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The '''Warwickshire Railway Society''' was particularly active in the 1960s. During that decade it organised a number of rail tours, such as "The Hants & Dorset Rail Tour" on 5 September 1965.<ref>[http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/650905.html Six Bells Junction]</ref>. The Society also published the book "Industrial Steam Locomotives of Central England" by RC Evans in 1969.
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The '''Warwickshire Railway Society''' was particularly active in the 1960s. During that decade it organised a number of [[Warwickshire Railway Society#Railtours|rail tours]]. The Society also published the book "Industrial Steam Locomotives of Central England" by RC Evans in 1969.
  
 
In 1969, members of the Society and members of the [[Guarantee Company|Severn Valley Railway Company]] jointly formed the [[1501 Pannier Tank Association|15XX Pannier Tank Fund]] to purchase and preserve [[GWR Pannier 1501]].<ref>[https://1501pta.jimdo.com/4-association-history/ 1501 Pannier Tank Association website history]</ref> 1501 was first steamed on 29 May 1997 "''backed by the financial efforts of the Warwickshire Railway Society''".<ref>Quote from SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It also owned [[LMS 27218 Third Open]].
 
In 1969, members of the Society and members of the [[Guarantee Company|Severn Valley Railway Company]] jointly formed the [[1501 Pannier Tank Association|15XX Pannier Tank Fund]] to purchase and preserve [[GWR Pannier 1501]].<ref>[https://1501pta.jimdo.com/4-association-history/ 1501 Pannier Tank Association website history]</ref> 1501 was first steamed on 29 May 1997 "''backed by the financial efforts of the Warwickshire Railway Society''".<ref>Quote from SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> It also owned [[LMS 27218 Third Open]].
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==Railtours==
 
==Railtours==
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An incomplete list of main line appearances is as follows:
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A possibly incomplete list of main line tours is as follows:
  
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|data-sort-value="16/08/1964" | 16 August 1964|| Swindon & Eastleigh tour || Sheffield to Swindon and Eastleigh  || || [http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/latest-input--news--old-pictures-etc/archives/01-2017 Cornwall Railway Society]
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|data-sort-value="12/05/1963" | 12 May 1963||  || Birmingham to Doncaster  || || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/630512wr.html Six Bells Junction]
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|data-sort-value="16/08/1964" | 16 August 1964|| Swindon & Eastleigh tour || Sheffield to Swindon and Eastleigh  ||Featured [[BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia|70000 Britannia]] || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/641128wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
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|data-sort-value="11/10/1964" | 11 October 1964||York and Doncaster Tour || Birmingham to York and return ||  || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/641011wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
|data-sort-value="11/10/1964" | 11 October 1964||York and Doncaster Tour || Birmingham to York and return ||  || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/641011wr.html Six Bells Junction]
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|data-sort-value="28/11/1964" | 28 November 1964|| Carlisle Tour  || Birmingham to Carlisle|| || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/630512wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
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|data-sort-value="7/2/1965" | 7 February 1965||Britannia tour|| Birmingham to Crewe|| || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/650207wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
|data-sort-value="7/2/1965" | 7 February 1965||Britannia tour|| Birmingham to Crewe|| || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/650207wr.html Six Bells Junction]
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|data-sort-value="3/4/1965" | 3 April 1965||Great Western Steam Tour|| Birmingham to Swindon|| || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/650403wr.html Six Bells Junction]
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|data-sort-value="23/5/1965" | 23 May 1965||Merchant Navy Locomotive Tour|| London to Swindon & Eastleigh|| || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/650523wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
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|data-sort-value="12/6/1965" | 12 June 1965|| || Bath Green Park and Bournemouth|| || [http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/sd-bath-to-evercreech.html Cornwall Railway Society archives]
 
|data-sort-value="12/6/1965" | 12 June 1965|| || Bath Green Park and Bournemouth|| || [http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/sd-bath-to-evercreech.html Cornwall Railway Society archives]
 
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|data-sort-value="4/10/1965" | 4 October 1965||  ||  Leeds and Carlisle || || [https://simonlathlane.zenfolio.com/p81055344/h7E4F121A#h7e4f121a Simon Lathlane]
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|data-sort-value="4/9/1965" | 4 September 1965|| Pennine Railtour || Birmingham to Carlisle  || With 4472|| [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/650904wr.html Six Bells Junction]
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|data-sort-value="5/9/1965" | 5 September 1965|| The Hants & Dorset Rail Tour || Birmingham to Eastleigh and Weymouth  ||  || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/650905.html Six Bells Junction]
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|data-sort-value="4/10/1965" | 4 October 1965||  ||  Leeds and Carlisle ||With 4472 || [https://simonlathlane.zenfolio.com/p81055344/h7E4F121A#h7e4f121a Simon Lathlane]
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|data-sort-value="13/11/1965" | 13 November 1965|| The Yorkshireman No.1 || Birmingham-Manchester-Darlington-Sheffield-Birmingham  || || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/651113wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
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|data-sort-value="11/12/1965" | 11 December 1965||The Waverley|| || || [https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/47899-special-trains-on-the-waverley-route/page/7/&tab=comments#comment-3357306 RM Web]
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|data-sort-value="27/11/1965" | 27 November 1965||  || London-Nuneaton-Crewe-Wrexham-London  || || [https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/65463-did-a-merchant-navy-ever-get-north-of-oxford/ RM Web]
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|data-sort-value="11/12/1965" | 11 December 1965||The Waverley|| Birmingham and Edinburgh || || [https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/47899-special-trains-on-the-waverley-route/page/7/&tab=comments#comment-3357306 RM Web], [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/651211wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
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|data-sort-value="12/02/1966" | 12 February 1966||Midlander|| Birmingham and Rugby|| || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/660212wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
|data-sort-value="12/02/1966" | 12 February 1966||Midlander|| Birmingham and Rugby|| || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/660212wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
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|data-sort-value="25/6/1966" | 25 June 1966||The Aberdonian|| || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/660625wr.html Six Bells Junction]
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|data-sort-value="24/6/1966" | 24-26 June 1966||The Aberdonian|| || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/660625wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
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|data-sort-value="11/06/1967" | 11 June 1967||Farewell to Steam on the L.S.W.R. ||Birmingham to Swanage and Weymouth || || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/670611wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
|data-sort-value="11/06/1967" | 11 June 1967||Farewell to Steam on the L.S.W.R. ||Birmingham to Swanage and Weymouth || || [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/670611wr.html Six Bells Junction]
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|data-sort-value="18/5/1968" | 18 May 1968||North Western Steam Tour|| || || [http://www.hall-royd-junction.co.uk/Hall_Royd_Prototype/Copy_Pit_prototype.html Hall Royd Junction]
 
|data-sort-value="18/5/1968" | 18 May 1968||North Western Steam Tour|| || || [http://www.hall-royd-junction.co.uk/Hall_Royd_Prototype/Copy_Pit_prototype.html Hall Royd Junction]
 
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|data-sort-value="5/10/1968" | 5 October 1968||South Wales Railtour No.3|| Around Newport ||Class 120 DMU|| [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/681005wr.html Six Bells Junction], [https://www.railcar.co.uk/topic/railtours/1960s DMU Railtours]
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|data-sort-value="5/10/1968" | 5 October 1968||South Wales Railtour No.3|| Around Newport ||Class 120 DMU|| [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/681005wr.html Six Bells Junction], [https://www.railcar.co.uk/topic/railtours/1960s DMU Railtours], [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/681005wr.html Six Bells Junction]
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|data-sort-value="17/11/1968" | 17 November 1968||Central Wales Tour|| Birmingham and Central Wales ||Class 101/120 DMU|| [https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/681117wr.html Six Bells Junction]
 
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==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 10:48, 22 August 2019

The Warwickshire Railway Society was particularly active in the 1960s. During that decade it organised a number of rail tours. The Society also published the book "Industrial Steam Locomotives of Central England" by RC Evans in 1969.

In 1969, members of the Society and members of the Severn Valley Railway Company jointly formed the 15XX Pannier Tank Fund to purchase and preserve GWR Pannier 1501.[1] 1501 was first steamed on 29 May 1997 "backed by the financial efforts of the Warwickshire Railway Society".[2] It also owned LMS 27218 Third Open.

In SVRSevern Valley Railway News 205 (Spring 2019) Nigel Cripps thanked the Society for its support in the overhaul of Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST Works No 2047.

The Society has no obvious public presence, nor is to be found on social media.

Railtours

A possibly incomplete list of main line tours is as follows:

Date Tour name Route Notes Reference
12 May 1963 Birmingham to Doncaster Six Bells Junction
16 August 1964 Swindon & Eastleigh tour Sheffield to Swindon and Eastleigh Featured 70000 Britannia Six Bells Junction
11 October 1964 York and Doncaster Tour Birmingham to York and return Six Bells Junction
28 November 1964 Carlisle Tour Birmingham to Carlisle Six Bells Junction
7 February 1965 Britannia tour Birmingham to Crewe Six Bells Junction
3 April 1965 Great Western Steam Tour Birmingham to Swindon Six Bells Junction
23 May 1965 Merchant Navy Locomotive Tour London to Swindon & Eastleigh Six Bells Junction
12 June 1965 Bath Green Park and Bournemouth Cornwall Railway Society archives
4 September 1965 Pennine Railtour Birmingham to Carlisle With 4472 Six Bells Junction
5 September 1965 The Hants & Dorset Rail Tour Birmingham to Eastleigh and Weymouth Six Bells Junction
4 October 1965 Leeds and Carlisle With 4472 Simon Lathlane
13 November 1965 The Yorkshireman No.1 Birmingham-Manchester-Darlington-Sheffield-Birmingham Six Bells Junction
27 November 1965 London-Nuneaton-Crewe-Wrexham-London RM Web
11 December 1965 The Waverley Birmingham and Edinburgh RM Web, Six Bells Junction
12 February 1966 Midlander Birmingham and Rugby Six Bells Junction
24-26 June 1966 The Aberdonian Six Bells Junction
11 June 1967 Farewell to Steam on the L.S.W.R. Birmingham to Swanage and Weymouth Six Bells Junction
18 May 1968 North Western Steam Tour Hall Royd Junction
5 October 1968 South Wales Railtour No.3 Around Newport Class 120 DMUDiesel Multiple Unit Six Bells Junction, DMU Railtours, Six Bells Junction
17 November 1968 Central Wales Tour Birmingham and Central Wales Class 101/120 DMUDiesel Multiple Unit Six Bells Junction

See also

List of preservation groups

References

  1. ↑ 1501 Pannier Tank Association website history
  2. ↑ Quote from SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
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