Photo Review
24th April 1955
Railway Enthusiasts Club
The South Midlander
| Locos Used | 2474 & 9015 |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 9015 |
Oxford - Yarnton - Charlbury - Kingham - Chipping Norton - Kings Sutton - Banbury - Fenny Compton - Stratford-upon-Avon - Broom Junction |
| 9015 | Broom Junction - Salford Priors - Harvington - Evesham |
| 9015 | Evesham - Honeybourne - Moreton-in-Marsh |
| 2474 | Moreton-in-Marsh - Stretton-on-Fosse - Longdon Road - Shipston-on-Stour |
| 2474 | Shipston-on-Stour - (reverse of outward route) - Moreton-in-Marsh |
| 9015 | Moreton-in-Marsh - Kingham - (reverse of outward route) - Oxford |
Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required (above is taken from tour ticket). Ran over the Stratford-upon-Avon &
Midland Junction Railway (SMJ); photographed at Stratford-upon-Avon SMJ station.
Seen also at Kineton (en-route to
Stratford-upon-Avon) & Fenny Compton. Route
not confirmed but started at Oxford, also covered the Kingham - Banbury line.
Adrian Vaughan suggests it may have been: Oxford, Kingham, Chipping
Norton, Kings Sutton, Banbury, Fenny Compton, Stratford.
Sources : Adrian Vaughan, Chris Harley & Chris
Horne
Photo Review
From the John Debens ticket collection
(originally supplied by Andrew Fairholm)
9015 at Hook Norton (photo: The Bob Mitchell Collection)
Two shots of the 'Dukedog' watering at Stratford SMJ station.
(photos: The Adrian Vaughan Collection)
2474 waits at the Shipston branch side of the Up Main platform at
Moreton-in-Marsh (photo: Peter Barlow/Adrian Vaughan Collection)
2474 attracts a lot of attention at Shipston-on-Stour
(photo: Peter Barlow/Adrian Vaughan Collection)
