22nd February 2003

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Severn Valley Railway Gala
(Merrymaker series)

Loco Used 66091
Stock Used 5482+4986+5037+1832+4925+3127+3114+1696+3124+3123+1679+3150+35469

Route :
1Z34 : Letchworth Garden City to Kidderminster
1Z35 : Kidderminster to Letchworth Garden City

Loco Route
66091 Letchworth Garden City - (via ECML) - Finsbury Park - Goods & Mineral Jn - Camden Road - Gospel Oak - Kensal Green Jn - Willesden Junction HL - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Main Line - Ealing Broadway - Slough - Maidenhead - Reading - Didcot East Jn - (via Didcot station avoiding line) - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Wolvercot Jn (1) - Aynho Jn - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Warwick - Hatton North Jn - Dorridge - Tyseley - Small Heath South Jn - Birmingham Moor Street - Smethwick Jn - Old Hill - Storubridge Junction - (1) Kidderminster - Hartlebury - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Evesham - Wolvercot Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Letchworth Garden City

Notes :
(1) Booked route from Oxford was via Evesham and Worcester but was routed via Birmingham due to late arrival of the crew at Oxford.

Sources : Gary Sherman (on Ealing Broadway to Slough only), Tony Neath,
Scott Spencer (stock used & headcode details) & Alan Restell

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Alan Restell)

M.C

Location

 Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
0.00 Letchworth Garden City 06.48d 23.11a
2.56 Hitchin 06/52 23/06
7.05 Stevenage 06.57a ~ 07.00d 22.59a ~ 23.01d
10.57 Woolmer Green Jn 07/04 22/55
14.25 Welwyn Garden City 07/07 22/52
21.73 Potters Bar 07.18a ~ 07.23d 22.42a ~ 22.44d
29.52 Alexandra Palace 07/32 22/34
32.09 Finsbury Park 07.38a ~ 07.43d 22.21a ~ 22.28d
33.66 Goods & Mineral Jn 07/49 22/15
34.37 Camden Road 07/54 22/08
35.56 Gospel Oak 08/01 22/03
39.63 Kensal Green Jn 08/13 21/51
40.05 Willesden Junction HL 08/15 21/48
40.70 Acton Wells Jn 08/18 21/45
41.42 Acton Main Line 08/23 21/40
42.77 Ealing Broadway 08.26a ~ 08.29d 21.32a ~ 21.36d
46.27 Southall 08/34 21/27
48.46 Heathrow Airport Jn 08/36 21/23
55.57 Slough 08.49a ~ 08.51d 21.12a ~ 21.15d
61.40 Maidenhead 08/58 21/04
68.22 Twyford 09/04 20/58
73.19 Reading 09.09a ~ 09.12d 20.49a ~ 20.52d
90.07 Didcot East Jn 09/27 20/26
91.06 Didcot North Jn 09/28 20/20
100.53 Oxford 09*51 ~ 10*12 20c04 ~ 20c06
103.44 Wolvercot Jn 10/18 19/55
117.48 Ascott-under-Wychwood 10x31 19x31 ~ 19x40
128.68 Moreton-in-Marsh 10x51 ~ 11x12 19/18
143.67 Evesham 11/26 18x52 ~ 19x00
144.08 Evesham S.B. 11t27 ~ 11t28 18t49 ~ 18t50
154.38 Norton Jn 11/39 18t36 ~ 18t38
157.43 Worcester Shrub Hill 11/48 18/31
158.10 Tunnel Jn 11/50 18/29
163.22 Droitwich Spa 11/58 18/24
169.04 Hartlebury 12/04 18/19
172.58 Kidderminster 12.19a 18.13d


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