6024 at Newton Abbot on the outward leg (photo: Nathan Williamson)
8th July 2007
Past Time Rail
The Torbay Express
| Loco Used | steam : 6024 'King Edward I' |
| Stock Used | 21245+3144+3141+3146+4998+1813+4949+5008+4896+5023+35333 |
Route:
1Z27 : Bristol Temple Meads to
Kingswear
1Z?? : Kingswear to Bristol Temple Meads
| Loco | Route |
| 6024 | Bristol Temple Meads - Weston-super-Mare - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Paignton - Kingswear |
| 6024 | Kingswear - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads |
Notes :
(1) This was the first of a series that was booked to run on the ten Sunday's
between 8th July and 9th September 2007, all to an identical format and times.
No mention of the traction was made in the advertising brochure beyond the
statement 'once again the old steam trains are back running between Bristol and
the English Riviera resorts of Paignton and Kingswear...'.
6024 at Newton Abbot on the outward leg (photo:
Nathan Williamson)
Sources : Gary
Thornton (from advertising brochure) & Nathan Williamson
Timings (Advertised Only)
| Location | Advertised (out) | Advertised (rtn) |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 09.20d | 21.40a |
| Weston-super-Mare | 09.45d | 21.10a |
| Taunton | 11.05d | 20.25a |
| Exeter St Davids | 12.00d | 18.50a |
| Paignton | 12.45a | 17.55d |
| Kingswear | 13.20a | 17.10d |
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