8th October 2016

Vintage Trains
The Cotswold Explorer

Loco Used steam: 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe'
Stock Used 96100+35470+17018+99349?+99361+99353?+5198+5212+5157+9101

Route :
1Z53 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Oxford
1Z54 : Oxford to Tyseley Warwick Road

Loco Route
5043 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 - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Kemble - Swindon - Foxhall Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Wolvercote Jn - Ascott-under-Wychwood - Moreton-in-Marsh - Evesham - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - (reverse of outward route) - Tyseley Warwick Road

Source : Al Wallace (on the tour throughout)

Timings (Booked & actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual
Tyseley Warwick Road 08.02d 08.01?
Small Heath South Jn 08/09 08/07
Birmingham Moor Street 08.17a ~ 08.20d [P2] 08.19 ~ 08.20
Birmingham Snow Hill 08.23a ~ 08.26d [P1] ?
Jewellery Quarter 08/30 08/26
Smethwick Galton Bridge 08/36 [P1] 08/33
Smethwick Jn 08/37 08/34
Rowley Regis 08/43 08/39
Stourbridge Junction 08.52a ~ 08.57d [P3] 08.51 ~ 08.55
Blakedown 09/02 09/00
Kidderminster 09/05 [P2] 09/03
Hartlebury 09/09 09/08
Droitwich Spa [UGL] 09w19 ~ 09w47 09.15 ~ ?
Droitwich Spa 09/51 09/49 [P1]
Tunnel Jn 10/01 09/59
Worcester Shrub Hill 10.04a ~ 10.13d [P2] 10.01 ~ 10.15
Norton Jn 10/20 10/20
Abbotswood Jn 10/22 10/21
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 10/32 [P2] 10/32
Cheltenham Spa 10/39 [P1] 10/40
Barnwood Jn 10/46 10/46
Gloucester Yard Jn 10/47 10/47
Standish Jn 10/56 10/52
St Mary's LC 11/06 11/01
Kemble 11/17 [P1] 11/12
Swindon Loco Yard 11/31 ?
Swindon 11/35 [P2] 11.32 ~ ? [P2]
Uffington 11/45 11/45
Challow 11/47 11/47
Wantage Road 11*52 ~ 11*56 [UR] 11.57 ~ 11.58
Foxhall Jn 12/06 12/05
Didcot North Jn 12/14 12/17
Kennington Jn 12/26 12/26
Oxford U&DPL 12*30 ~ 12*46 ?
Oxford 12.48a [P3] ~ 16.54d [P3] 12.45 [P3] ~ 16.54 [P3]
Oxford North Jn 16*58 ~ 17*45 ? ~ 17.44
Wolvercote Jn 17/49 17/48
Charlbury 18/01 ?
Ascott-under-Wychwood 18/06 [P1] 18/11
Moreton-in-Marsh 18/19 [P1] 18/27
Honeybourne 18/30 [P1] ?
Evesham 18/39 18/51
Norton Jn 18/51 19/03
Worcester Shrub Hill 18.59a ~ 19.03d [P1] 19.11 ~ 19.17
Tunnel Jn 19/05 19/18
Droitwich Spa 19/12 19/24
Hartlebury 19/18 19/32
Kidderminster 19/22 [P1] 19/35
Blakedown 19/27 19/41
Stourbridge Junction 19.32a ~ 19.36d [P2] 19.48 ~ 19.49
Rowley Regis 19/49 20/01
Smethwick Jn 19/53 20/06
Smethwick Galton Bridge 19/54 [P2] 20/07
Jewellery Quarter 19/59 20/12
Birmingham Snow Hill 20.04a ~ 20.06d [P1] 20.14 ~ 20.17
Birmingham Moor Street 20.08a ~ 20.10d [P1] 20/18 [P1]
Small Heath South Jn 20/16 20/28
Tyseley Warwick Road 20.23a 20.34?


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z53 : (5043 + tour stock) :  Oxford to Oxford U&DGL
5Z54 : (5043 + tour stock) :  Oxford U&DGL to Oxford

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Oxford 12.54d [P3] 16.48a [P3]
Oxford U&DGL 12.56a 16.46d


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