Rail buffs in Warminster may like to know that the Grand Tour Of Britain will pass through Warminster on Tuesday 9th July 2019 at 2.23 p.m.
Two diesel locomotives GBRF 66743 and GBRF 66746 are mentioned on the schedule.
The Railway Herald website http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/railtours gives the following details:
Grand Tour Of Great Britain: Day 5 (The Royal Scotsman)
- 66743 and 66746 Gloucester - Bristol Parkway - Bristol Temple Meads - Taunton - Exeter St. Davids - Newton Abbot (rev) - Exeter St. Davids - Taunton - Castle Cary - Westbury - Bath Spa
- 66743 and 66746 Bath Spa (pu) - Westbury - Salisbury - Romsey - Southampton Central - Basingstoke - Reading West Junction - Didcot east to North Junction - Oxford - Banbury
- 66743 and 66746 Banbury - Oxford (pu) - Reading - Maidenhead - Southall - Acton West - Willesden Junction - Gospel Oak - Potters Bar - Stevenage - Peterborough - Orton Mere
- Timings for Gloucester-Bristol-Newton Abbot, Newton Abbot-Westbury-Bath Spa, Bath Spa-Bristol SPM (ECS), Bristol SPM-Bath Spa (ECS), Bath Spa-Southampton-Banbury, Banbury-Oxford, Oxford-Orton Mere.
Further details and times for the Bath Spa - Banbury part of the tour are on the Realtime Trains website: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U52250/2019/07/09/advanced
