18th March 1978
Main Line Steam Trust Ltd
Severn Valley Explorer
| Locos Used | ????? & steam: ????? |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| ????? | Wellingborough - Kettering - Corby - Oakham - Syston North Jn - Loughborough - Trent Jn - Castle Donnington - Stenson Jn - Wichnor Jn - Lichfield City - Walsall - Dudley - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster |
| ????? | Bewdley - Bridgnorth |
| ????? | Bridgnorth - Bewdley |
| ????? | Kidderminster - Birmingham - Hinckley - Narborough - Syston South Jn - Market Harborough - Kettering - Wellingborough |
Notes :
(1) Transfers between Kidderminster & Bewdley (both ways) were by Midland
Red bus.
Source : Greg Beecroft
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Timings (Booked Only)
(from Greg Beecroft)
| Location | Booked |
| Wellingborough | 08.40d |
| Kettering | ??.??a ~ 08.52d |
| Oakham | ??.??a ~ 09.19d |
| Melton Mowbray | ??.??a ~ 09.34d |
| Loughborough | ??.??a ~ 10.04d |
| Kidderminster | 11.17a |
| Bewdley | 12.50d |
| Bridgnorth | 13.40a ~ 16.05d |
| Bewdley | 16.55a |
| Kidderminster | 17.10d |
| Hinckley | 19.05a ~ ??.??d |
| Narborough | 19.16a ~ ??.??d |
| Market Harborough | 19.41a ~ ??.??d |
| Kettering | 20.00a ~ ??.??d |
| Wellingborough | 20.16a |