10th May 2014

Vintage Trains
One Zulu 48

Locos Used 47773 & steam: 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe'
Stock Used 96100+35470+99349?+99361+99353?+5198+5212+17018

Route : 1Z48 throughout

Loco(s) Route
5043 Plymouth - Totnes - Newton Abbot - Dawlish - Exeter St Davids - Taunton - Bridgwater - Uphill Jn - Worle Jn - Bristol Temple Meads - North Somerset Jn - Bath Spa - Chippenham - Swindon - Foxhall Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford [U&DPL]
47773 + 5043 Oxford [U&DPL] - Oxford - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Warwick Parkway - Solihull

Notes : 
(1) This was the second tour to mark the 50th anniversary of the classic 1Z48 'Great Western High Speed Railtour', which ran on 09/05/64. 
(2) Passengers on the outward leg were conveyed by 1Z52 'Western Lickeys the Banks' tour, hauled by D1015 'Western Champion'. 
(3) It is reported in Steam Railway magazine that 5043 ran non-stop from Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meads in 130 minutes. 
(4) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Realtime Trains) 

Location Booked Actual
Plymouth 15.10d [P6]
Lipson Jn 15/14
Hemerdon 15/21
Ivybridge 15/28 [P2]
Aish Crossover 15/33
Totnes 15/41
Dainton Tunnel 15/47
Newton Abbot West Jn 15/52
Newton Abbot 15/53 [P3]
Teignmouth 15/59
Dawlish 16/02
Dawlish Warren 16*05 ~ 16*15 [P2]
Exeter St Davids 16/30 [P5]
Cowley Bridge Jn 16/32
Tiverton Loop 16/44
Tiverton Parkway 16/45 [P2]
Whiteball 16/51
Norton Fitzwarren 16/57
Taunton 17/00 [P4]
Cogload Jn 17/06
Bridgwater 17/13
Uphill Jn 17/24
Worle Jn 17/27
Yatton ?
Parson Street 17/44
Bristol West Jn 17/47
Bristol Temple Meads 17.49a ~ 18.34d [P3] ? ~ ? [P4]
Bristol East Jn 18/36
North Somerset Jn 18/37
Bath Spa 18/51 [P2]
Bathampton Jn 18/55
Thingley East Jn 19/05
Chippenham 19/07 [P2]
Wootton Bassett Jn 19/24
Swindon 19/34 [UM] ? ~ ? [UM]
Uffington 19/45
Challow 19/49
Wantage Road 19/53
Foxhall Jn 20/08
Didcot North Jn 20/11
Kennington Jn 20/20
Oxford [U&DPL] 20.24 ~ 20.49
Oxford 20.51a ~ 20.54d [P1]
Wolvercot Jn 20/59
Heyford 21/08
Aynho Jn 21/13
Banbury 21.20a ~ 21.29d [P1]
Leamington Spa 21/51 [DM]
Warwick Parkway 21.54a ~ 21.57d [P2]
Hatton 22/03
Dorridge 22/10 [P2]
Bentley Heath LC 22/11
Solihull 22.14a


Associated E.C.S. Moves

09/05/14 :
5Z?? : (5043 with 96100+35470) : Tyseley Warwick Road to Plymouth 

Location Booked
Tyseley Warwick Road ?d
Laira Depot? ?a


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