Six Bells Junction

A series of trips ran in conjunction with the Hereford Rail Festival. There may have been some others not recorded here (if you are aware of any others then please send in the details). Train times are given where known.

Headcode	Loco(s)	Route
1Z40	33047 + 33053	08.55d Basingstoke - Hereford
?	37239 + 37197	09.25d Hereford - Newport
?	37239 + 37197	??.??d Newport - Hereford
?	37220 + 37248	10.35d Newport - Hereford
?	31405 (1)	11.30d Hereford - Ledbury
?	47401 (2)	12.11d Ledbury - Hereford
?	50015	12.40d Hereford - Worcester Shrub Hill
?	50015	13.35d Worcester Shrub Hill - Hereford
?	47401 (7)	14.35d Hereford - Craven Arms
?	33047 + 33053 (1)	??.??d Craven Arms - Hereford
1Z30	37899 + 37698 (3)	14.45d Hereford - Abergavenny
1Z31	56053 (4)	15.25d Abergavenny - Hereford
1Z32	37275 + 37248 (5)	16.15d Hereford - Abergavenny
1Z33	20007 + 20032 (6)	17.00d Abergavenny - Hereford
1Z19	20007 + 20032	17.46d Hereford - (8) Droitwich Spa - Bromsgrove - Camp Hill - Birmingham New Street
?	20007 + 20032	??.??d Birmingham New Street - Aston - Lichfield - Derby

Notes :
(1) 47401 on rear.
(2) 31405 on rear.
(3) 56053 on rear.
(4) 37698 + 37899 on rear.
(5) 20007 + 20032 on rear.
(6) 37275 + 37248 on rear.
(7) 33047 + 33053 on rear.
(8) Train booked to stop at Droitwich Spa but didn't. Confirmation of route from Birmingham New Street to Derby required.
(9) Shayne Lewis reports seeing 33053 + 33047 arriving into Hereford at 16.44 - which train was this?

Steve Clark reports the 33's arrived and subsequently departed on a tour called "The Border Flyer" which originated from Basingstoke. Steve kemp comments : 33047 & 33053 came on at Newport and I think left early...a lot of bashers were still getting fodder! Further details of this tour are required...

The following shuttle services also worked in conjunction with the event (further details required);

DMU	Route
Tyseley allocated GWR liveried set 51410+59520+51368	Worcester Shrub Hill to Hereford shuttle
55033	Hereford to Bulmers Railway Centre shuttle (15.36 out for 16.16 back being at least one trip)

Sources : Jonathan Wilcox, Ian Saunders, Steve Bates, Shayne Lewis, John Simmonds, Kevin Driscoll & Mike Tetlow

Brief Review
(by Jonathan Wilcox)

The final train of the day, 20007/032 on the 1746 Hereford to Derby. We had intended to do this only as far as Droitwich, in fact my Mum was even in the car park waiting to pick us up! The train slowed as we rolled into Droitwich, but to our surprise they opened up halfway along the platform and we blasted off towards Bromsgrove. My mum's face was a picture, I still remember waving to her through the window! OK then, we'll leap off at Bromsgrove...err, no, n/s through there too. We were all getting worried here since it was (IIRC) New Street and Derby only, and being a Sunday night I don't think there were any trains back from Derby at that time. To say we were not best pleased to be given the feather onto the Camp Hill line is an understatement, as to carry on to Derby, if we did go into New Street a reversal would need to take place, and 2 stops had already been missed... To our great relief, the train did go into New Street, it did reverse (back out via Aston I think it went), and we just made the last train back to Kidderminster. Remember this was all in the days before mobile phones, and we couldn't contact anyone to let them know where we were, let alone if we'd be getting home that night! However did we manage?