21st January 2012

UK Railtours
The Concrete Cow

Locos Used 66085 & 66213
Stock Used 5366+4991+4949+5292+5341+1832+3149+3120+3119+3097+6310

Route :
1Z74 : London Paddington to Wembley Signal 829/931
1Z75 : Wembley Signal 829/931 to London Euston

Loco(s) Route
66213 (1) London Paddington - Acton West - Southall - Southall Yard
66085 (2) Southall Yard - Brentford Waste Terminal
66213 (1) Brentford Waste Terminal - Southall Yard - West Drayton - Colnbrook Elf Oil Siding
66085 (2) Colnbrook Elf Oil Siding - West Drayton - Southall - Acton West - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Canal Wharf - Willesden No.7 - Wembley Yard South Jn - Sudbury Jn - Wembley Central - Watford Junction - Tring - Bletchley - Milton Keynes Central - Wolverton
66213 (1) Wolverton - Wolverton Centre Sidings - Incline Siding
66085 (2) Incline Siding - Haversham Bank
66213 (1) Haversham Bank - Incline Siding
66085 (2) Incline Siding - Wolverton Centre Sidings - Wolverton - Northampton
66213 (1) Northampton - Wolverton - Milton Keynes Central - Denbigh Hall South Jn - Summit of Flyover Jn - Swanbourne Siding
66085 (2) Swanbourne Siding - Summit of Flyover Jn - Fenny Stratford
66213 (1) Fenny Stratford - Bletchley - Tring - Watford Junction - Wembley Central - Willesden West London Jn - London Euston

Notes :
(1) 66085 on rear.
(2) 66213 on rear.

Source : Alan Sheppard & Nick Bartlett (both on the tour throughout)

Photo Review


66085 on the rear at Paddington in the morning (photo: Nick Bartlett)


66213 waits to leave London Paddington in the morning (photo: Nick Bartlett)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard, Martyn Brailsford & Nick Bartlett)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 London Paddington 07.49d [P11] 07.49 [P11] [L5]
1.68 Ladbroke Grove 07/53 07/53 [DR]
5.13 Acton West 07/57 07/55
8.57 Southall East Jn 08/05 [ML] 08.01 ~ 08.04 [DR-DM]
9.01 Southall 08/06 [GL] 08/06
9.21 Southall TC 08.08 ~ 08.33 08.08 ~ 08.19 [West Loop]
11.52 Brentford Waste Terminal 08.48 ~ 09.13 08.43 ~ 08.48
14.03 Southall TC 09.28 ~ 09.41 [GL] 09.21½ ~ 09.31 [West Loop]
14.63 Southall West Jn 09/44 [RL] 09/44 [DM-DR]
16.07 Heathrow Airport Jn 09/47½ [RL] 09/47½
17.79 West Drayton 09t55 ~ 09t56 09.57 ~ 10.08 [U&DGL]
20.62 Colnbrook Elf Oil Siding 10.21 ~ 10.41 10.47 ~ 10.52
23.45 West Drayton 11t06 ~ 11t10 [RL] 11.12 ~ 11.16 [U&DGL]
25.37 Heathrow Airport Jn 11/14 11/21
27.56 Southall 11/17 [RL] 11/26 [P4] [UR]
30.16 West Ealing 11/21 [RL] 11/29
31.44 Acton West 11/25 [RL] 11/32
31.75 Acton Main Line 11/27 11/33½ [P4]
32.44 Acton Wells Jn 11/30 11/36
33.04 Acton Canal Wharf 11/32 11/38½
33.39 Willesden No.7 11/39 [DR] 11/41 [DWR]
34.44 Wembley Yard South Jn 11/42 11/43 [DWR]
34.66 Willesden Sudbury Jn 11/43 (sig.WM825) 11.44 ~ 11.47
35.35 Wembley Signal 829/931 11*47 ~ 12*15 11.50 ~ 12.10
35.58 Wembley Central 12/18 [P5] [SL] 12/14 [P6] [US]
36.60 North Wembley Jn ? 12/16 [US] [DS]
39.04 Harrow & Wealdstone 12/22 [SL] 12/19 [P5] [DS]
45.09 Watford Junction 12/29 [P8] [SL] 12/27½ [P8] [DS]
53.15 Bourne End Jn 12/42 [SL] 12/41 [DS]
59.27 Tring 12/51 [P3] [SL] 12/49 [P3]
65.70 Ledburn Jn 12/58 [SL] 12/53 [DS]
74.20 Bletchley 13/07 [P3] [SL] 13/03 [P3] [DS]
77.39 Milton Keynes Central 13c11 ~ 13c13 [P3] [SL] 13.08 ~ 13.09 [P3] [DS]
80.07 Wolverton 13.17 ~ 13.22 13.16 ~ 13.25½ [DS]
? Wolverton Centre Sidings 13.25 ~ 13.28 ~ 13.31 (No.2)
80.68 Incline Siding 13.30 ~ 13.35 13.34 ~ 13.38½
81.75 Haversham Bank 13.50 ~ 14.05 13.48 ~ 13.50
83.02 Incline Siding 14.20 ~ 14.30 14.14 ~ 14.19½
80.40 Wolverton Centre Sidings ~ 14.35 14.23 ~ 14.33 (No.2)
83.63 Wolverton 14/36 14/34 [P3]
87.77 Hanslope Jn 14/41 14/40 [DnN]
97.18 Northampton 14.53 ~ 14.58 [P3] 14.50½ ~ 14.53½ [P3]
106.39 Hanslope Jn 15/09 [SL] 15/04½ [US]
113.21 Milton Keynes Central 15/17 [P1] [SL] 15c13 ~ 15c16 [P1] [US]
115.34 Denbigh Hall South Jn 15/21 15/21
116.37 Summit of Flyover Jn 15/26 15/24
117.69 Swanbourne Siding 15.30 ~ 15.50 15.32 ~ 15.41
119.21 Summit of Flyover Jn 15/54 15/55
120.18 Fenny Stratford 15.56 ~ 16.16 15.58 ~ 16.03
121.35 Bletchley 16.20a ~ 16.32d [P6][SL] 16.09½ ~ 16.33 [P6] [US]
129.65 Ledburn Jn 16/42 [SL] 16/43 [US]
136.28 Tring 16/49 [P5] [SL] 16/47½ [P5] [US]
142.38 Bourne End Jn 16/56 [SL] 16/55 [US]
150.46 Watford Junction 17/04 [P9][SL] 17/03 [P9] [US]
156.51 Harrow & Wealdstone 17/10 [SL] 17/08 [P6] [US]
159.77 Wembley Central 17/14 [P6] 17/10½ [P6] [US]
162.58 Willesden West London Jn 17/20 [SL] 17/15½
166.27 Camden Jn 17/28½ [B] 17/19 [B]
166.68 Camden South Jn 17/29½ [D] 17/20
168.01 London Euston 17.33a [P16] 17.23½ [P16]


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