18th October 2014

Vintage Trains
The Western Streak

Locos Used 47773 & steam: 4464 'Bittern'
Stock Used (2) (35317)+9101+5212+5191+99349?+99361+99353?+17018

Route :
1Z54 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Bristol Temple Meads
1Z56 : Bristol Temple Meads to Tyseley Warwick Road

Loco(s) Route
47773 Tyseley Warwick Road - Small Heath South Jn - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Evesham - Moreton-in-Marsh - Ascott-under-Wychwood - Oxford - Didcot Parkway 
4464 (1) Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Chippenham - Bathampton Jn - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Temple Meads
4464 (1) Bristol Temple Meads - Dr Day's Jn - Filton Abbey Wood - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Bromsgrove - Barnt Green - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley Warwick Road

Notes : 
(1) 47773 on rear.
(2) 35317 was only in the consist when 4464 was on the train. 
(3) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Nick Bartlett)

Location Booked Actual
Tyseley Warwick Road 07.27d  
Small Heath South Jn 07/36  
Birmingham Moor Street 07.40a ~ 07.44d [P2]  
Birmingham Snow Hill 07/46 [P2]  
Jewellery Quarter 07/49 [P1]  
Smethwick Galton Bridge 07/52 [P1]  
Smethwick Jn 07/53  
Rowley Regis 07/57  
Stourbridge Junction 08/10 [P3] [P3]
Blakedown 08/14  
Kidderminster 08/18 [P2]  
Hartlebury 08/22  
Droitwich Spa 08/29  
Tunnel Jn 08/41  
Worcester Shrub Hill 08.43a ~ 08.46d [P2]  
Norton Jn 08/51  
Evesham 09/01  
Honeybourne 09/08 [P2]  
Moreton-in-Marsh 09/21 [P2]  
Ascott-under-Wychwood 09/33 [P2]  
Charlbury 09.39 ~ 09.47  
Wolvercote Jn 09/59  
Oxford 10/10 [TL]  
Oxford U&DPL 10.13 ~ 10.21  
Kennington Jn 10/24  
Didcot North Jn 10/33  
Didcot Parkway 10L36a ~ 10L58d [P4]  
Foxhall Jn 11/00 [RL-DM]  
Wantage Road 11/08  
Challow 11/12  
Uffington 11/15  
Swindon 11/26 [P4] [P4]
Wootton Bassett Jn 11/33  
Chippenham 11/44 [P1]  
Thingley East Jn 11/45  
Thingley Jn 11/46  
Bathampton Jn 11/56  
Bath Spa 11/59 [P1] [P1]
North Somerset Jn 12/11  
Bristol East Jn 12/12 [UM]  
Bristol Temple Meads 12.14a [P10] ~ 17.02d [P3] [P?] ~ [P3]
Bristol East Jn 17/04 [RL]  
Dr Day's Jn 17/06  
Narroways Hill Jn 17/10  
Filton Abbey Wood 17/16 [P2]  
Bristol Parkway 17/19 [P3]  
Westerleigh Jn 17/25  
Yate 17/28  
Charfield 17/35  
Standish Jn 17/48  
Gloucester Yard Jn 17/57  
Gloucester Sig.S339 18.00 ~ 18.36 [U/DG]
Barnwood Jn 18/39  
Cheltenham Spa 18/47 [P2]  
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 18/55 [P1]  
Abbotswood Jn 19/07  
Norton Jn 19/09  
Worcester Shrub Hill 19.16a ~ 19.20d [P1]  
Tunnel Jn 19/22  
Droitwich Spa 19/30  
Stoke Works Jn 19/36  
Bromsgrove 19/41  
Barnt Green 19/47  
Longbridge 19/50 [UF]  
Kings Norton 19/54  
Selly Oak 19/57  
Birmingham New Street 20.09a ~ 20.12d [P9] [P9]
Proof House Jn 20/15  
St Andrews Jn 20/18  
Bordesley Jn 20/20  
Small Heath South Jn 20/27  
Tyseley Warwick Road 20.35a  


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Moves

5Z56 : (4464 with 47773 on rear) Bristol Temple Meads to Bristol West Jn
5Z56 : (4464 with 47773 on rear) Bristol West Jn to Bristol Temple Meads

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Bristol Temple Meads 13.16d 16.51a
Bristol West Jn 13.18a 16.49d

5Z55 : (4464 + 35317) Bristol West Jn - Lawrence Hill - North Somerset Jn - Bristol West Jn
(loco turning trip)

Location Booked
Bristol West Jn 13.33d
Bristol Temple Meads 13.35 ~ 13.37 [UT]
Bristol Barton Hill 13.42 ~ 14.45
Bristol Temple Meads 14.52 ~ 15.03 [UT]
Bristol East Jn 15/05
Dr Day's Jn 15/07
Lawrence Hill 15.08 ~ 15.11 [P1]
Dr Day's Jn 15/12
North Somerset Jn 15.18 ~ 15.21
Bristol East Jn 15/23
Bristol Temple Meads 15.25 ~ 15.29 [DT]
Bristol West Jn 15.31a


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