8th November 2014

Vintage Trains
The Pannier Rambler

Locos Used steam: 7752 (running as L94) & 9600
Stock Used 8 coaches

Route : 
1Z57 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Stratford-upon-Avon
1Z58 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester Shrub Hill
1Z59 : Worcester Shrub Hill to Tyseley Warwick Road

Loco(s) Route
L94  (1) (3) Tyseley Warwick Road - Small Heath South Jn
9600 (2) (3) Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley - Henley-in-Arden - Bearley Jn - Wilmcote - Stratford-upon-Avon
9600 + L94 Stratford-upon-Avon - (reverse of outward route) - Small Heath South Jn - Bordesley - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill - Jewellery Quarter - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill
L94 + 9600 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) 9600 on rear.
(2) L94 on rear.
(3) Confirmation is required as to which loco led on each leg, but believed correct.

Source : Gareth Kelly

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Tyseley Warwick Road 09.30d 09.30   journey continues in tabulation below
Small Heath South Jn 09.35 ~ 09.39 ?   12/58 12/57½
Tyseley U&D Through Sidings 09/45 ?   12.00 ~ 12.52 ?
Tyseley South Jn 09/48 09/41   11/58 11/56
Whitlocks End 10/00 09/57   11/46 11/43
Wythall 10/02 10/03   11/44 11/40½
Earlswood 10/04 ?   11/41½ ?
The Lakes 10/06 10/07   11/39½ ?
Wood End 10/08 10/09   11/37 11/36
Danzey 10/10½ ?   ? ?
Henley-in-Arden 10/15 10/16   11/30 11/28
Wootton Wawen 10/18 10/19   11/27 11/25
Bearley Jn 10/22 10/22   11/23 11/21½
Wilmcote 10/24 10/24½   11/21 11/19
Stratford-upon-Avon 10.30a 10.30   11.15d 11.11½

Journey continued from above tabulation;

Location Booked Actual
Small Heath 12/58½ 12/59
Bordesley 13/00 13/01½
Birmingham Moor Street 13.02a ~ 13.05d 13.03½ ~ 13.05
Birmingham Snow Hill 13/07 13/07
Jewellery Quarter 13/08½ 13/10
Handsworth Cement Sidings 13/13 ?
The Hawthorns 13/14½ 13/14½
Smethwick Galton Bridge 13/16½ 13/17
Smethwick Jn 13/17 13/17
Rowley Regis Down Goods 13.22 ~ 14.01 13.24 ~ 14.01
Rowley Regis 14/03 14/02
Old Hill 14/05½ 14/05
Cradley Heath 14/09 14/09
Lye 14/12 14/11
Stourbridge Junction 14/15 14/14
Hagley 14/18 14/17
Blakedown 14/23 14/19½
Kidderminster 14/28 14/23½
Hartlebury 14/35 14/29
Droitwich Spa 14/43 14/38
Droitwich Spa Sig.68 14/47 ?
Tunnel Jn 14/50 14/45
Worcester Shrub Hill 14.53a ~ 17.35d 14.48 ~ 17.38
Tunnel Jn 17/38 17/40
Droitwich Spa 17.47 ~ 17.50 17.49 ~ 17.52
Stoke Works Jn 18/06 18/04½
Bromsgrove UGL 18.11 ~ 19.03 18.08 ~ 19.06
Bromsgrove 19/06 19/08
Blackwell 19/11½ 19/14
Barnt Green 19/15 19/17
Longbridge 19/18 19/22
Northfield 19/19½ ?
Kings Norton 19/22 19/27½
Lifford West Jn 19/23½ ?
Bournville 19/24½ 19/29
Selly Oak 19/27 19/32
University 19/29 19/33½
Five Ways 19/33 19/37
Birmingham New Street 19.36a ~ 19.41d 19.40½ ~ 19.43½
Proof House Jn 19/48 19/50½
Grand Jn 19/49½ ?
St Andrews Jn 19/52 19/53½
Bordesley Jn 19/54 19/54½
Small Heath 19/58½ ?
Small Heath South Jn 20/00 19/59
Tyseley Warwick Road 20.05a 20.05


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