21st May 1983

Severn Valley Railway Association
The Wessex Whistler

Locos Used 33113, 33118 & 40001
Stock Used load 9

Route : 1Z25 throughout

Loco(s) Route
40001 York - Leeds - Wakefield Westgate - Wakefield Kirkgate - Cudworth - Sheffield - Chesterfield - Ambergate Jn - Derby - Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth - Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - St Andrews Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street
40001 Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Tyseley - Solihull - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Aynho Jn - Oxford - Didcot North Jn - Foxhall Jn - Swindon - Wootton Bassett Jn - Chippenham - Trowbridge - Westbury
33113 + 33118 Westbury - Castle Cary - Weymouth
40001 16.24d Weymouth - Dorchester Jn - Maiden Newton - Yeovil Pen Mill - Castle Cary - Westbury - Trowbridge - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Dr Days Jn - Stapleton Road - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Standish Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - ??? - Birmingham New Street - (reverse of outward route) - Moorthorpe - Wakefield Westgate - Leeds - York

Sources : David Garnett, Mike Tetlow & Harry Harper

Photo Review


33113 & 33118 on arrival at Weymouth (photo: Ian Jordan)


Photo-stop for 40001 at Maiden Newton on the return (photo: Ian Jordan)


40001 at Lawrence Hill, Bristol, on the return leg (photo: Guy Vincent)
The train stopped briefly here at around 18:50 for a crew change.


From Andrew Fairholm's ticket collection.


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