13th August 1978

F & W Tours
The Tintern Totter

Locos Used 20098 & 37176
Stock Used 3 Mk1 coaches

Route :

Loco Route
?37176? Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester
?37176? Gloucester - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Yate - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Pilning - Severn Tunnel Junction
20098 Severn Tunnel Junction - Chepstow - Tintern Quarries
20098 Tintern Quarries - Chepstow
20098 Chepstow - Awre - Gloucester - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - (via Spetchley) - Stoke Works Jn - King's Norton - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Birmingham New Street - ?Selly Oak? - King's Norton - Stoke Works Jn - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill
?37176? Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester

Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required - above is from Booked times.

Sources : Mike Trigg, Richard Szwejkowski & The F&W/Pathfinder Archive

Photo Review


20098 running-round the train at Chepstow (Photo: J. Chalcraft/The F&W/Pathfinder Archive)


From The John Debens Ticket Collection


Timings (Advertised & Booked)
(from the The F&W/Pathfinder Archive)

Advertised Times & Fares

Location Fare Advertised (out) Advertised (Rtn)
Worcester £6.20 12.25d 19.35a
Cheltenham £6.20 13.10d 20.13a
Gloucester £6.20 13.22d 20.25a
Birmingham New Street - - approx. 19.00a

Booked Times

Miles Location Booked
0 Worcester Shrub Hill 13.15d
? Abbotswood Jn ??/??
22 Cheltenham 13.40a ~ 13.42d
28½ Gloucester 13R52a ~ 14R05d
? Standish Jn ??/??
58½ Bristol Parkway ??/??
71¼ Sevrn Tunnel Junction 15R00 ~ 15R14
78½
0		 Chepstow ??/??
? Tintern Quarries 15R45a ~ 16R15d
0 Chepstow 16R36a ~ 16R50d
? Awre ??/??
27½ Gloucester 17/21
34 Cheltenham 17/34
? Abbotswood Jn ??/??
? Stoke Works Jn ??/??
51¼ Barnt Green 18/10
56¼ Kings Norton ??/??
? Bordesley Jn ??/??
? St Andrews Jn ??/??
0 Birmingham New Street 18.39a ~ 18.44d
5¼ Kings Norton ??/??
10¼ Barnt Green ??/??
? Stoke Works Jn ??/??
20½ Droitwich Spa ??/??
26 Worcester Shrub Hill 19L23a ~ 19L32d
? Abbotswood Jn ??/??
48 Cheltenham 19.55a ~ 19.57d
54½ Gloucester 20.10a

Suggested Connecting Service Trains to the Tour
(connections not guaranteed by BR...)

Location Service Service
Birmingham to Cheltenham 11.50d ~ 12.33a 12.15d ~ 12.59a
Birmingham to Worcester 12.20d ~ 13.01a -


Back to "The Railtour Files"