71000 Duke Of Gloucester heads to Bath at Speed down the Western, Bath Christmas Market Tours 2025

71000 Duke Of Gloucester would be seen working the Bath Christmas Market tours from Hanwell Bridge Loop to Bath Spa. Filmed across 3 different days the Duke would be seen in fine form on all 3 occasions. The tours would be diesel hauled from the starting locations of Dorridge, Ely and Rugby to Hanwell Bridge loop where 71000 would be waiting to take the train onwards towards Bath. The tours would pass through stations towards Reading before taking the Berks and Hants route down through Theale to the Water Stop at Newbury Racecourse. After the tour would continue through Newbury before passing through Hungerford and Bedwyn before diverting off the Berks and Hants, round through Trowbridge heading towards the Final destination of Bath Spa. After this the empty coaching stock would head down through Oldfield Park and Keynsham before arriving at the servicing point at Bristol East Depot.

After servicing 71000 would lead the Empty Stock back to Bath before picking up the passengers and head back towards Hanwell. This time the tour would continue through Chippenham and Swindon before arriving at Milton Junction for the water stop. Following this the tour would then continue through Didcot Parkway and Reading before retracing her steps through Maidenhead and Slough before arriving back at Hanwell Bridge Loop where the diesel would once again take over and head back to the Various Destinations,

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Timestamps
00:00 Ufton Lane (2nd December)
00:53 Theale Towney Loops (2nd December)
01:52 Crofton (2nd December)
03:16 Reading West (4th December)
05:29 Theale (4th December)
06:50 Newbury (4th December)
08:50 Ruscombe (6th December)
09:41 Bonemill Lane Newbury (6th December)
11:10 Reading (6th December)