Steam locomotive 45690 Leander will be back in steam on the mainline and will visit Plymouth this Sunday, 29th August 2021.
The Jubilee class locomotive is hauling a railtour from Slough to Par between Taunton and Plymouth.
The train will depart Slough diesel hauled at 08:46 and will then pass through Twyford (08:59), Reading (09:06), Theale (09:15), Newbury (09:27), Bedwyn (09:48), Westbury (10:13), Castle Cary (10:35) and Taunton, where 45690 is added to the train, at 11:01. Once Leander is attached, the train will then pass through Tiverton Parkway (11:45), Exeter St Davids (12:20), Dawlish (12:33), Newton Abbot (12:41), Totnes (12:53), Ivybridge (13:08) and Plymouth at 13:22.
Here, a diesel locomotive takes over.
Departing Plymouth at 14:06, the train will pass through Saltash (14:15), Liskeard (14:32), Lostwithiel (14:46) and Par at 14:53.
The return trip will depart diesel hauled from Par at 17:38 and will pass through St Germans (18:08) to get to Plymouth at 18:23, where Leander is re-attached to the train.
Departing Plymouth at 18:54, the steam train will pass through Ivybridge (19:09), Totnes (19:21), Newton Abbot (19:33), Dawlish Warren (19:43), Exeter St Davids (19:55), Tiverton Parkway (20:28), Taunton (Leander is set to detach here at 21:20), Castle Cary (21:46), Westbury (22:06), Newbury (22:59), Reading (23:23), Maidenhead (23:37) and Slough at 23:43.
These above timings in brackets are approximate; please click the links below, which track the train throughout the day to keep you up to date on when it will pass through your local station.
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Timings
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I photographed this excursion at Exeter St Thomas but according to Real Time trains it did not go any farther than Plymouth owing to a motive power problem. I don’t know whether the engine failed. The passengers were returned to Slough at around the expected time. It would be interesting to know what hauled the train back.
I used to see Leander at Dinting shed near Manchester some years ago. Now it’s coming to Plymouth, I won’t be able to see the steam engine, because I am somewhere else in my community.