Steam locomotive No.60009 Union of South Africa will be back in steam on the mainline and will be in London and Worcester on Saturday 24th August 2018.
The A4 locomotive is on a special rail tour from London Paddington to Worcester.
The steam locomotive will depart the London Paddington at approximately 07:05 am.
The railtour will then leave the London Paddington, bound for Worcester, where it will steam through Southall (07:22), Slough (stop at 07:35), Maidenhead (07:45) and Twyford (07:52) before stopping at Reading at 08:01.
After a 3-minute break, the locomotive will depart Reading for Worcester, where it will stop at Didcot Parkway (08:34), and Evesham (10:45).
The steam locomotive will arrive at Worcester Shrub Hill at 11:21.
Departing Worcester Shrub Hill at 16:34, the train will take a different route back to London Paddington. The train will steam through Cheltenham Spa (17:05), Swindon (17:55), Didcot Parkway (19:07), Slough (20:01), Southall (20:17) and West Ealing (20:22) before arriving back into London Paddington at 20:39.
These above timings in brackets are approximate timings, please click the links below, which tracks the train throughout the day to keep you up to date on when it will pass through your local station.
Timings
For timings on these movements, please click the links below:
- Outbound: 1Z24 0705 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill via Slough, Reading
- Return: 1Z27 1634 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington via Reading
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