Photo Review
6th April 1974
Flying Scotsman
Enterprises
(in association with The Western
Mail)
The Great Western
| Locos Used | at least 1023 'Western Fusilier' & steam: 4079 'Pendennis Castle' (?& 4472 'Flying Scotsman'?) |
Route : 1Z25 throughout
| Loco | Route |
| 1013 | 09.30d Swansea - Port Talbot - Bridgend - Cardiff Central - Newport |
| 4079 (2) | Newport - Hereford - Shrewsbury |
| 4079 | Shrewsbury - Hereford - Newport |
| ????? | Newport - (?reverse of outward route?) - Swansea |
Notes :
(1) David Goodall comments: The train was marketed as 'Western Mail Steam
Special'.
(2) This leg originally uploaded as hauled by 4472. It is reported that 4079 & 4472 were shared with
'The Great Northern', also organised/run by FSS on
this date. David Goodall however comments that he did not see 4472 'Flying
Scotsman' that day and that 4079 hauled this train from Newport to Shrewsbury
and back again.
Sources : David Goodall & Roger Geach/Bernard Mills
Photo Review
Health & Safety 1974-style; 1013 at Newport (photo: David Goodall)
4079 'Pendennis Castle' (photo: David Goodall)
Is this photo of 4079 leading 4472 heading south past Pontrilas a positioning
special or another railtour in its own right (on the same day 1023 'Western
Fusilier' was seen at Newport on 1Z75...was that this train?)
(photo: Bernard Mills)
