13th July 1980

F & W Railtours
Mendipman

Locos Used 37138, 37224 & 37233
Stock Used (1) 5 TSO + BSK Mk1

Route : 1Z61 throughout

Loco(s) Route
37138 11.20d Gloucester - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Yate - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Bristol Parkway - Hallen Marsh Jn - Avonmouth - Dr Days Jn - North Somerset Jn - Bath Spa - Westbury
37224 & 37233 Westbury - Frome - Witham - Cranmore
37224 & 37233 Cranmore - Frome - Westbury
37224 & 37233 Westbury - Frome North Signal Box - Radstock
37224 & 37233 Radstock - Frome North Signal Box - Westbury
37138 Westbury - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Dr Days Jn - Bristol Parkway - Charfield - Gloucester
37138 Gloucester - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - (via Spetchley) - Stoke Works Jn - King's Norton - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - King's Norton - Stoke Works Jn - (via Spetchley) - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa

Notes :
(1) Photographic evidence suggests load 8 or 9 and corridor stock involved?

Sources : Mark Barnsley & Andy Pullar
Photo Review


37138 passing Bradford-on-Avon on the outward (photo: David Bartlett)


From Bob Mitchell's ticket collection.


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