23rd April 1966

R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch)
St George Rail Tour

Locos Used 46519, 78036, 42727

Route : 1X75 throughout

Loco Route
46519 Nuneaton Trent Valley (1) - Whitacre - Water Orton - Walsall - Wednesbury - (via Tipton Curve) - Wolverhampton High Level - Stafford - Wellington - Sutton Bridge Jn - Cruckmeol - Minsterley
46519 Minsterley - Wellington
78036 Wellington - Market Drayton - Nantwich - Gresty Lane - (via Crewe Goods Lines) - Winsford Jn - Over & Wharton
78036 Over & Wharton - Hartford Jn
42727 Hartford Jn - (via Northwich avoiding) - Middlewich - Sandbach - Wheelock - Stoke-on-Trent - Uttoxeter - Burton-on-Trent - Nuneaton Trent Valley

Notes :
(1) Reported as 'the last steam train to leave Nuneaton Trent Valley'.
(2) This six coach train, carrying 200 passengers, covered about 240 miles taking almost twelve hours. About half of the lines travelled over no longer had any passenger service.

Sources : David Hills, Gary Thornton, Chris Harley & Richard Strange

Photo Review


46519 at Minsterley (photo: The John Debens Collection)


78036 at Over & Wharton (photo: The John Debens Collection)


42727 passing through Stoke Station (photo: The John Debens Collection)


From Andrew Fairholms ticket collection.


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