Back to "The Railtour Files"6th October 1979
6000 Locomotive
Association Railtours
The Devonian Venturer
| Locos Used | 46012, 46022, 47060, 47252 & 47332 & steam: 5900 'Hinderton Hall', 6000 'King George V' & 7808 'Cookham Manor' |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 47252 + 46012 (1) | Taunton – Bristol Temple Meads |
| 46022 | Bristol Temple Meads - Newport |
| 6000 | Newport – Hereford – Shrewsbury |
| 47332 | Shrewsbury – Wolverhampton – Walsall – Park Lane Jn – Saltley |
| 5900 + 7808 | Saltley – Tyseley – Leamington Spa – Banbury – Oxford – Didcot |
| 47060 | Swindon – Bristol Temple Meads – Taunton |
Notes :
(1) 46012 had failed somewhere before Bristol Temple Meads - confirmation
required where it failed and if the 47 was added en-route to Bristol. At least 5900 & 7808 were used on another railtour
the same day - they were photographed in
the morning on the GWS vintage stock near Kings Sutton (en-route from Didcot to
Hereford, via Birmingham) carrying a 'Capital Venturer' headboard.
Sources : Ian Monkton
(joined/left the train at Bristol Temple Meads) & Gary Thornton
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