23rd March 1963

The Locomotive Club of Great Britain
Birmingham & Wolverhampton Area Rail Tour

DMU Used ?????

Route :

DMU Route
as listed Birmingham Snow Hill - Birmingham Moor Street - Bordesley South Jn
as listed Bordesley South Jn - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Grand Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Church Road Jn - Selly Oak - Lifford West Jn - Camp Hill - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Landor Street Jn - Castle Bromwich Jn - Sutton Park - Ryecroft Jn - Walsall - Pleck Jn - Darlaston Jn - Portobello Jn - Heath Town Jn - Wolverhampton LL - Stafford Road Jn
as listed Stafford Road Jn - Stafford Road Works
as listed Stafford Road Works - Stafford Road Jn
as listed Stafford Road Jn - Wolverhampton LL - Priestfield - Dudley
as listed Dudley - Sedgeley Jn - Dudley Port HL - Soap Works Jn - Soho East Jn - Handsworth Jn - Perry Barr - Aston - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Harborne Jn - Soho East Jn - Perry Barr North Jn - Bescot No.3 - Bescot Curve Jn - Wednesbury Town - Great Bridge North - Horsley Fields Jn (2)
as listed Horsley Fields Jn - Swan Village - Handsworth Jn - Birmingham Snow Hill

Notes:
(1) Route confirmation required - included a visit to Stafford Road Locomotive Works, Wolverhampton. Although the ticket below suggests the tour may have started/finished in London, LCGB records do not make mention of this so it is likely the legs between London and Birmingham were made using service trains.
(2) Booked timings showed the reversal point to be Sedgeley Jn; confirmation required that the train reversed at Horsley Fields Jn instead of proceeding on to, and reversing at, Sedgeley Jn.


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.

Sources : Graham Stacey, Andrew Fairholm, John Debens, David Wignall & Brian Read/Edwin Wilmshurst

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from David Wignall & Brian Read/Edwin Wilmshurst)

Location Booked Actual
Birmingham Snow Hill 11.30d [ML] 11.30
Bordesley South Jn 11.36 ~ 11.41 ?
Bordesley LMR Jn 11/45 ?
St Andrews Jn 11/47 ?
Grand Jn 11/49 ?
Birmingham New Street 11/51 ?
Church Road Jn 11/55 ?
Bourneville (Jn for Lifford) 12/00 ?
Lifford Station Jn 12/02 ?
Camp Hill 12/07 ?
Landor Street Jn 12/11 ?
Saltley 12/12 ?
Castle Bromwich 12/17 ?
Sutton Park 12/26 ?
Aldridge 12/33 ?
Lichfield Road Jn 12/36 ?
Walsall 12c40 ~ 12c42 ?
Pleck Jn 12/45 ?
Darlaston Jn 12/48 ?
Portobello Jn 12/53 ?
Heath Town Jn 12c57 ~ 13c07 ?
Wolverhampton Low Level 13/11 ?
Stafford Road Jn 13.16 ~ 13.21 ?
Stafford Road Works 13.28a ~ 14.38d 13.17 ~ 14.43
Stafford Road Jn 14.45 ~ 14.50 ?
Wolverhampton Low Level 14/55 ?
Priestfield 14/59 ?
Dudley 15.10 ~ 15.15 ?
Sedgeley Jn 15/17 ?
Dudley Port High level 15/19 ?
Soho Soap Works Jn 15/32 ?
Soho East Jn 15/34 ?
Perry Barr Station Jn 15/41 ?
Aston 15/45 ?
Birmingham New Street 15/51 ?
harbourne Jn 15/56 ?
Soho East Jn 15/58 ?
Perry Barr North Jn 16/04 ?
Newton Jn 16/13 ?
Bescot No.3 16/25 ?
Bescot Curve Jn 16/30 ?
Wednesbury Town 16/34 ?
Great Bridge North 16/37 ?
Horsley Fileds Jn 16/39 ?
Dudley Port Low Level 16/41 CANX? (2)
Sedgeley Jn 16.43 ~ 16.48 CANX? (2)
Dudley Port Low Level 16/51 CANX? (2)
Horsley Fileds Jn 16/53 ?
Swan Village 16.58a ~ 17.03d ?
Handsworth Jn 17/10 ?
Birmingham Snow Hill 17.20a 17.00


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