34046 Braunton is set to make a visit to Shrewsbury this week as part of The Welsh Marches tour which originates in Birmingham.

On Tuesday 14th May, the tour will depart Birmingham International with a diesel loco at 06:03 and will pass through Coventry (06:13), Leamington Spa (07:01), Banbury (07:24), Oxford (08:01), Swindon (Wilts) (09:01), Chippenham (09:20), Bath Spa (09:35) and Bristol Temple Meads at 09:52, where 34046 Braunton is added to the train.

34046 Braunton will depart Bristol Temple Meads at 10:10 and will pass through Filton Abbey Wood (10:18), Severn Tunnel Junction (10:31), Abergavenny (11:08), Hereford (11:38), Craven Arms (13:10) and Shrewsbury at 13:32.

After time in Shrewsbury, the locomotive will depart at 16:00 and will return to Bristol via the same outbound route, passing through Craven Arms (16:26), Hereford (17:21), Severn Tunnel Junction (18:45) and Bristol Temple Meads at 19:22.

Here, the diesel locomotive replaces the steam and will return to Birmingham International via Bath Spa (20:19), Chippenham (20:38), Swindon (21:02), Oxford (21:57), Banbury (22:41), Leamington Spa (23:04), Coventry (23:31), and Birmingham International at 23:53.

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