10th May 2014

Vintage Trains
Western Lickeys the Banks

Loco Used D1015 'Western Champion' (3)
Stock Used (2) [1] : 17018+5212+5198+99353?+99361+99349?+5191+5157+4940+9101
[2] : 9101+4940+5157+5191

Route : 
1Z52 : Solihull to Plymouth
1Z53 : Plymouth to Tyseley Warwick Road

Loco Stock Route
D1015 [1] Solihull - Warwick Parkway - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Oxford - Didcot North Jn - Foxhall Jn - Swindon - Chippenham - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Temple Meads - Worle Jn - Uphill Jn - Bridgwater - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Dawlish - Newton Abbot - Totnes - Plymouth
D1015 [2] Plymouth - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads - Dr Day's Jn - Filton Abbey Wood - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - Longbridge - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley Warwick Road

Notes : 
(1) The outward leg of this tour acted as a positioning move for the 'One Zulu 48' tour.
(2) 17018+5212+5198+99353?+99361+99349? were detached at Plymouth and used for 1Z48.
(3) Running numbered/named as D1017 'Western Warrior' on one side only.
(4) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings.


D1015 passing Thingley, Wilts on 1Z52 (photo: Steve More)

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Realtime Trains) 

Location Booked Actual
Solihull 07.00d
Bentley Heath LC 07/04
Dorridge 07/05 [P1]
Hatton 07/10
Warwick Parkway 07.14a ~ 07.17d [P1]
Leamington Spa 07/23 [UM] [UM]
Fenny Compton 07/34
Banbury 07.43a ~ 07.46d [P3]
Aynho Jn 07/52
Heyford 07/59
Wolvercot Jn 08/06
Oxford North Jn 08*10 ~ 08*40 [GL]
Oxford 08.46a ~ 08.50d [P1] [P1]
Kennington Jn 08/54
Didcot North Jn 09/03
Foxhall Jn 09/05
Wantage Road 09/12
Challow 09/15
Uffington 09/17
Swindon 09/26 [P4]
Wootton Bassett Jn 09/31
Chippenham 09/39 [P1]
Thingley East Jn 09/40
Bathampton Jn 09/48
Bath Spa 09/51 [P1]
North Somerset Jn 10/06
Bristol East Jn 10/07 [DM]
Bristol Temple Meads 10.09a ~ 10.18d [P10]
Bristol West Jn 10/20
Parson Street ?
Worle Jn 10/36
Uphill Jn 10/38
Bridgwater 10/49
Cogload Jn 10/55
Taunton 11/00 [P2]
Norton Fitzwarren 11/01
Whiteball 11/09
Tiverton Parkway 11/11 [P1]
Tiverton Loop 11/13
Cowley Bridge Jn 11/24
Exeter St Davids 11.26a ~ 11.28d [P4] [P4]
Dawlish Warren 11/39
Dawlish 11/41
Teignmouth 11/45
Newton Abbot 11/51 [P2] [P2]
Newton Abbot West Jn 11/52
Dainton Tunnel 11/56
Totnes 12/03
Aish Crossover 12/12
Ivybridge 12/18 [P1]
Hemerdon 12/24
Lipson Jn 12/29
Plymouth 12.33a ~ 14.30d [P6] ? ~ [P6]
Lipson Jn 14/35
Hemerdon 14/43
Ivybridge 14/48 [P2]
Aish Crossover 14/53
Totnes 15/01
Dainton Tunnel 15/07
Newton Abbot West Jn 15/11
Newton Abbot 15/12 [P3]
Teignmouth 15/18
Dawlish 15/21
Dawlish Warren 15/23
Exeter St Davids 15/33 [P5]
Cowley Bridge Jn 15/35
Tiverton Loop 15/48
Tiverton Parkway 15/50 [P2]
Whiteball 15/54
Norton Fitzwarren 16/01
Taunton 16/03 [P4]
Cogload Jn 16/07
Bridgwater 16/12
Uphill Jn 16/22
Worle Jn 16/24
Parson Street 16/43 [P2]
Bristol West Jn 16/47 [UR]
Bristol Temple Meads 16.50a ~ 17.06d [P3] [P3]
Bristol East Jn 17/08 [RL]
Dr Day's Jn 17/10
Narroways Hill Jn 17/17
Filton Abbey Wood 17/23 [P2]
Bristol Parkway 17.27a ~ 17.43d [P4]
Westerleigh Jn 17/50
Yate 17/52
Charfield 17/58
Standish Jn 18/09
Gloucester Yard Jn 18/24
Barnwood Jn 18/26
Cheltenham Spa 18/32 [P2]
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 18/38 [P1]
Abbotswood Jn 18/48
Norton Jn 18/53
Worcester Shrub Hill 19/00 [P1]
Tunnel Jn 19/01
Droitwich Spa 19/06
Stoke Works Jn 19/12
Bromsgrove 19/14
Barnt Green 19/19
Longbridge 19/21 [FL]
Kings Norton 19/23
Selly Oak 19/27
Birmingham New Street 19.36a ~ 19.40d [P10]
Proof House Jn 19/42
St Andrews Jn 19/49
Bordesley Jn 19/50
Small Heath South Jn 19/59
Tyseley Warwick Road 20.05a


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