Photo Review
28th March 2009
Compass Tours
The Windsor & Eton Explorer
| Locos Used | 47805 'Talisman' & 47843 'Vulcan' |
| Stock Used | 9507+6176+6177+6024+1203+3304+3333+3386+3344 |
Route.
1Z39 : Blackburn to Windsor & Eton Riverside
1Z40 : Windsor & Eton Riverside to Blackburn
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 47843 (1) |
Blackburn – Euxton Jn – Bolton – Manchester Piccadilly – Macclesfield – Stone – Stafford – Tamworth – Nuneaton – Rugby – Northampton – Bletchley – Watford Junction – Wembley Central - Willesden No.7 – Acton Wells Jn – Kew East Jn – Old Kew Jn – Hounslow – Staines – Windsor & Eton Riverside |
| 47805 (2) | Windsor & Eton Riverside - Windsor & Eton Riverside – Hounslow – Old Kew Jn – Barnes – Clapham Junction – Kensington Olympia – Mitre Bridge Jn – Wembley Central – (reverse of outward route) – Blackburn |
Notes .
(1) 47805 on the rear.
(2) 47843 on the rear.
Source : Robert
Sturgess (on the train throughout)
Photo Review
47843 heads south through Northampton in the morning (photo: Dan Adkins)
47805 heads north through Northampton in the evening (photo: Dan Adkins)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from
Compass Tours & Robert Sturgess)
| Location |
Booked |
Actual |
Booked |
Actual |
|
|
Blackburn |
05.23d |
05.23d |
22.22a |
22.21a |
|
|
Bamber Bridge |
05.34a ~ 05.37d |
05.33 ~ 05.35 |
a22.07 ~ 22.10d |
22.05 ~ 22.07 |
|
|
Lostock Hall Jn |
05/40 |
05/39 |
22/03 |
22/03 |
|
|
Farington Jn |
05/46 |
05/41 |
21/57 |
21/57 |
|
|
Euxton Jn |
05/50 |
05/45 |
21/50 |
21/51 |
|
|
Chorley |
05.56a ~ 05.59d |
05.50 ~ 05.58 |
21.42a ~ 21.45d |
21.35 ~ 21.40 |
|
|
Lostock Jun |
06/09 |
06/08 |
21/32 |
21/32 |
|
|
Bolton |
06.13a ~ 06.16d |
06.13 ~ 06.16 |
21.24a ~ 21.27d |
21.23 ~ 21.24 |
|
|
Salford Crescent |
06/27 |
06/25 |
21/12 |
21/10 |
|
|
Ordsall Lane Jn |
06/28 |
06/26 |
21/06 |
21/08 |
|
|
Castlefield Jn |
06/30 |
06/27 |
21/05 |
21/07 |
|
|
Deansgate |
06/31 |
06/28 |
21/04 |
21/06 |
|
|
Manchester Oxford Road |
06/32 |
06/30 |
21/03 |
21/05 |
|
|
Manchester Piccadilly |
06.34a ~ 06.37d |
06.34 ~ 06.37 |
20.59a ~ 21.02d |
21.02 ~ 21.04 |
|
|
Ardwick Jn |
06/39 |
06/39 |
20/56 |
20/58 |
|
|
Slade Lane Jn |
06/42 |
06/42 |
20/53 |
20/56 |
|
|
Heaton Norris Jn |
06/45 |
06/45 |
20/49 |
20/52 |
|
|
Stockport |
06.46a ~ 06.49d |
06.46 ~ 06.49 |
20.45a ~ 20.48d |
20.50 ~ 20.51 |
|
|
Edgeley Jn No1 |
06/50 |
06/50 |
20/43 |
20/43 |
|
|
Adswood Road Jn |
06/51 |
06/51 |
20/41 |
20/41 |
|
|
Cheadle Hulme |
06/53 |
06/53 |
20/40 |
20/40 |
|
|
Macclesfield |
07.04a ~ d07.06d |
07.04 ~ 07.06 |
20.25a ~ 20.28d |
20.26 ~ 20.27 |
|
|
Congleton |
07/15 |
07/16 |
20/17 |
20/17 |
|
|
Kidsgrove |
07/19 |
07/20 |
20/12 |
20/12 |
|
|
Stoke on Trent |
07.26a ~ 07.29d |
07.26 ~ 07.29 |
20.01a ~ 20.04d |
20.05 ~ 20.06 |
|
|
Stoke Junction |
07/30 |
07/30 |
19/59 |
??/?? |
|
|
Stone |
07/39 |
07/39 |
19/51 |
19/52 |
|
|
Norton Bridge |
07/44 |
07/44 |
19/45 |
19/45 |
|
|
Stafford |
07.49a ~ 07.56d |
07.41 ~ 07.56 |
19.36a ~ 19.37d |
19.32 ~ 19.36 |
|
|
Colwich |
08/08 |
08/07 |
19/29 |
??/?? |
|
|
Rugeley North Jn |
08/10 |
08/10 |
1921 |
19/18 |
|
|
Lichfield TV North Jn (LL) |
08.16 |
08.16 |
19/15 |
19/12 |
|
|
Lichfield Trent Valley |
08.18a ~ 08.21d |
08.18 ~ 08.21 |
19.10a ~ 19.13d |
19.08 ~ 19.10 |
|
|
Tamworth Low Level |
08.29a ~ 08.31d |
08.29 ~ 08.31 |
19.00a ~ 19.03d |
18.58 ~ 19.00 |
|
|
Amington Jn |
08/35 |
08/35 |
18/58 |
18/56 |
|
|
Nuneaton |
08.47a ~ 08.50d |
08.46 ~ 08.50 |
18.43a ~ 1846d |
18.42 ~ 1844 |
|
|
Attleborough Jn |
|
18/40 |
??/?? |
||
|
Brinklow |
|
18/33 |
??/?? |
||
|
Rugby Trent Valley Jn |
09/04 |
09/05 |
18/23 |
18/13 |
|
|
Rugby |
09/05 |
09/06 |
18/21 |
18/11 |
|
|
Hilmorton Jn |
09/07 |
09/07 |
18/19 |
18/09 |
|
|
Long Buckby |
09/16 |
09/16 |
18/11 |
18/02 |
|
|
Northampton |
09/29 |
09/28 |
18/00 |
17/51 |
|
|
Hanslope Jn |
09/38 |
09/38 |
17/43 |
17/43 |
|
|
Milton Keynes Central |
09/51 |
09/49 |
17/37 |
17/37 |
|
|
Bletchley |
09/56 |
09/55 |
17/35 |
17/35 |
|
|
Ledburn Jn |
10/07 |
10/05 |
17/27 |
17/29 |
|
|
Tring |
10/15 |
10/14 |
17/22 |
17/24 |
|
|
Bourne End Jn (Herts) |
10/22 |
10/22 |
17/13 |
17/16 |
|
|
Watford Jn |
10/31 |
10/31 |
17/06 |
17/09 |
|
|
Harrow & Wealdstone |
10/37 |
10/35 |
17/01 |
17/00 |
|
|
Wembley Central |
10/41 |
10/41 |
16/58 |
16/55 |
|
|
Wembley Singnal WM830 |
10c46 ~ 10c48 |
10.46 ~ 10.53 |
|
||
|
Willesden Sudbury Jn |
10/50 |
10/55 |
|
||
|
Wembley Yard South |
10/52 |
10/57 |
|
||
|
Willesden No 7 |
10/54 |
10/59 |
16/55 |
16/45 |
|
|
Acton Canal Wharf |
10/57 |
11/01 |
|
||
|
Acton Wells Jn |
10/59 |
11/03 |
|
||
|
South Acton Jn |
11/08 |
11/08 |
|
||
|
Kew East Jn |
11/11 |
11/11 |
|
||
|
Old Kew Jn |
11*13 ~ 11*20 |
11*13 ~ 11*20 |
|
||
|
Willesden West London Jn |
|
16/37 |
16/38 |
||
|
Mitre Bridge Jn |
|
16/36 |
16/37 |
||
|
North Pole Jn |
|
16/35 |
16/36 |
||
|
Kensington Olympia |
|
16/30 |
16/33 |
||
|
Latchmere Jn |
|
16/24 |
16/26 |
||
|
Clapham Junction |
|
16/21 |
16/21 |
||
|
Barnes |
|
16/14 |
16/15 |
||
|
Brentford |
|
16/09 |
16/09 |
||
|
Hounslow |
11/22 |
11/22 |
16/06 |
16/06 |
|
|
Feltham Jn |
11/28 |
11/25 |
16/03 |
16/03 |
|
|
Feltham |
11/30 |
11/28 |
16/01 |
16/01 |
|
|
Staines |
11/35 |
11/35 |
15/56 |
15/55 |
|
|
Windsor & Eton Riverside |
11.46a |
11.46 |
15.45d |
15.45 |
|
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