22nd May 1971

R.C.T.S.
Severn Valley Special

Loco Used Class 47 no. 1110

Route :

Loco Route
1110 Leeds - Wakefield - South Kirkby Jn - Moorthorpe - Rotherham - Sheffield - Derby - Wichnor - Lichfield TV High Level - Ryecroft Jn - Walsall - Wednesbury - Dudley - Round Oak - Stourbridge Jct - Kidderminster
1110 Kiddermimster - Smethwick Rolfe Street - Soho North Jn - Perry Barr West Jn - Aston - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Dudley Port - Wolverhampton High Level - Shrewsbury - Whitchurch - Crewe - Stockport - Heaton Norris Jn - Guide Bridge - Hyde Jn - Woodley - Romiley - New Mills - Chinley - Sheffield - (reverse of outward route) -Leeds

Notes :
At Kidderminster buses were waiting to transfer passengers to Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway for a round trip behind a Black Five between Bridgnorth & Hampton Loade.

Source : David Hills (compiled from contemporary reports)
(with some additional information from Ian Dobson)

Route, Distances and Timing's (Booked & Some Actual)
 (courtesy of Ian Dobson)

M C Location Booked (actual)
0 00 Leeds City 09.40d
1 65 Gelderd Road Jn 09/45 (09/54)
5 79 Ardsley 09/52
10 23 Wakefield Westgate 09.58a ~ 10.01d
20 08 South Kirkby Jn 10/15
20 65 Moorthorpe Jn 10/18 (10/20)
26 66 Dearne Jn 10/30
27 45 Wath Road Jn 10/31
28 17 Swinton Jn 10/33
33 35 Rotherham 10/39
38 76 Sheffield 10.52a ~ 10.55d (10.48 ~ ??.??)
43 16 Dore Station Jn 11/02
45 72 Dronfield 11/05
51 16 Chesterfield 11/10
55 34 Clay Cross South Jn 11/14
65 33 Ambergate Jn 11/23 (11/25)
75 26 Derby 11.36a ~ 11.38d (11.36 ~ ??.??)
80 11 Stenson Jn 11/45
86 26 Burton-upon-Trent 11/50
91 44 Wichnor Jn 11/56
97 11 Lichfield TV High Level 12/05
108 18 Ryecroft Jn 12/24
108 66 Walsall 12.26a ~ 12.28d (??.?? ~ 12.28)
109 49 Pleck Jn 21/30
110 20 Bescot Curve Jn 12/31
115 17 Dudley 12/43
121 17 Stourbridge Junction 12/58
127
0		 67
00		 Kidderminster 13.08a ~ 16.25d
6 50 Stourbridge Junction 16/35
14 57 Smethwick West Jn 16/51
15 02 Galton Jn 16/52
16 29 Soho North Jn 16/57
16 46 Soho East Jn 16/58
18 54 Perry Barr West Jn 17/02
19 23 Perry Barr 17/03
20 68 Aston 17/07
22 66 Proof House Jn 17/11
23 40 Birmingham New Street 17.14a ~ 17.15d
24 66 Soho South Jn 17/20
27 24 Galton Jn 17/22
30 65 Dudley Port 17/25
36 34 Wolverhampton High Level 17.31a ~ 17.32d (17.36)
45 29 Cosford 17/43
55 65 Wellington 17/54
66 43 Shrewsbury 18/07
68 49 Harlescott Crossing 18/13
85 35 Whitchurch 18/29
94 63 Nantwich 18/40
99 19 Crewe 18.49a ~ 18.50d
103 67 Sandbach 18/59
116 37 Alderley Edge 19/10
118 08 Wilmslow 19/13
121 72 Cheadle Hulme 19/19
123 56 Edgeley Jn 19/20
124 19 Stockport 19.22a ~ 19.23d
124 64 Heaton Norris Jn 19/25
129 08 Denton Jn 19/31
129 73 Guide Bridge 19/34
131 12 Hyde Jn 19/36
133 58 Woodley 19/40
134 75 Romiley 19/42
141 08 New Mills South Jn 19/52
143 66 Chinley 19/58
144 67 Chinley North Jn 20/00
149 56 Edale 20/11
160 01 Grindleford 20/20
165 01 Dore Station Jn 20/31
169 21 Sheffield 20.40a ~ 20.45d
174 62 Rotherham 20/53
180 00 Swinton Jn 20/59
180 52 Wath Road Jn 21/02
181 31 Dearne Jn 21/03
187 32 Moorthorpe Jn 21/14
188 09 South Kirkby Jn 21/15
194 02 Hare Park Jn 21/23
197 74 Wakefield Westgate 21.30a ~ 21.33d
202 18 Ardsley 21/41
206 32 Gelderd Road Jn 21/49
208 17 Leeds City 21.55a

Key;
a : arrival time
d : departure time
/ : passing time

All distances, in miles and chains (M & C), are taken from the timing sheet given out on the train. No attempt has been made to verify the mileages given.

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