13th November 1982

F & W Railtours
The Vulcan Venturer

Locos Used 40034, 40081 & 50014 'Warspite'

Route : 1Z38 throughout

Loco Route
50014 Plymouth – Exeter – Taunton – Bristol Temple Meads – Filton Jn – Bristol Parkway – Westerleigh Jn – Charfield – Standish Jn – Gloucester
50014 Gloucester – Cheltenham Spa – Abbotswood Jn – Worcester Shrub Hill – Worcester Foregate Street – Malvern Wells – Hereford
50014 Hereford – Craven Arms – Shrewsbury – Chester
40081 Chester – Helsby – Acton Grange Jn – Walton Old Jn – Arpley Jn – Skelton Jn – Edgely Jn – Stockport – Denton – Ashton Moss North Jn – Philips Park No. 2 – Ashburys – Hyde Road Jn – Trafford Park East Jn – Warrington Central – Edge Hill – Liverpool Lime Street
40034 Liverpool Lime Street – Rainhill – St Helen’s Jn – Winwick Jn – Warrington Bank Quay – Crewe
50014 Crewe – Stafford – Bescot – Perry Barr North Jn – Soho South Jn – Birmingham New Street – Proof House Jn – St Andrews Jn – Bordesley Jn – King’s Norton – Cheltenham Spa – Standish Jn – (reverse of outward route) – Plymouth

Source : Ian Monkton (joined/left train at Bristol Temple Meads)

Photo Review


50014 on the Vulcan Venturer at Ruabon (photo: Gordon Nattrass)


40081 being cabbed on arrival at Liverpool (photo: Ian Jordan)


From Bob Mitchell's ticket collection.


Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Chalcraft)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Plymouth 04.20d 22.18a 730.58
6.65 Hemerdon 04/30 22/11 723.73
23.12 Totnes 04/38 21/49 707.46
31.69 Newton Abbot 05.00a ~ 05.02d 21.34a ~ 21.36d 698.69
41.41 Dawlish Warren 05/13 21/23 689.17
52.03 Exeter St Davids 05.25a ~ 05.30d 21.11a ~ 21.13d 678.55
72.62 Whiteball SB 05/50 20/54 657.76
82.63 Taunton 06.03a ~ 06.05d 20.38a ~ 20.40d 647.75
94.28 Bridgwater 06/17 20/27 636.30
110.64 Worle Jn 06/32 20/14 619.74
127.39 Bristol Temple Meads 06.50a ~ 06.55d 19.53a ~ 19.57d 603.19
132.09 Filton Jn 07/03 19/44 598.49
133.28 Bristol Parkway 07.05a ~ 07.07d 19.41a ~ 19.42d 597.30
137.78 Westerleigh Jn 07/13 19/35 592.60
146.11 Charfield 07/21 19/27 584.47
159.36 Standish Jn 07/31 19/21 571.22
? Gloucester Yard Jn ? 19/15 563.11
167.47 Gloucester 07.40a ~ 07.55d  
174.07 Cheltenham Spa 08.03a ~ 08.05d 19.07a ~ 19.08d 556.61
181.18 Ashchurch 08/13 19/01 549.50
192.05 Abbotswood Jn 08/21 18/54 538.63

 

M.C Location Booked
195.79 Worcester Shrub Hill 08.28a ~ 08.30d
196.60 Worcester Foregate Street 08.32a ~ 08.34d
205.61 Malvern Wells 08/46
211.54 Ledbury 08/54
223.59 Shelwick Jn 09/07
225.47 Hereford 09.10a ~ 09.25d
227.35 Shelwick Jn 09/28
238.01 Leominster 09/40
244.59 Wooferton 09/45
256.64 Craven Arms 10/00
264.07 Church Stretton 10/15
275.76 Sutton Bridge Jn 10/26
276.57 Shrewsbury 10.29a ~ 10.50d
294.61 Gobowen 11/11
302.06 Ruabon 11p22a ~ 11p32d
306.07 Wrexham General 11/39
311.55 Rossett 11/45
317.21 Saltney 11/52
319.12 Chester 11.57a ~ 12.07d
321.67 Mickle Trafford 12/12
326.44 Helsby 12/17
330.19 Frodsham Jn 12/22
335.29 Acton Grange Jn 12/34
336.33 Walton Old Jn 12/37
337.21 Arpley Jn 12c44 ~ 12c46
348.31 Skelton Jn 13/06
351.73 Northenden Jn 13/12
355.65 Edgeley Jn 13/23
356.07 Stockport 13c25 ~ 13c27
356.69 Heaton Norris Jn 13/29
360.75 Denton Jn 13/36
362.10 Crowthorne Jn 13/39
363.16 Ashton Moss North Jn 13/42
366.18 Baguley Fold Jn 13/48
366.39 Park Station 13/50
366.63 Philips Park No.2 13/56
368.57 Ashburys 14/08
369.69 Gorton Jn 14/11
370.44 Hyde Road Jn 14/13
379.06 Trafford Park East Jn 14/38
386.26 Glazebrook East Jn 14/48
392.54 Warrington Central 14c57 ~ 14c59
397.09 Widnes East Jn 15/06
404.74 Hunts Cross West Jn 15/14
405.34 Allerton Jn 15/15
409.61 Edge Hill 15/22
411.12 Liverpool Lime Street 15.27a ~ 15.55d
412.43 Edge Hill 16/07
414.59 Broad Green 16/09
420.04 Rainhill 16/12
423.02 St Helens Junction 16/14
425.63 Earlestown West Jn 16/18
426.03 Earlestown South Jn 16/20
427.30 Winwick Jn 16/23
430.52 Warrington Bank Quay 16/30
447.36 Winsford 16/43
454.75 Crewe 16L54a ~ 17L04d
463.03 Madeley 17/14
474.05 Norton Bridge 17/24
479.34 Stafford 17/29
493.11 Bushbury Jn 17/45
495.59 Portobello Jn 17/51
499.76 Bescot 17/55
504.33 Perry Barr North Jn 18/00
507.24 Soho South Jn 18/06
509.30 Birmingham New Street 18.11a ~ 18.16d
510.04 Proof House Jn 18/18
511.01 St Andrews Jn 18/21
512.63 Camp Hill 18/24
516.42 Kings Norton 18/33
521.50 Barnt Green 18/40
523.12 Blackwell 18/42
525.33 Bromsgrove 18/44
527.46 Stoke Works Jn 18/46

Timings continue in first table.

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