14th February 2015

Vintage Trains
The Valentines Dinner Express

Loco Used steam: 4965 'Rood Ashton Hall
Stock Used 96100+9101+5157+17018+99349?+99361+99353?+35470

Route :
1Z36 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Oxford
1Z37 : Oxford to Tyseley Warwick Road

Loco Route
4965 Tyseley Warwick Road - Small Heath South Jn - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Evesham - Moreton-in-Marsh - Ascott-under-Wychwood - Charlbury - Oxford
4965 Oxford - (reverse of outward route) - Tyseley Warwick Road

Notes : 
(1) This tour was originally advertised as a circular trip, via Leicester and Castle Donnington. However this was changed to a trip to Oxford, out via the Cotswolds and back via Banbury. Due to a landslip at Harbury Tunnel blocking the line between Banbury and Leamington Spa, the return leg to Tyseley ran via the Cotswolds Line. 

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Tyseley Warwick Road 12.30d 12.29?   20.23a 20.21?
Small Heath South Jn 12/38 12/38   20/17 20/16
Birmingham Moor Street 12/43 [P2] 12/44   20/10 [P1] 20/05
Birmingham Snow Hill 12.46a ~ 12.49d [P1] 12.46 ~ 12.49   20.03a ~ 20.07d [P1] 20.02 ~ 20.03
Jewellery Quarter 12/52 12/52   19/57 20/00
Smethwick Galton Bridge 12/58 12/58   19/51 19/56
Smethwick Jn 12/59 12/59   19/50 19/55
Rowley Regis 13/03 13/04   19/46 19/51
Stourbridge Junction 13/13 [P3] 13/14   19.30 ~ 19.34 [P2] 19/36?
Blakedown 13/19 13/19   19/25 19/31
Kidderminster 13/23 [P2] 13/22   19/19 [P1] 19/28
Hartlebury 13/28 13/26   19/15 19/25
Droitwich Spa 13/37 13/36   19/09 19/19
Tunnel Jn 13/45 13/45   19/02 19/12
Worcester Shrub Hill 13.47a ~ 14.04d [P2] 13.47 ~ 14.04   19/00 [P1] 19/10
Norton Jn 14/11 14/09   18/55 19/02
Evesham 14/22 14/20   18/42 18/50
Honeybourne 14/30 ?   18/33 ?
Moreton-in-Marsh 14/43 [P2] 14/40   18/22 18/29
Ascott-under-Wychwood 14/56 14/53   18/07 18/14
Charlbury 15/01 14/56   18/02 ?
Wolvercote Jn 15/15 15/11   17/50 17/52
Oxford 15.19a [P1] 15.19   17.46d [P1] 17.47 [P1]


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Moves

5Z37 : (4965 with 96100) Oxford - Foxhall Jn - Didcot Parkway - Oxford
(loco turning trip)

Location Booked
Oxford [U&DPL] 15.47d
Kennington Jn 15/51
Didcot North Jn 16/02
Foxhall Jn 16.05 ~ 16.07
Didcot Parkway 16.10 ~ 16.12 [P4]
Didcot North Jn 16/15
Kennington Jn 16/23
Oxford 16.27 ~ 16.33
Oxford [U&DPL] 16.36a


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