27th September 2003

Past Time Rail
The Eden Project

Locos Used 47776 & 47786

Route:
1Z27 : Letchworth to Par
1Z28 : Par to Letchworth

Loco Route
47786 Letchworth - Hitchin - Stevenage - Potters Bar - Finsbury Park - Camden Road - Kentish Town West - Gospel Oak Kensal Rise - Willesden Junction High Level - Acton Mainline - Reading - Newbury - Westbury - Taunton - Exeter St Davids -Plymouth (1) - Par
47776 Par - (reverse of outward route except used Westbury avoider) - Hitchin (2)

Notes :
(1) 47786 suffered a suspected power earth fault just south of Plymouth, the driver isolated 2 motors and 47786 carried on to Par. Departure from Par was retimed to 17.28 due to the late arrival into Par leaving insufficient time for the visit to the Eden Project.
(2) The train was terminated at Hitchin as the guard didn't know the line from Hitchin to Letchworth. Passengers for Letchworth used the 23.50 WAGN service to get home....though the ECS then ran to Letchworth for the 47 to run-round!


47786 waiting time at Plymouth (photo: Simon Pedley)

Sources : Roj Fraser & Simon Pedley (joined/left the train at Hitchin)
& John Pannell (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Letchworth 05.51d 05.51   23.36a 23.45
Hitchin 05.55a ~ 05.57d 05.56 ~ 05.59   23.27a ~ 23.31d 23.17 ~ 23.40
Stevenage 06.03a ~ 06.05d 06.05 ~ 06.09   23.16a ~ 23.18d 23.17 ~ 23.21
Woolmer Green 06/09 06/13   23/11 23/13
Digswell Jn 06/11 ?   23/08 ?
Welwyn Garden City 06.14a ~ 06.16d 06.17 ~ 06.20   23.04a ~ 23.06d 23.06 ~ 23.09
Potters Bar 06.32a ~ 06.37d 06.28 ~ 06.37   22.54a ~ 22.56d 22.52 ~ 22.55
New Barnet 06.42a ~ 065.44d ?   ? ?
Alexandra Palace 06/50 06/49   22/44 22/44
Finsbury Park 06.55a ~ 06.58d 06.53 ~ 06.58   22.37a ~ 22.40d 22.38 ~ 22.41
Holloway South Jn 07/01 ?   22/34 ?
Freight Terminal Jn 07/04 ?   22/32 ?
Camden Road East Jn 07/07 ?   22/28 ?
Camden Road 07/09 07/07   22/26 22/26
Gospel Oak 07/13 07/12   22/23 22/23
Kensal Green Jn LL 07/23 07/22   22/11 22/12
Willesden Junction HL 07/25 07/26   22/10 22/10
Acton Wells Jn 07/27 07/28   22/08 22/06
Acton Main Line 07/29 ?   22/06 ?
Acton West 07/31 07/33   22/05 22/02
West Ealing 07/33 ?   22/02 ?
Southall 07/35 07/37   22/00 21/57
Airport Jn 07/36 07/40   21/58 21/54
Slough 07/50 07.50a ~ ??.??d   21/51 21/44
Maidenhead 07/54 07/58   21/43 21/39
Twyford 07/59 08/04   21/38 21/34
Reading 08.08a ~ 08.10d 08.09 ~ 08.12   21.29a ~ 21.32d 21.24 ~ 21.28
Southcote Jn 08/14 08/16   21/25 21/16
Newbury 08/28 08/30   21/06 21/03
Bedwyn 08/40 08/40   20/55 20/52
Woodborough 08/51 08/50   20/44 20/43
Lavington 08/57 08/57   20/36 20/36
Heywood Road Jn 09/03 09/03   20/31 20/31
Westbury 09.05a ~ 09.13d 09.06 ~ 09.10   - -
Fairwood Jn 09/16 09/14   20/29 20/28
Clink Road Jn 09/20 09/18   20/26 20/26
Blatchbridge Jn 09/22 09/20   20/24 20/24
Castle Cary 09/33 09.30a ~ ??.??d   20/12 20/14
Cogload Jn 09/52 09/49   19/55 19/57
Taunton 09/56 09/52   19/52 19/54
Tiverton Parkway 10/09 ?   19/40 ?
Cowley Bridge Jn 10/22 ?   19/26 ?
Exeter St Davids 10.24a ~ 10.27d 10.21 ~ 10.22   19.21a ~ 19.24d 19.22 ~ 19.28
Dawlish Warren 10/38 10/32   19/05 19/04
Newton Abbot 10/47 10/42   18/54 18/54
Totnes 11.01a ~ 11.17d 10.54 ~ 10.54   18/43 ?
Ivybridge 11/36 11/11   18/30 18/31
Hemerdon 11/42 11/16   18/26 18/25
Lipson Jn 11/47 11/20   18/18 18/20
Plymouth 11.49a ~ 11.52d 11.22 ~ 11.50   17.59a ~ 18.15d 18.14 ~ 18.17
St Budeaux Jn 11/57 ?   17/52 ?
Saltash 12/01 12/25   17/48 18/05
St Germans 12/07 12/32   17/39 17/59
Liskeard 12/17 12/45   17/30 17/48
St Pinnock Viaduct East 12/22 ?   17/24 ?
Largin 12/23 ?   17/23 ?
Lostwithiel 12/31 13/00   17/15 17/33
Par 12.40a 13.07   17.08d 17.26


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