11th November 2017

Vintage Trains
The Valley Rambler

Locos Used 12099 & steam: 9466 & 9600
Stock Used (4) 35470+99361+993??+5198+5191+5212+5157+9101+(96100)

Route : 
1Z27 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Stratford-upon-Avon
1Z28 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Bridgnorth
1Z29 : Bridgnorth to Tyseley Warwick Road

Loco Route
9600 (1) Tyseley Warwick Road - Small Heath South Jn
9466 (2) Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley [Up & Down Through Sidings] - Tyseley South Jn - Shirley - Henley-in-Arden - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon
9466 + 9600 Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Henley-in-Arden - Shirley - Tyseley South Jn - Tyseley [Up & Down Through Sidings] - Small Heath South Jn - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Blakedown - Kidderminster - Kidderminster S.V.R.
12099 (3) Kidderminster S.V.R. - Kidderminster Town
9466 + 9600 Kidderminster Town - Bewdley - Arley - Highley - Hampton Loade - Bridgnorth
9600 + 9466 Bridgnorth - Hampton Loade - Highley - Arley - Bewdley - Kidderminster S.V.R. - Kidderminster - (reverse of outward route) - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley Warwick Road

Notes:
(1) 9466 on rear.
(2) 9600 on rear.
(3) 9600 + 9466 on rear.
(4) 96100 was not in the consist between Kidderminster Town and Bridgnorth and return.


9466+9600 at Stratford-upon-Avon (photo: Al Wallace)

Source : Al Wallace (on the tour throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual
Tyseley Warwick Road 09.15d 09.15
Small Heath South Jn 09.23 ~ 09.33 ?
Tyseley U&D Through Sidings 09/41 09/38
Tyseley South Jn 09/45 09/43
Shirley 09/58 09/52
Whitlock's End 10/01 09/56
Wood End 10/09 10/07
Henley-in-Arden 10/18 10/13
Bearley Jn 10/25 10/20
Stratford-upon-Avon 10.33a ~ 11.15d [P1] 10.29 ~ 11.15 [P1]
Bearley Jn 11/23 11/23
Henley-in-Arden 11/30 11/29
Wood End 11/39½ 11/37
Whitlock's End 11/47 11/44
Shirley 11/49½ 11/45
Tyseley South Jn 11/59 11/56
Tyseley U&D Through Sidings 12/00½ ?
Small Heath South Jn 12.04 ~ 12.40 ? ~ 12.41
Birmingham Moor Street 12/44 [P2] 12/45
Birmingham Snow Hill 12.46a ~ 12.48d [P1] 12.47 ~ ?
Jewellery Quarter 12/51 12/50
Smethwick Galton Bridge 12/57 [P1] 13/04
Smethwick Jn 12/58 13/05
Rowley Regis 13/04 13/09
Stourbridge Junction 13/14 [P3] 13/18
Blakedown 13/21 13/23
Kidderminster 13.29 ~ 13.31 [P2] 13.27 ~ 13.29
Kidderminster S.V.R. 13.37 ~ ? 13.35 ~ ?
Kidderminster Town ? ~ ? ? ~ ? [P1]
Bewdley ? ? [P1]
Arley ? ?
Highley ? ?
Hampton Loade ? ?
Bridgnorth 15.52a ~ 16.45d ? ~ ?
Hampton Loade ? ?
Highley 17.15a ~ 17.17d ?
Arley ? ?
Bewdley ? ?
Kidderminster S.V.R. ? ~ 18.40 ? ~ 18.41
Kidderminster 18.43 ~ 18.45 [P1] 18.43 ~ 18.43
Blakedown 18/52 18/49
Stourbridge Junction 19/02 [P2] 19/02
Rowley Regis 19/15½ 19/18
Smethwick Jn 19/22½ 19/23
Smethwick Galton Bridge 19/23 [P2] 19/23
Jewellery Quarter 19/29 19/29
Birmingham Snow Hill 19.34a ~ 19.38d [P1] 19.32 ~ 19.39
Birmingham Moor Street 19/41 [P1] 19/41
Small Heath South Jn 19/45 19/52
Tyseley Warwick Road 19.55a 19.59


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