Back to "The Railtour Files"6th October 1979
? Great Western Society ?
The Capital Venturer
| Locos Used | at least steam: 5900 'Hinderton Hall' & 7808 'Cookham Manor' |
| Stock Used | 10x GWS vintage GWR rake |
Route :
| Locos | Route |
| ????? | ??? - ??? |
| 7808+5900 | Didcot Parkway - Kings Sutton - (via Birmingham) - Hereford |
| ????? | ??? - ??? |
Notes :
(1) Photographed in the morning on the GWS vintage stock near Kings Sutton.
Later in the day (presumably) these same locos were used on 6000LA's 'Devonian
Venturer' between Saltley & Didcot.
Source : Gary Thornton (from contemporary souces)
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