/27
Castle Donington 20/28 20/33
Stenson Jn 20/40 20/46
North Stafford Jn 20/42 20/47
Clay Mills Jn 20/46 20/51
Burton-on-Trent 20/49 [P2] 20/53
Wichnor Jn 20/55 20/58
Tamworth HL 21/03 [P4] 21/05
Kingsbury Jn 21/10 21/10
Whitacre Jn 21/26 21/24
Coleshill Parkway 21.30a ~ 21.33d [P1] 21.28 ~ ?
Water Orton 21/36 [ML] 21/34
Castle Bromwich Jn 21/39 [GL] 21/36
Washwood Heath West Jn 21/50 21/42
Landor Street Jn 21/53 21/50
St Andrews Jn 21/55 22/00
Bordesley Jn 21/59 22/01
Small Heath South Jn 22/07 22/06
Tyseley Warwick Road 22.14a 22.11


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