Warwickshire Railway Society
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 |
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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
References
- ↑ 1501 Pannier Tank Association website history
- ↑ Quote from SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition