Vintage Trains are running The Mayflower to Plymouth this Saturday (6th September) and will feature not one, but two steam locomotives.
Departing Birmingham New Street at 06:04, the tour will initially be hauled by 37240 and 37418, the latter appearing courtesy of Loram UK.
The tour will pass through Barnt Green (06:24), Worcestershire Parkway (06:46), Cheltenham Spa (07:09), Cam and Dursley (07:29), Bristol Parkway (07:49), Stapleton Road (08:06) and Bristol East Depot at 08:14, where 7029 Clun Castle and 45596 Bahamas are added to the train.
The steam locomotives will then head to Plymouth via Bristol Temple Meads (08:47), Yatton (09:17), Taunton (09:59), Exeter St Davids (11:53), Dawlish (12:08), Totnes (12:41), Ivybridge (13:24) and Plymouth at 13:42.
After time in Plymouth, the tour will depart at 16:38 and will head back to Birmingham via Totnes (17:06), Newton Abbot (17:21), Dawlish Warren (17:37), Exeter St Davids (17:51), Tiverton Parkway (18:35), Taunton (18:51), Worle (19:27), Bristol Temple Meads (19:50 – Diesel hauled from here), Bristol Parkway (20:35), Cheltenham Spa (21:23), Worcestershire Parkway (21:45), Barnt Green (22:17), Bournville (22:39), Birmingham New Street (22:50).
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And not only looking good, But sounding good! I bet they turned a few walkers heads when running the Dawlish sea wall! And running close to Nunney Castle on a Kingswear tour within the half hour! A bonanza?