6th October 1979

6000 Locomotive Association Railtours
The Devonian Venturer

Locos Used 46012, 46022, 47060, 47252 & 47332 & steam: 5900 'Hinderton Hall', 6000 'King George V' & 7808 'Cookham Manor'

Route :

Loco(s) Route
47252 + 46012 (1) Taunton – Bristol Temple Meads
46022 Bristol Temple Meads - Newport
6000 Newport – Hereford – Shrewsbury
47332 Shrewsbury – Wolverhampton – Walsall – Park Lane Jn – Saltley
5900 + 7808 Saltley – Tyseley – Leamington Spa – Banbury – Oxford – Didcot
47060 Swindon – Bristol Temple Meads – Taunton

Notes :
(1) 46012 had failed somewhere before Bristol Temple Meads - confirmation required where it failed and if the 47 was added en-route to Bristol. At least 5900 & 7808 were used on another railtour the same day - they were photographed in the morning on the GWS vintage stock near Kings Sutton (en-route from Didcot to Hereford, via Birmingham) carrying a 'Capital Venturer' headboard.

Sources : Ian Monkton (joined/left the train at Bristol Temple Meads) & Gary Thornton

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