7th April 1984

F & W Railtours
The Scenic Settler

Locos Used 47537 & 50008
Stock Used 5033+5035+5025+4843+5043+1671+7659+35471+4917+4871+5036+4900+7134

Route : 1Z49 throughout

Loco Route
50008 Plymouth – Exeter St Davids – Taunton – Weston-super-Mare – Bristol Temple Meads – Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway – Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa – Abbotswood Jn - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove – Kings Norton – Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street – Proof House Jn - Aston – Perry Barr North Jn - Bescot – Bushbury Jn – Stafford – Norton Bridge - Madeley - Crewe
47537 Crewe – (via WCML) – Winwick Jn – Earlestown – Golborne Jn – (via WCML) – Carlisle
47537 Carlisle – (via S&C) (1) - Settle Jn – Hellifield – Clitheroe - Blackburn – Darwen - Bolton – Agecroft Jn - Manchester Victoria – Miles Platting - Ashton Moss North Jn – Crowthorne Jn - Denton Jn – Stockport
50008 Stockport – Macclesfield – Kidsgrove - Stoke-on-Trent – Stone Jn - Norton Bridge – Stafford – Bushbury Jn - Wolverhampton –Dudley Port - Galton Jn - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street – Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn – Kings Norton – (reverse of outward route) – Worle Jn - Uphill Jn - Bridgwater - Taunton (2)

Notes :
(1) At Ribblehead the tour passed steam 34092 on the Cumbrian Mountain Express (details required).
(2) The train terminated at Taunton on the return due to engineering work, with road coaches forward to stations to Plymouth.

Sources : Ian Monkton (joined/left the train at Bristol Temple Meads), Andrew Crampton
& Chris Horsham (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Chris Horsham)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Plymouth 04.00d - -
6.55 Hemerdon 04/10 - -
16.15 Brent 04/20 - -
23.12 Totnes 04.28a ~ 04.29d - -
31.69 Newton Abbot 04.43a ~ 04.44d - -
41.41 Dawlish Warren 04/55 - -
52.03 Exeter St Davids 05.07a ~ 05.09d - -
71.75 Whiteball SB 05/27 - -
82.63 Taunton 05.28a ~ 05.40d 21.23a 765.07
94.28 Bridgwater 05/49 21/13 753.42
107.71 Uphill Jn 06/01 ? ?
109.43 Weston-super-Mare 06.04a ~ 06.06d - -
111.65 Worle Jn 06/10 21/01 737.06
128.40 Bristol Temple Meads 06.30a ~ 06.33d 20.42a ~ 20.45d 720.31
133.10 Filton Jn 06/41 20/32 715.61
134.29 Bristol Parkway 06.43a ~ 06.45d 20.28a ~ 20.30d 714.42
138.79 Westerleigh Jn 06/51 20/22 709.72
146.12 Charfield 06/57 20/15 701.59
159.37 Standish Jn 07/07 20/03 688.34
165.47 Gloucester Yard Jn 07/12 19/56 682.24
171.77 Cheltenham Spa 07.18a ~ 07.20d 19.46a ~ 19.48d 675.74
179.08 Ashchurch 07/27 19/40 668.63
189.75 Abbotswood Jn 07/34 19/33 657.76
201.12 Stoke Works Jn 07/44 19/25 646.59
203.25 Bromsgrove 07.52a ~ 07.57d 19/24 644.46
205.78 Blackwell 08/06 19/22 641.73
206.68 Barnt Green 08/08 19/21 641.03
211.58 Kings Norton Jn 08/15 19/14 636.13

 

M.C Location Booked
215.79 Church Road Jn 08/24
217.36 Birmingham New Street 08.32a ~ 08.35d
220.12 Aston 08/42
222.34 Perry Barr North Jn 08/49
226.71 Bescot 08/55
231.08 Portobello Jn 08/59
233.56 Bushbury Jn 09/03
247.33 Stafford 09/17
252.62 Norton Bridge 09/21
263.64 Madeley 09/31
271.72 Crewe 09.43a ~ 09.53d
279.31 Winsford 10/03
288.31 Weaver Jn 10/09
296.15 Warrington Bank Quay 10/14
299.28 Winwick Jn 10/19
301.00 Earlestown 10/27
302.24 Newton-le-Willows Jn 10/29
302.77 Golborne Jn 10/33
308.71 Wigan North Western 10/41
316.42 Balshaw Lane Jn 10/48
318.45 Euxton Jn 10/51
324.01 Preston 10/56
344.79 Lancaster 11/15
350.55 Carnforth South Jn 11/20
364.07 Oxenholme 11/31
376.56 Tebay South 11/44
396.19 Penrith 12/04
414.04 Carlisle 12.24a ~ 12.50d
415.00 Petteril Bridge Jn 12/53
437.37 Culgaith 13/19
444.70 Appleby 13/28
455.52 Kirkby Stephen 13/40
465.37 Garsdale 14/05
468.67 Dent 14p10a ~ 14p27d
? Blea Moor 14/37
? Settle Jn 14/50
490.78 Hellifield 15.04a ~ 15.06d
514.56 Daisyfield Jn 15/45
515.23 Blackburn 15p47a ~ 15p57d
519.35 Darwen 16/05
523.15 Entwhistle 16/11
526.15 Bromley Cross 16/16
529.12 Bolton 16/22
536.30 Agecroft Jn 16/31
537.76 Windsor Bridge 16/33
539.62 Manchester Victoria 16.40a ~ 16.42d
541.18 Miles Platting 16/46
545.23 Ashton Moss North Jn 16/53
546.39 Crowthorn Jn 16/56
547.54 Denton Jn 16/59
551.67 Heaton Norris Jn 17/06
552.42 Stockport 17.07a ~ 17.17d
554.64 Cheadle Hulme 17/27
564.40 Macclesfield 17/39
578.06 Kidsgrove 17/51
583.19 Etruria 17/56
584.35 Stoke-on-Trent 17/59
591.35 Stone Jn 18/10
595.19 Norton Bridge 18/14
600.48 Stafford 18/21
614.25 Bushbury Jn 18/37
615.79 Wolverhampton 18/39
621.39 Dudley Port 18/46
625.04 Galton Jn 18/50
626.62 Soho South Jn 18/54
628.63 Birmingham New Street 18.59a ~ 19.01d
630.34 St Andrews Jn 19/07
633.16 Camp Hill 19/09

Timings continue in first table.

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