2nd October 2021

Vintage Trains
Return to Steam

Locos Used 47773 & steam: 7029 'Clun Castle'
Stock Used 96100+35470+95403+99361+99349+17018+5198+5212+5157+5191+9101

Route :
1Z39 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Cardiff Central
1Z40 : Cardiff Central to Birmingham Snow Hill
1Z41 : Birmingham Snow Hill to Tyseley Warwick Road

Loco(s) Route
7029 (1) Tyseley Warwick Road - Small Heath South Jn - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill - Jewellery Quarter - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester - Lydney - Chepstow - Severn Tunnel Junction - Newport - Gaer Jn - Park Jn
47773 (2) Park Jn - Ebbw Jn - Cardiff Central
7029 (1) Cardiff Central - Newport - Severn Tunnel Junction - Patchway - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Wootton Bassett Jn - Swindon - Foxhall Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Hatton - Dorridge - Tyseley - Small Heath South Jn - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill
47773 (2) Birmingham Snow Hill - Birmingham Moor Street - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley Warwick Road

Notes : 
(1) 47773 on rear.
(2) 7029 on rear.
(3) This tour marked the 50th anniversary of the 'Return to Steam Special' hauled by 6000 'King George V' from Hereford to Tyseley on 02/10/71, which broke the official British Rail ban of steam on the mainline.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual
Tyseley Warwick Road 07.23d ?
Small Heath South Jn 07/30 07/27
Birmingham Moor Street 07/36 [P2] 07/36
Birmingham Snow Hill 07.40a ~ 07.43d [P2] 07.41 ~ 07.42
Jewellery Quarter 07/46½ [P1] 07/46
Smethwick Galton Bridge 07/53 [P1] 07/56
Smethwick Jn 07/53½ 07/57
Rowley Regis 07/59½ 08/04
Stourbridge Junction 08/09½ [P3] 08/14
Blakedown 08/17½ 08/21
Kidderminster 08/20½ [P2] 08/24
Hartlebury 08/24½ 08/28
Droitwich Spa 08/36½ 08/37
Tunnel Jn 08/42½ 08/45
Worcester Shrub Hill 08w44 ~ 09w01 [P2] 08.46 ~ 09.02
Norton Jn 09/08 09/11
Abbotswood Jn 09/10 09/12
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 09/21½ [P2] 09/23
Cheltenham Spa 09/31½ [P1] 09/30
Barnwood Jn 09/37½ 09/38
Horton Road Jn 09/39½ 09/41
Gloucester 09/41½ [UM] 09/42
Awre 09/57½ 09/58
Lydney 10/02½ 10/04
Chepstow 10/11½ 10/13
Severn Tunnel Junction 10/23 [P1] [DM] 10/24
Llanwern West Jn 10/32 10/32
Maindee East Jn 10/37½ 10/34
Maindee West Jn 10/40 10/35
Newport 10.43a ~ 10.45d [P2] 10.36 ~ 10.44
Gaer Jn 10/48 10/47
Park Jn 10.53 ~ 11.02 10.53 ~ 11.11
Ebbw Jn 11/05 [DM] 11/14
Marshfield 11/09 11/20
Long Dyke Jn 11/15 [D] 11/27
Cardiff Central 11.17a [P3] ~ 13.41d [P4] [D] 11.29 ~ 13.43
Long Dyke Jn 13/42½ [UR] 13/46
Marshfield 13/51½ 13/55
Ebbw Jn 13/55½ 13/59
Newport 13/58½ [UR] 14/02
Maindee West Jn 14/00 14/03
Llanwern West Jn 14/04 14/06 [UR]
Severn Tunnel Junction 14/15 [P4] 14/17
Severn Tunnel West 14/17 14/19
Severn Tunnel East 14/23 14/25
Pilning 14/25 [P1] 14/27
Patchway 14/31 [P1] 14/31
Bristol Parkway 14/35 [P3] 14/33
Westerleigh Jn 14/43 14/40
Hullavington 14/58 14/53
Wootton Bassett Jn 15/09 15/06
Rushey Platt 15/15 [GL] 15/18
Swindon 15/24½ [P1] 15/25
Uffington 15/35½ 15/42
Challow 15/38½ 15/44
Wantage Road 15/42½ 15/47
Steventon 15/46½ 15/50
Milton Jn 15w49 ~ 16w09 [RL] ? ~ 16.13
Foxhall Jn 16/12 16/16
Didcot North Jn 16/15 16/19
Kennington Jn 16/26 16/29
Oxford 16/29 [TL] 16/32 [TL]
Oxford North Jn 16*33 ~ 16*50 [DM] ? ~ 16.51
Wolvercote Jn 16/53½ 16/55
Heyford 17/02½ [P2] 17/07
Aynho Jn 17/11½ 17/13
Banbury 17.18 ~ 17.38 [P2] 17.18 ~ 17.38
Reservoir Jn 17/40½ 17/41
Fenny Compton 17/48 17/49
Leamington Spa 18/01 [DM] 18/01 [DM]
Hatton 18/14 18/10
Dorridge 18/21 [P2] 18/16
Bentley Heath LC 18/22 18/18
Solihull 18/25 18/22
Tyseley 18/29 [P2] [DF] 18/25
Small Heath South Jn 18/30½ 18/26
Birmingham Moor Street 18/41½ [P2] 18/31
Birmingham Snow Hill 18.47a ~ 19.01d [P2] 18.33 ~ 18.55 [P2]
Birmingham Moor Street 19/04 [P1] 18/57
Small Heath South Jn 19/11 19/03
Tyseley Warwick Road 19.17a ?


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z39 : (47773 with 7029 on rear) : Cardiff Central to Canton Sidings

Location Booked
Cardiff Central 11.27d [P3]
Canton Sidings 11.37a

5Z40 : (7029 with 47773 on rear) : Canton Sidings to Cardiff Central

Location Booked
Canton Sidings 13.26d
Cardiff Central 13.31a [P4]


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