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)
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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 |