Back to "The Railtour Files"20th May 2023
Vintage Trains
The Whistling Ghost to Minehead
Tour postponed to 24/06/23, due to the collapse of Nuneham Viaduct near Oxford.
Route :
| Advertised Loco(s) | Advertised Route |
| steam: 7029 'Clun Castle' | Birmingham Snow Hill - Birmingham Moor Street - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley - Widney Manor - Dorridge - Hatton - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Oxford - Didcot North Jn - Foxhall Jn - Swindon - Wootton Bassett Jn - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Filton Abbey Wood - Dr Day's Jn - Bristol Temple Meads - Yatton - Worle Jn - Uphill Jn - Bridgwater - Cogload Jn - Taunton - Bishops Lydeard |
| WSR steam loco | Bishops Lydeard - Crowcombe Heathfield - Williton - Blue Anchor - Minehead |
| WSR steam loco | Minehead - (reverse of outward route) - Bishops Lydeard |
| steam: 7029 'Clun Castle' | Bishops Lydeard - Taunton - Cogload Jn - Castle Cary - Blatchbridge Jn - Clink Road Jn - Fairwood Jn - Westbury - Trowbridge - Bradford-on-Avon - Bathampton Jn - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Dr Day's Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Birmingham Snow Hill |
Source : Nick Bartlett/Vintage Trains brochure
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