23rd November 1968

R.C.T.S. (West Mids Branch)
The Black Countryman Rail Tour

Motive Power Used D3110 & DMU 50314+59117+50332

Route :

Traction Route
DMU Birmingham New Street - Soho East Jn - Soho Road (?- Soho Pool Jn?)
DMU (?Soho Pool Jn - ?) Soho Road - Soho Pool Goods Yard
DMU (1) Soho Pool Goods Yard - Soho Road - Perry Bar West Jn - Perry Bar South Jn - Aston - Windsor Street Goods
DMU Windsor Street Goods - Aston
DMU Aston - Vauxhall - Curzon Street Goods
DMU Curzon Street Goods - Grand Jn
DMU Grand Jn - Proof House Jn - Soho South Jn - Galton Jn - Langley Green - Stourbridge Junction
DMU Stourbridge Junction - Kingswinford Jn - Dudley - Great Bridge - Princes End Jn - Bescot Curve Jn - Pleck Jn - Walsall - Ryecroft Jn - Norton Jn - Brownhills - Lichfield City - Lichfield Trent Valley HL - Trent Valley Jn
DMU Trent Valley Jn - Lichfield Trent Valley LL - Rugeley Trent Valley
DMU Rugeley Trent Valley - Hednesford - Ryecroft Jn - Walsall - Pleck Jn - Darlaston Jn - Bushbury Jn
DMU Bushbury Jn - Wolverhampton High Level - Heath Town Jn
DMU Heath Town Jn - Wolverhampton Low Level
DMU Wolverhampton Low Level - Handsworth Jn - Birmingham Snow Hill

Notes :
(1) On the return from Soho Pool Goods yard D3110 provided rear end assistance for the DMU.

Sources : David Hills (compiled from contemporary reports) & Kevin Driscoll

Timings (Booked & Actual)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Birmingham New Street 10.15d 10.25
1.67 Soho South Jn 10/21 ?
2.34 Soho East Jn 10/22 ?
3.20 Soho Road 10.25a ~ 10.29d ?
3.66 Soho Pool 10.34a ~ 10.54d ??.?? ~ 10.48
4.32 Soho Road 11/00 ?
5.53 Perry Barr West Jn 11/04 ?
6.21 Perry Barr 11/06 ?
7.74 Aston 11/10 ?
8.72 Windsor Street Goods 11.17a ~ 11.30d ?
9.70 Aston 11.37a ~ 11.41d ?
10.73 Vauxhall 11/45 ?
11.33 Curzon Street Goods 11.50a ~ 12.02d ?
11.67 Grand Jn 12.09a ~ 12.13d ?
12.11 Proof House Jn 12/16 ?
12.65 Birmingham New Street 12/19 12.32a ~ 12.34d
14.52 Soho South Jn 12/24 ?
16.49 Galton Jn 12/26 ?
16.74 Smethwick West 12/27 ?
25.02 Stourbridge Junction 12.43a ~ 12.47d 12.51 ~ ??.??
29.79 Dudley 13/02 ?
35.48 Pleck Jn 13/13 ?
36.31 Walsall 13/15 ?
36.79 Ryecroft Jn 13/17 ?
47.06 Lichfield TV HL (Jn?) 13.37a ~ 13.41d ??.?? ~ 13.53
47.53 Lichfield TV LL 13/44 ?
52.31 Armitage 13/51 ?
55.55 Rugeley TV 13.56a ~ 14.01d ??.?? ~ 14.09
61.19 Hednesford 14/18 ?
70.28 Ryecroft Jn 14/33 ?
70.76 Walsall 14/35 ?
71.59 Pleck Jn 14/37 ?
73.53 Darlaston Jn 14/40 ?
75.64 Portobello Jn 14/46 ?
78.33 Bushbury Jn 14.52a ~ 14.56d ?
80.17 Wolverhampton HL 15/01 ?
80.63 Heath Town Jn 15.04a ~ 15.11d ?
81.25 Wolverhampton LL 15.16a ~ 15.20d ?
90.39 Handsworth Jn 15/35 ?
93.63 Birmingham Snow Hill 15.41a 15.37


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