Six Bells Junction

Route:
1Z66 : Finsbury Park to Machen to Cardiff Central
1Z33 : Cardiff Central Cwm Bargoed to Finsbury Park

Loco(s)	Route
66158	Finsbury Park - Freight Terminal Jn - Camden Road - Gospel Oak - Willesden Junction HL - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Main Line - (via GWML) - Newport
66158 (1)	Newport - Gaer Jn - Park Jn - Machen Quarry (to end of line)
66127 (2)	Machen Quarry - Park Jn - Ebbw Jn - Cardiff
66158 (1)	Cardiff Central - Cardiff Queen Street - Caerphilly - Ystrad Mynach South Jn - Cwm Bargoed (approx 7ch short of end of line)
66127 (2)	Cwm Bargoed - (reverse of outward route) - Cardiff Central - Radyr Branch Jn - Penarth Curve North Jn - Ninian Park
66158 (1)	Ninian Park - (reverse of outward route) - Cardiff Central - Newport
66158	Newport - (reverse of outward route) - Finsbury Park

Notes :
(1) 66127 on rear.
(2) 66158 on rear.
(3) Train was booked to reverse at Cardiff Central but owing to its length (load 13 plus 2 x class 66) it continued to Ninian Park to undertake the reversal.

Source : Gary Thornton (joined/left the train at Maidenhead)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Gary Thornton & Daniel Bound)

M.C	Location	Booked	Actual	Booked	Actual	M.C
0.00	Finsbury Park	07.59d	07.59	21.40a	-	358.55
1.57	Freight Terminal Jn	08/04	08/06	21/32	-	356.78
2.11	Camden Road East Jn	08/16	08/09	21/29	-	356.44
2.28	Camden Road	08/18	08/09	21/27	-	356.27
3.47	Gospel Oak	08/22	08/14	21/23	-	355.08
7.76	Willesden Junction HL	08/34	08/25	21/07	-	350.59
8.61	Acton Wells Jn	08/37	08/28	21/04	-	349.74
9.33	Acton Main Line	08/53	08/53	20/57	-	349.22
10.68	Ealing Broadway	08.56a ~ 09.00d	08.57 ~ 09.01	20.49a ~ 20.53d	-	347.67
14.18	Southall	09/07	09/05	20/42	-	344.37
23.48	Slough	09/19	09/19	20/30	20/43	335.07
29.31	Maidenhead	09.24a ~ 09.25d	09.25 ~ 09.27	20.22a ~ 20.24d	20.34 ~ 20.36	329.24
36.13	Twyford	09/32	09/35	20/15	20/25	322.42
41.10	Reading	09.37a ~ 09.40d	09.41 ~ 09.43	20.05a ~ 20.09d	20.14 ~ 20.16	317.45
58.22	Didcot Parkway	09/58	10/06	1941a ~ 1948d	19/56	300.33
58.67	Foxhall Jn	10/01	10.08a ~ 10.10d	19/32	19/49	299.68
65.34	Wantage Road	10/07	10/18	19/26	19/41	293.21
69.12	Challow	10/19	10/20	19/23	19/38	289.43
71.51	Uffington	10/21	10/22	19/20	19/36	287.04
82.35	Swindon	10/31	10/32	19/11	19/27	276.20
88.19	Wootton Bassett Jn	10/36	10/37	19/04	19/21	270.36
99.22	Hullavington	10/45	10/46	18/54	19/12	259.33
112.24	Westerleigh Jn	10/56	10/56	18/44	19/02	246.31
116.74	Bristol Parkway	11.02a ~ 11.04d	11.01 ~ 11.14	18.29a ~ 18.38d	18.54 ~ 18.56	241.61
118.16	Patchway	11/07	11/19	18/27	18/52	240.39
121.62	Pilning	11/10	11/24	18/20	18/48	236.73
128.58	Severn Tunnel Junction	11/18	11/32	18/12	18/42	229.77
138.47	Newport	11L33a ~ 11L48d	11.52 ~ 12.14	17L28a ~ 17L55d	18.21 ~ 18.29	220.08

M.C	Location	Booked	Actual
139.30	Gaer Jn	11/51	12/18
140.21	Park Jn	11t54a ~ 11t56d	12.21 ~ 12.22
145.69	Machen Quarry	12.18a ~ 12.28d	12.44 ~ 12.51
151.37	Park Jn	12t50a ~ 12t54d	13.13 ~ 13.14
152.19	Ebbw Jn	12/59	13.16a ~ 13.20d
155.72	Marshfield	13/04	13/26
162.42	Cardiff Central	13.17a ~ 14.28d	13.33 ~ 15.20
163.18	Cardiff Queen Street	14/31	15/23
165.37	Heath Jn	14/35	15/27
170.26	Caerphilly	14/41	15/34
175.46	Ystrad Mynach South Jn	14t52a ~ 14t54d	15.46 ~ 15.47
185.35	Cwm Bargoed	15.30a ~ 15.40d	16.24 ~ 16.35
195.24	Ystrad Mynach South Jn	16t25a ~ 16t27d	17.07 ~ 17.20
200.44	Caerphilly	16/36	17/28
205.33	Heath Jn	16/48	17/34
207.52	Cardiff Queen Street	16/57	17/39
208.28	Cardiff Central	17.00a	17/47
???.??	Ninian Park	DIV	17.51a ~ 17.58d
208.28	Cardiff Central	17.03d	18/03
214.78	Marshfield	17/19	18/12
219.25	Gaer Jn	17/25	18/17

All distances (in miles & chains) are taken from the tour booklet and no attempt has been made to verify them. No account has been taken of the additional distance travelled on account of the reversal at Ninian Park rather than Cardiff Central.

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Locos Used	66127 & 66158
Stock Used	2834+1680+3147+3141+3120+3097+1698+3146+4915+1813+5027+5007+5482