12th August 2023

West Coast Railways
Stratford-upon-Avon

Locos Used 57010 & 57314 'Conwy Castle'
Stock Used 3120+99351+99678+3119+1860+4994+99677

Route :
1Z77 : Liverpool Lime Street to Stratford-upon-Avon
1Z78 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Liverpool Lime Street

Loco(s) Route
57314 (1) Liverpool Lime Street - Edge Hill - Rainhill - St Helens Junction - Earlestown - Winwick Jn - (via WCML) - Stafford - Penkridge - Bushbury Jn - Wolverhampton - Dudley Port - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley - Shirley - Henley-in-Arden - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon
57010 (2) Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Hatton West Jn - Hatton North Jn - Dorridge - Solihull - Tyseley - Small Heath South Jn - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill - Jewellery Quarter - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Smethwick Jn - Langley Green
57314 (1) Langley Green - Smethwick Jn - Galton Jn - Soho North Jn - Soho East Jn - Perry Barr West Jn - Perry Barr North Jn - Bescot Stadium - Darlaston Jn - Portobello Jn - Wolverhampton - (reverse of outward route) - Liverpool Lime Street

Notes :
(1) 57010 on rear.
(2) 57314 on rear.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Liverpool Lime Street 07.25d [P6] 07.25   19.55a [P6] 19.45
Crown Street Jn 07/27½ [UF] 07/27   19/52½ [DS] 19/42
Edge Hill 07/29½ [P3] [SL] 07/29   19/51 [P2] 19/41
Former Edge Hill SB 07/30 07/30   19/49½ [DS] 19/40
Bootle Branch Jn 07/30½ 07/31   19/49 19/38
Olive Mount Jn 07/32 07/32   19/48 19/37
Roby 07/35½ [FL] 07/34   19/45½ 19/32
Huyton 07/36 07/35   19/45 [P1] [FL] 19/31
Rainhill 07/39 07/36   19/42½ 19/27
St Helens Junction 07/42 07/38   19/40 [P2] 19/23
Earlestown 07.47a ~ 07.50d [P3] 07.44 ~ 07.49   19.33a ~ 19.35d [P3] 19.14 ~ 19.16
Winwick Jn 07/54 [UF] 07/52   19/31 19/11
Dallam Jn 07/56½ 07/54   19/26½ 19/09
Warrington Bank Quay 07.58a ~ 08.01d [P2] 07.56 ~ 08.00   19.23a ~ 19.25d [P4] [DS] 19.03 ~ 19.07
Acton Grange Jn 08/05½ 08/04   19/19½ 18/59
Weaver Jn 08/10 08/09   19/15½ 18/55
Acton Bridge 08/12 08/11   19/13 18/54
Hartford Jn 08/14 08/12   19/11½ 18/52
Winsford 08/18 08/16   19/07½ [DF] 18/49
Crewe Coal Yard 08/25 08/22   18/57 [DS] 18/42
Crewe 08.27a ~ 08.35d [P5] [US] 08.26 ~ 08.35 [P5]   18.38a ~ 18.53d [P12] [DF] 18.36 ~ 18.40
Basford Hall Jn 08/40 [US] 08/38   18/35 [DS] 18/30
Madeley 08/48 [US] 08/45   18/27 [DS] 18/26
Searchlight Lane Jn - -   18/19 [DS] 18/18
Little Bridgeford Jn 08/59 [US] 09/00   18/18 [DS] 18/17
Stafford 09.04a ~ 09.07d [P4] [US] 09.06 ~ 09.08 [P4]   18/14 [P5] [DS] 18/13
Trent Valley Jn 09/08½ 09/09   18/11½ [DS] 18/10
Penkridge 09/14 09/15   18/06 18/06
Bushbury Jn 09/21 09/22   17/59½ 18/00
Wolverhampton North Jn 09/23 09/24   17/58 17/59
Wolverhampton 09/26 [P2] 09/26   17/56½ [P1] 17/57
Dudley Port 09/36½ 09/36   - -
Galton Jn 09/42½ 09/41   - -
Soho South Jn 09/44½ 09/47   - -
Birmingham New Street 09c48 ~ 09c55 [P3] [WL] 09/58?   - -
Proof House Jn 09/58 10/00   - -
St Andrews Jn 10/04 10/04   - -
Bordesley Jn 10*07 ~ 10*11 [ML] 10/06?   - -
Portobello Jn - -   17/49 17/52
Darlaston Jn - -   17/46 17/48
Bescot Stadium - -   17/45 17/47
Perry Barr North Jn - -   17/39 17/41
Perry Barr West Jn - -   17/38 17/39
Soho East Jn - -   17/34½ 17/35
Soho North Jn - -   17/33 17/34
Galton Jn - -   17/31 17/31
Smethwick Jn - -   17/30 ?
Langley Green - -   17.20 ~ 17.26 17.12 ~ 17.26
Smethwick Jn - -   17/18 17/10
Smethwick Galton Bridge - -   17/17 [P1] 17/09
Jewellery Quarter - -   17/10 [P1] 17/02
Birmingham Snow Hill - -   17/06 [P2] 17/00
Birmingham Moor Street - -   17/02 [P2] 16/58 [P2]
Small Heath South Jn 10/19 [SL] 10/16   16*41 ~ 16*54 [UDG] ? ~ 16.49
Tyseley 10c22 ~ 10c33 [P3] 10.19 ~ 10.20   16/32½ [DTS] ?
Shirley 10/41 10/34   - -
Whitlocks End 10/42½ 10/48   - -
Wood End 10/46½ 10/54   - -
Henley-in-Arden 10/51 10/58   - -
Solihull - -   16/25½ 16/18
Bentley Heath LC - -   16/20 16/16
Dorridge - -   16c16 ~ 16c18 [P2] 16/15?
Hatton  North Jn - -   16/08 16/09
Hatton West Jn - -   16/06 16/07
Bearley Jn 10/55 11/03   15/59 16/00
Stratford-upon-Avon 11.03a [P1] 11.08   15.53d [P1] 15.53


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