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341] Carnoustie: The Down sidings are OOU 9-21 Mar (Signal Box & Crossing Life Extension Project).

342] Glasgow Airport like peas in a pod: (BLN 1306.1233) Following a recent meeting between
Renfrewshire and Glasgow council leaders, the Scottish Transport Secretary and Glasgow Airport, it
has been agreed to work on a business case for a Personal Rapid Transit system. Passengers would
board pods like at Heathrow Airport to Paisley Gilmour Street station for trains to Glasgow and
elsewhere. First a proper rail link, then tram-train, then pods. What next? A bicycle hire scheme‽

343] Hawkhead: On the Paisley Canal branch the oil terminal ground frame (5m 36ch) was last used in
1994. NR wishes to designate it 'temporarily OOU' but it could be reinstated with 12 months notice.

344] Kirkconnel: It is hoped to move the Down Home signal (allowing the banner repeater to be removed).

345] Pitlochry: (BLN 1302.748) The signal box is to be abolished from 26 Mar, with new signalling
controlled from Stanley Junction. Both platforms are being extended at the north end to take 9-cars.

346] Aviemore: Also from 26 Mar, the box here will be abolished with control moved to Inverness SC.
The loop is being extended, sidings remodelled and the Strathspey Railway ground frame motorised.

1322 WALES & THE MARCHES (Chris Parker) [email protected]
347] Port Talbot: (BLNs 1300.518 and 1302.680) The next stage of what is still 'Phase 1' of the (west)
resignalling project encompassing Baglan to Swansea and Gowerton (excl) is due to take effect from
05.00 on 4 Mar. [As a result on Sat/Sun 2/3 Mar, rail replacement services run Cardiff - Llanelli, as well
as to Maesteg.] Control of signalling in that area will pass from Port Talbot PSB to a new Swansea
workstation at Wales ROC in Cardiff with train detection by axle counters. There will be changes to
point numbers and permissible speeds. The main track changes include remodelling the Up & Down
Through Sidings at Briton Ferry Yard as a run-round loop for Baglan Bay timber traffic (to Kronospan,
Chirk) removing the connection from the yard to the Main and Swansea District lines at the west end.

The final train to use this was the last Colas train to load at Neath Abbey Wharf. Bidirectional
signalling will be introduced between Port Talbot Parkway and Swansea stations. Suprisingly, signal
numbers will retain the prefix PT, while as compensation to the traditionalists for the sad event at
Bridgend last year (BLN 1313.2041), a barrow crossing with white indicator lights is to be retained at
the Down end of Neath station platforms! [Perhaps it is listed - Ed‽] The extension of Port Talbot 'C'
panel to Carmarthen is expected by 2022 when it will transfer to Cardiff, as will signalling on the
Maesteg branch. Moving panel 'A' (a Westinghouse) to Cardiff (a Westlock) is more challenging. There
are new RAWIE sliding stop blocks installed at Swansea, about 10yd from the buffer stops so the
stopping points could be slightly nearer to the end of line than as at present indicated on plans.

PREVIOUS PAGE: Angus McDougall's 14 Aug
1962 very nostalgic picture of Cardigan station in
the rain the month before withdrawal of
passenger services along this delightful
antediluvian 27½ mile meandering branch. There
was no Cardigan 'Bay' here (!) and despite only
having one passenger platform OS maps showed
it as a 'principal' station (LEFT: 1957 1" map.)

348] Whitland - Cardigan: BBC Wales reports
that Carmarthenshire County Council has
received an application to create a public right of
way on the trackbed of the Cardi Bach branch -
the nickname for the line. It would run for 2¾
miles from Login (no password required) with its
delightful tea room in the station building, to
Llanglydwen where the former station is a
dwelling. Llanglydwen resident Eurfyl Lewis said
sites like the ancient Neolithic cromlech, Gwâl y
Filiast, near the old track's route, would be a
draw for visitors. A public consultation period
runs until 4 Feb but, almost inevitably, a recent
report by the local authority indicated that a
landowner was objecting to the plan; therefore it
is likely that the final decision will have to be
made by a planning inspector. Local Councillor
Dorian Phillips has said the long-term aspiration
is to reopen the whole 27½ mile line as a
footpath from Cardigan to Whitland. A section at
the Cardigan end, passing through the Teifi
Marshes nature reserve, is already a footpath and cycle route. The branch CP 10 Sep 1962; CA 27 May
1963. ABOVE: 1957 1" map of the section concerned. BELOW: The rather peculiar OS rendition of
Cardigan station as a little 'principal' station - but it was in the principality of course.



X.14] Cynheidre Colliery: PREVIOUS PAGE TOP: Sep 1973, a short Cynheidre to Llanelli coal train with
the inevitable Class 37 loco. Taken from the brakevan during a brakevan trip. MIDDLE: Approaching
Cynheidre Colliery from the north in the cab of a National Coal Board (NCB) loco on the NCB line from
Tumble (over three miles long, once extending to Cross Hands serving various pits). A coal stocking
ground had occasional traffic and there were some light engine specials(!). Note the rather strange pit
head gear of Cynheidre colliery. BOTTOM: Monmouthshire Railway Society 'Coed Bach Connection'
railtour at Cynheidre Colliery exchange sidings on 8 Oct 1983. (All Ian Mortimer.)

ABOVE: Our 2 Sep 2017 '565 Special' returning from Carmarthen between Ferryside and Kidwelly at St
Ishmael's Sea Wall with the River Tywi in the background. Right is MP 234¼ from London Paddington
naturally via Stroud and Gloucester. The train then ran via the Central Wales Line. (Tony Curtis)
349] Re-rebranding: (BLNs 1315.2274 & 1316.2418) 'TRAFNIDIAETH CYMRU/TRANSPORT FOR WALES'
TfW rebranding so far applied to station signs, the handful of repainted Class 175 units and documents
is, it now seems, temporary. The legend is to be removed from the logo on stations and replaced by
'CYMRU A FFINIAU/WALES & BORDERS' (as on the new replacement signs at Chirk and Wrexham
General). This is in response to some disquiet in the English part of the franchise area, particularly
Cheshire reputedly! Logo, liveries and colour schemes are otherwise to remain unchanged.

350] Landore: (1320.120) The layout has been revised since the diesel depot at Swansea closed but is
not as shown in project plans or TRACKMaps (Jun 2018). The two Fuel Roads have been replaced by
one longer siding called Hafod Siding which could stable a HST thus providing space for six HSTs in
total. The Morfa Siding on the other side of the main line has been mostly removed.

351] Tondu: (BLN 1314.2184) A 26 Jan Weekly Operating Notice advises that the Down & Up Goods
Loop is OOU to further notice due to track condition and drainage issues. From the Electronic Sectional
Appendix date and nomenclature, this is the Llynfi Goods Loop in TRACKmaps Book 3 p27B (Jun 2018);
OOU since 12 Apr 2017 shown as 'open' on the previous Sectional Appendix (as dated 30 Jan 2016).

352] Class 230s: (BLN 1316.2408) These are now scheduled to commence trials on the Conwy Valley
line in March. Tests on the Bedford to Bletchley line have already proved that, despite a lower
maximum speed of 60mph, they have far superior acceleration and deceleration to the Class 150s they
will replace. This will enable the Wrexham to Bidston service to remain fully 'all stations' when it is
increased to 2 trains per hour following their introduction (BLN 1306.1238). The original proposal was
for alternate services to run semi-fast, which proved unpopular, not least because it was unclear which
intermediate stations would or should be omitted. They all have similar passenger usage figures apart
from Hawarden Bridge and Cefn-y-bedd (both lower) and Hawarden station (higher than the rest).

353] Conwy Valley line: On Sun 20 Jan about a tonne of rocks was discovered on the track that had
fallen from the roof of the 2m 333yd Ffestiniog Tunnel between Roman Bridge and Blaenau
Ffestiniog. Unusually in recent years (and reflecting well on the new franchise) while NR workers
excavated the rock, installed netting and fixed 32 rock anchors to secure the remaining rock, instead of
complete suspension of services trains, they continued to run as far as Betws-y-Coed throughout the
following week. Some trains terminated there in the normal timetable several years ago and the
destination blinds on TfW class 150 units still allow for this! Normal service resumed on Mon 28 Jan.

354] Skating on thin ice: (BLN 1318.2667) Your Regional Ed hasn't been imagining things - well, not
this time anyway! Ken Skates was not entirely correct: TfW's Class 158 and 175 DMUs DO retain wheel
slide protection. However it has indeed been removed from (if ever fitted to) the rest of the fleet.

355] Cardiff Parkway (alias Gateway): (BLNs 1286.1699, 1300.514 & 1311.1807) The Welsh
Government now intends to take a £5M shareholding in South Wales Infrastructure Ltd, the company
behind this long-mooted privately financed project east of Wentloog Intermodal Terminal (land
acquisition has been in progress since around 2007). A planning application is expected to be
submitted this summer with construction beginning in 2020. Serving an estimated 32,000 residents in
the St Mellons area, the station is expected to cost £17M and its car park no less than £12M!

356] Woofferton UGL - going to the dogs: Boning up on the infrastructure here, a section of track was
noticed to be missing from the middle of the Up Goods Loop when our 'Positioning Move' trip went
past on Sat 2 Feb. The loop was traversed by our 'Marching Crompton' railtour of Mon 27 Aug 2018.

1322 MINOR RAILWAYS (Peter Scott) [email protected]
MR17] West Somerset Railway, Somerset (MR p6): Three jobs have been lost as the Railway looks to
reduce costs. The Head of Commercial, Head of Human Resources and Head of Operations roles have
been axed, which the Railway says is in a bid to 'improve the efficiency and sustainability of the railway
in the long term'. It is not clear how many other positions are under threat. Chairman, Jonathan Jones-
Pratt, said: This is a very challenging time for the railway and we recognise that these decisions have a
very significant impact on all our staff, but particularly those directly affected. We are very saddened
indeed when we have to lose any of our highly committed staff team, but we must act in the interests
of the future of the railway as a whole. All the staff who have recently left and those who may,
following consultation, be leaving in the near future, shall go with our very best wishes for the future.

BELOW: Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust, Midsomer North station, goods shed to the right,
looking north towards the end of line from a departing brake van special. (Peter Scott 11 Mar 2018.)

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MR18] Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust, Somerset (MR p6): The Trust is in line for a
substantial six figure legacy from a keen supporter from Chelmsford. A project team has been set up to
ensure that his money is spent wisely and that it can be used to pump prime grants and other sources
of income to enable upgrading passenger and engineering facilities, and also look to the future to the
extension of the line especially to Radstock, but also beyond Midsomer Norton towards Chilcompton
and Shepton Mallet. The project team has been working with the Trust and Company in submitting
outline planning permission proposals to Midsomer Norton Town and Bath & North East Somerset
Councils that are precursors to grants and other sources of income. A short piece in 'Steam Railway'
indicated that the proposals have been questioned by some volunteers at Midsomer Norton. However,
the Trust says that the heritage at Midsomer Norton will never be compromised.

MR19] Ashton Park Railway, Somerset (MR p23) (BLN 1314.MR201): Bristol City Council has extended
the lease on a temporary basis - negotiations continue to try to find a permanent solution. Provisional
running dates for 2019 are: 31 March; 7, 21 & 22 April; 5, 6, 19, 26 & 27 May; 9, 16 & 30 June; 14 & 21
July; 4, 18, 25 & 26 August; 8 & 22 September; 6, 13 & 27 October and Santa Specials on 1 December.

MR20] Eden Valley Railway, Cumbria (MR p9): Yorkshire Dales National Park has refused a planning
application for construction of a house on the formation of the railway at Waitby Crossing (NY 755092)
near Kirkby Stephen. The Application (E/16/8/PIP) was for permission in principle for change of use of
concrete base from maturation of compost site to 1 No. starter home, with associated access, parking,
garden and landscaping on the remainder of the site. In refusing permission, the National Park stated
that the proposed development had not been supported by an assessment of the significance of the
former Eden Valley Railway line and its setting.

ABOVE: Eden Valley Railway - a long way from its native home, 205009 ticks over
adjacent to the signal box at Warcop station. (Peter Scott 27 Jun 2010)

Additionally, it added, the development would harm and not protect and enhance the significance of
the non-designated heritage asset and would cause significant visual harm and disruption to the
appearance and understanding of the former railway line. The dwelling would be an obstacle to its
restoration preventing a sustainable rural tourism and leisure initiative from being fulfilled to the
detriment of the prosperity of the rural economy. It also listed a number of policies to which the
development would be contrary. [Our members were alerted to this proposal at short notice by email
on 19 Sep 2018; thank you to all those who responded/objected.]

MR21] Brookside Miniature Railway, Cheshire (MR p13) (BLN 1318.2679): A member visited this
friendly 7¼" gauge railway just after noon on Saturday 5 January. A mock Union Pacific diesel 6610
'Miss Katie' was pulling four sit astride carriages. Trains were running on demand from the main
station, where just one platform was in use. The circuit is an asymmetric figure of eight with loops and
sidings. The run offers a wide variety of views and passes through low tunnels and bridges causing
your timid correspondent to duck, probably unnecessarily. The fare is £2 for all for a single circuit. No
tickets are issued. Trains are currently running SSuO from 11.00-16.00 with additional WThF operation
from 27 March. The railway is in the eponymous Garden Centre at the junction of the new Manchester
Airport Eastern Link Road (A555) and the A523, just shy of 1½ miles from Hazel Grove station.

NEXT PAGE (BOTH): Brookside Miniature Railway (Peter Zemroch 5 Jan 2019).



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MR22] Merseyside Live Steam & Model Engineers (LS&ME), Liverpool (MR p20) (BLN 1282.MR93): This
Society operates both elevated and ground level lines off Harthill Road, adjacent to Calderstones Park
in Allerton. The site was under threat from development planned by Liverpool City Council. However,
the Council has suffered a dramatic defeat in its high-profile battle over Calderstones Park. The fight
surrounds a plan by Redrow Homes to build 51 luxury homes on the Harthill Estate close to the Park.

Redrow was granted planning permission for the scheme in February 2017, but campaigners argued
that the land is part of Calderstones Park and should not be built on. The Council and Mayor Joe
Anderson have always argued that the land in question, which is home to a riding school, as well as the
Merseyside LS&ME tracks and an ex-Council Depot, is not accessible to the public. Joe Anderson said
the new homes would have brought in more Council Tax, which would have paid for improved facilities
for those organisations that use the land. The Save Calderstones Park petition amassed more than
50,000 signatures and campaign group Liverpool Open and Green Spaces (LOGS), which has been
strongly backed by the City's Liberal Democrat councillors, raised enough cash to allow them to take
their battle with the City Council to the High Court for a Judicial Review. That review was heard in
November and the results were announced in London on 18 January resulting in a defeat for the
Mayor and his Council. The judgment concerned two claims by LOGS, the first regarding the planned
relocation of the railways and the second for the building of the 39 homes and conversion of the
historic house on the site into 12 apartments. Announcing the judgment Mr Justice Kerr said he has
quashed both planning permissions - meaning Calderstones Park will not be built on. Explaining his
decision, he said: I accept that green belt land and green wedge land differ in some respects, as
pointed out. But because both are verdant, they share the quality of openness or open character.
I reject the proposition that because openness is a term of art in planning law, open character is
qualitatively different from openness. Land which is open has an open character and also the quality of
openness. Undermining the open character of land undermines its openness. He concluded: There is no
other basis for withholding relief. I will therefore quash the two planning permissions.

MR23] Corris Railway, Gwynedd (MR p29) (BLN 1312.MR178): The Railway is seeking to increase the
monthly fundraising for the new build locomotive 0-4-2ST 'Falcon' No10, and with volunteers looking
to begin construction of the cab for the loco, parts of its predecessor No3 are displayed at Maespoeth
Junction. These are sections of the cab, removed during the overhaul of No3 in 1967 and apparently
buried at Tywyn Pendre on the Talyllyn Railway. When the earth bank there, with the remains, was
removed the rusted metalwork was exhumed and passed to the Corris Railway for safe keeping. The
cab, removed half a century ago, was short of headroom and the new cab for No10 will also allow for
the taller stature of footplate crews in the 21st Century compared to their 19th century predecessors.
However, the remains of the earlier structure will guide the appearance of the new cab. Although
volunteers will produce the cab the main work is being carried out at the workshops of Alan Keef Ltd.

To keep construction going, the Railway is looking for 200 people to subscribe £10 or £20 a month for
30 months. Those who subscribe £20 will receive a limited edition Jonathan Clay Print on completion
of their payments and all subscribers will be invited to No10's first day in traffic - although, with only 76
seats available in the Railway's coaching stock, not everyone will be able to travel on the very first train
behind the engine. Standing Order forms (with a Gift Aid declaration if subscribers wish to use this) can
be obtained from Peter Guest, 38 Underwood Close, Callow Hill, Redditch, B97 5YS (SAE appreciated).

One-off donations towards the work on the motion for No10 can be made via www.corris.co.uk
website. The Corris is calling this initiative 'Helping the Falcon to Fly'. The locomotive's construction is
also being helped along by another component from its predecessor No3's former saddle tank, which
was lined with fibreglass in the 1960s. It is in use as a collecting box for money at Maespoeth Junction
with the Railway believing that it may be the largest such box in Wales. A pony truck is also amongst
the displays in the Museum at Corris station, which is currently being refurbished.

X15] THIS PAGE and NEXT: Three Jun 1984 pictures by Ian Mortimer at Hulme End. The original 8¼
mile Leek & Manifold Light Railway, open 1904-34, was 2'6" gauge. The trackbed is a wonderful walk.
NEXT PAGE TOP: From BLN 491 (7 Jun 1984), as a result of which many members attended the event.

MR24] Strathspey Railway, Highland (MR p10): https://goo.gl/i8gQeR is a 21 page, November 2018,
document (with e-BLN) detailing the current position and plans for the future Grantown extension.

MR25] Downpatrick & County Down Railway, County Down (MR p10): For the record, the Santa trains
were working on the south line 'towards' King Magnus's Halt at Christmas 2018. The trains then set
back to the loop platform to swap passengers before returning to Downpatrick. The engineering work
that in some earlier years had forced them to arrive at the loop platform from the north end was
obviously completed. It is not certain which route was used at Christmas 2017.

MR26] Wensleydale Railway, North Yorkshire (MR p9): Network Rail has given Hertford East Signal
box to the Railway, which they plan to install, renovate and use at Constable Burton between Bedale
and Leyburn. Network Rail had to obtain listed building consent first before being allowed to
dismantle and relocate the signal box, which is in the way of platform extension work. Built by the
Great Eastern Railway in 1888 the structure is timber-framed and weather boarded, with a gabled
Welsh slate roof and brick chimney. It is a typical example of the standard design, introduced by the
company in the 1880s. With two floors, it originally had 36 levers, later expanded to 45.

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The box has the original lever frame and many of the internal instruments necessary to operate it.
Network Rail has agreed to cover dismantling, transport costs and the re-building; the Railway
Heritage Trust has also agreed to grant aid the project. The box was due to arrive in the New Year and
will be restored onsite at Constable Burton by Wensleydale Railway volunteers who estimate it will
take approximately two years to complete. Once finished it will control Constable Burton passing loop
and provide a better working environment for the Signallers presently accommodated in a caravan.

1322 FIXTURES REPORTS (Paul Stewart) [email protected] .
357] The Greendale Rocket, Sat 9 Sep 2017: This 'track & traction' tour, our first with Rail Operations
Group, raised funds for Railway Children (£450) and Rowland Hill Fund (£500). Although departure
from Burton-on-Trent was 88 mins late at 08.08 due to a failed oil train at Kingsbury Branch Jn, this
was regained by Harlesden Jn. The booked use of Elford Loop was missed due to an infrastructure
problem but highlights included Kingsbury to Whitacre in both directions, Hams Hall Euroterminal
Departure/Run-Round Line (thought to be first passenger use of the one further from the main line)
with the associated crossovers before and after. Also included was Heartlands Park Civil Engineers
Siding No6, Saltley Down Goods Loop, Bletchley Relief No1, Kings Langley Loop and a comprehensive
tour in, out, in and out of Willesden Princess Royal (not a royal male, of course, but a Royal Mail)
Distribution Centre which complemented previous tours here. The spectacular success which very
few, if any, participants on the train had done before (even those railtouring since the 1950s!) was the
two mile route taken back from Harlesden Jn. After passing it for the sixth and final time on the day
the (Willesden) Down High Level Goods Line was taken to the Down Carriage Line which was done in
its entirety - and very gingerly too - with the obscure Willesden Carriage Shed South Signal Box on the
left then Stonebridge Park station on the DC Lines to the right. Passing over the 'flushing apron' and
flushed with success, on Virgin territory the tour ran by the Alstom Carriage Cleaning Shed to the left.

There was a long pause (some of the 242 passengers wondered if North box was staffed; it sometimes
isn't). On the move again, it was through the Carriage Wash (it didn't) to pass the even more obscure
but staffed, Willesden Carriage Shed North Signal Box to the right. Eventually the Shunting Line was
reached, then North Arrival to take the crossover to North Departure then Down Slow to civilisation,
or at least Wembley Central P5. This route has permissive working and required special arrangements
with a considerable amount of point clipping too; it has operational semaphore signals, some of the
closest to central London. Special thanks from the tour participants and well done to all involved.
Although 36 minutes late at Wembley Central as a result, the Greendale Rocket was still able to do
Bletchley Relief No2 and be back on time to run through Rugby P5 northbound (unusual) then the
bidirectional Flyover in the rare direction to the Birmingham line (with the subsequent Long Lawford
Jn trailing crossover). Final arrival at Burton-on-Trent was 3 mins early after the 295 mile railtour.

ABOVE: The unusual (even by Jim's high standards) souvenir tickets - perhaps
there could have been a case for restoring 'Second Class' for this tour?

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NEXT: The (edited) detailed route below is thanks to Martyn Brailsford, who didn't have it off 'Pat'; the
'normal' route was taken unless specified (names follow the latest TRACKmaps Book 4 - Dec 2018).

Burton-on-Trent P2 - Kingsbury Jn - Whitacre W Jn - facing X/O - Hams Hall Jn - Hams Hall Dep/Run
Round line - Hams Hall W Arrival Line - Coleshill E Jn - Coleshill Parkway P2 - trailing X/O - Water
Orton W Jn - Up Derby Slow - Castle Bromwich Jn (36m 14ch) - Dn Derby Goods - Washwood Heath
W Jn (rev) - Heartlands Park Civil Engineers Siding No6 (rev) - Washwood Heath W Jn - Duddeston Jn
- Dn Saltley Gds Loop - Dn Derby Gds - Landor St Jn - Dn Derby - Birmingham New St P11 (rev) - New
St South Tunnel X/O - Up Derby - Proof House Jn - Up Coventry - Birmingham Intnl P5 - Coventry P2 -
Up Coventry - Rugby Trent Valley Jn - Up Northampton - Rugby P5 - Up Northampton Fast (station
middle line) - Up Slow - Milton Keynes P1 - Denbigh Hall S Jn - Bletchley Relief No1 - Bletchley P4 -
Tring P5 - Kings Langley Up Gds Loop - Watford Junction P9 - Up Slow - Wembley Central P6 - Kilburn
Up & Dn Gds Loop (rev) - X/O - Dn Slow - Harlesden Jn - Dn HL Goods - Railnet Jn - Railnet Rec & Dep
No1 - Railnet (Princess Royal Distribution Centre) P1 (rev) - Railnet Rec & Dep No2 - Up HL Gds -
Harlesden Jn - Up City (rev) - Harlesden Jn - Up HL Gds - Railnet Rec & Dep No3 - Railnet P3 (rev) -
Railnet Rec & Dep No4 - Harlesden Jn - Kilburn Up & Dn Gds Loop (rev) - X/O - Dn Slow - Harlesden Jn
- Dn HL Gds - Dn Carriage Line - Willesden Carriage Shed North Signal Box (2m 49ch) - Shunting Line
- North Arrival - X/O - North Dep - Dn Slow - Wembley Cen P5 - Watford Junction P8 - Dn Slow -
Tring P3 - Water Eaton Road Jn X/O - Bletchley P5 - Bletchley Relief No2 - Denbigh Hall S Jn - Milton
Keynes P3 - Dn Slow - Northampton P3 - Dn Gds Loop - Hillmorton Jn - X/O - Up Northampton -
Rugby P5 - Up Northampton - Up Coventry - Long Lawford Jn - X/O - Dn Coventry - Coventry P3 -
Birmingham Intnl P5 - Proof House Jn - Dn Coventry - X/O (112m 43ch) - New Street P3 (rev) - Up
Coventry - Proof House Jn - Grand Jn - X/O (112m 0ch) - Dn Coventry - Up Derby - Landor St Jn - Up
Derby Slow - Water Orton W Jn - Dn Derby - Water Orton P1 - Whitacre W Jn - Burton-on-Trent P1.

FROM TO LEAD

Burton-on-Trent P2 Washwood Heath W Jn, Dn Derby Goods 37884

Tamworth P4 Washwood Heath Civil Engineers, Siding No6 37611
Birmingham New Street Plat 11 37884
Washwood Heath West Jn, Dn Derby Goods
Washwood Heath Civil Engineers, Siding No6

Birmingham New Street P11

Birmingham International P5 Kilburn Up & Down Goods Loop 37611

Milton Keynes Central P1

Kilburn Up & Down Goods Loop Princess Royal Distribution Centre P1 37884

Princess Royal Distribution Centre P1 Harlesden Jn, Up City Line 37611

Harlesden Jn, Up City Line Princess Royal Distribution Centre P3 37884

Princess Royal Distribution Centre P3 Kilburn Up & Down Goods Loop 37611

Milton Keynes P3

Kilburn Up & Down Goods Loop Birmingham International P5 37884

Birmingham New Street P3

Birmingham New Street P3 Tamworth P3 37611
Burton-on-Trent P1

Mileage table and souvenir tickets are thanks to Jim Sellens FULL TOUR TOTAL 295m 65ch

NEXT PAGE UPPER: Our beloved Fixtures Secretary, Kev Adlam (far right) with Rail Operations Group
staff at Princess Royal Distribution Centre P1

NEXT PAGE LOWER: The other end of the train in P1.

BELOW: The tour in Princess Royal Distribution Centre P1. (All pictures Geoff Plumb).

ABOVE: The 'Greendale Rocket' in P3.
ABOVE: Birmingham International P5 on the return, staff and stewards.

X.16] BELOW: Big brother and little brother; a scene that has only become possible following recent
lineside devegetation somewhere in the West Midlands Railway area (BLS Member).

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