Czesziafan
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Back in the 1970's the Summer Saturdays workings were of particular interest, not least because of the variety of motive power and routings.
One such working I have found for the early seventies was 1V76 the 08.45 SO Liverpool LS - Penzance, which was routed along the WCML to Stafford, thence via Bushbury jct, Walsall, Saltley, and Bordesley to join the MR main line thus avoiding New Street. The train was diesel hauled throughout (there is a c1974 picture of 47332 with the working at Norton Bridge in the Bradford Barton album "Diesels in the West Midlands and Central Wales").
Was this the only instance of this route being used regularly. and were there any other curious routes around the West Midlands used to avoid the New St bottleneck on summer Saturdays?
One such working I have found for the early seventies was 1V76 the 08.45 SO Liverpool LS - Penzance, which was routed along the WCML to Stafford, thence via Bushbury jct, Walsall, Saltley, and Bordesley to join the MR main line thus avoiding New Street. The train was diesel hauled throughout (there is a c1974 picture of 47332 with the working at Norton Bridge in the Bradford Barton album "Diesels in the West Midlands and Central Wales").
Was this the only instance of this route being used regularly. and were there any other curious routes around the West Midlands used to avoid the New St bottleneck on summer Saturdays?