13th August 2016
Branch Line Society
Wycombe Wanderer
| DMU Used | 165029 (formed: 58823+55404+58856) | 
Route :
1Z65 : London Marylebone to High Wycombe
1Z68 : High Wycombe to Oxford Parkway
1Z72 : Oxford Parkway to London Marylebone
| DMU | Route | 
| 58823 leading | London Marylebone - Neasden South Jn - Wembley Stadium - Northolt Park Jn - South Ruislip - West Ruislip - West Ruislip Up Side North Sidings No.2 | 
| 58856 leading | West Ruislip Up Side North Sidings No.2 - West Ruislip - South Ruislip | 
| 58823 leading | South Ruislip - West Ruislip - West Ruislip Down Spur | 
| 58856 leading | West Ruislip Down Spur- West Ruislip Depot | 
| 58823 leading | West Ruislip Depot - West Ruislip Down Spur | 
| 58856 leading | West Ruislip Down Spur - West Ruislip | 
| 58823 leading | West Ruislip - Gerrards Cross - High Wycombe | 
| 58856 leading | High Wycombe - High Wycombe Engineers Siding | 
| 58823 leading | High Wycombe Engineers Siding - High Wycombe | 
| 58856 leading | High Wycombe - Sig.ME139 | 
| 58823 leading | High Wycombe Sig.ME139 - High Wycombe - Saunderton - Princes Risborough - Haddenham & Thame Parkway - Bicester South Jn - Bicester Gavray Jn - Bicester Village - Bicester Depot Goods Loop - Bicester Depot West Jn - Oxford Parkway | 
| 58856 leading | Oxford Parkway - Oxford Banury Road Sidings | 
| 58823 leading | Oxford Banury Road Sidings - Headshunt | 
| 58856 leading | Headshunt - Cripple Siding | 
| 58823 leading | Cripple Siding - Headshunt | 
| 58856 leading | Headshunt - Oxford Banury Road Sidings | 
| 58823 leading | Oxford Banbury Road Sidings - Oxford Parkway | 
| 58856 leading | Oxford Parkway - Bicester Depot West Jn - Bicester Depot Goods Line RR Loop - Bicester Village - Bicester Gavray Jn - Bicester South Jn | 
| 58823 leading | Bicester South Jn - Bicester North | 
| 58856 leading | Bicester North - Bicester North Engineers Siding | 
| 58823 leading | Bicester North Engineers Siding - Bicester North | 
| 58856 leading | Bicester North - Bicester South Jn - Haddenham & Thame Jn - Princes Risborough - Saunderton - High Wycombe - Gerrards Cross - West Ruislip - South Ruislip - Wembley Stadium - Neasden South Jn - London Marylebone | 
Source : Alan Sheppard (on the tour)
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard & Jim Sellens)
| 
			 M.C  | 
			Location | Booked | Actual | 
| 
			 
				0.00 
			 | 
			London Marylebone | 10.53d [P6] | 10.53½d [P6] | 
| 
			 
				5.11 
			 | 
			Neasden South Jn | 11/00 | 11/00 | 
| 
			 
				6.42 
			 | 
			Wembley Stadium | 11/02 [P2] | 11/02½ | 
| 
			 
				11.42 
			 | 
			Northolt Park Jn | 11/07 [SL] | 11.09 ~ 11.10½ | 
| 
			 
				11.49 
			 | 
			South Ruislip | 11/12 | 11/12½ [P3] | 
| 
			 
				13.30 
			 | 
			West Ruislip | 11*15 ~ 11*22 [UPL] | 11.18 ~ 11.20½ [P4/UPL] | 
| 
			 
				13.51 
			 | 
			West Ruislip ISU (CE) | 11.25 ~ 11.32 | 11.24 ~ 11.32 [Sdg 2] | 
| 
			 
				? 
			 | 
			West Ruislip | 11*35 ~ 11*36 [UPL][DM] | 11/36 [P4]/UPL] | 
| 
			 
				15.53 
			 | 
			South Ruislip | 11.42 ~ 11.57 | 11p40½a ~ 11p59d [P3] | 
| 
			 
				17.34 
			 | 
			West Ruislip | 12*00 ~ 12*03 | 12.01½ ~ 12.03 | 
| 
			 
				17.55 
			 | 
			West Ruislip Down Spur | 12.06 ~ 12.30 | 12.06 ~ 12.10½ | 
| add | West Ruislip Depot | add | 12.17½ ~ 12.29 | 
| 
			 
				17.55 
			 | 
			West Ruislip Down Spur | 12.06 ~ 12.30 | 12.34½ ~ 12.39 | 
| 
			 
				17.76 
			 | 
			West Ruislip | 12.33 ~ 12.40 | 12.40½ ~ 12.43½ | 
| 
			 
				23.26 
			 | 
			Gerrards Cross | 12/46 [P1] | 12/49 | 
| 
			 
				32.37 
			 | 
			High Wycombe | 12.55 ~ 13.02 [P1] | 13.00½ ~ 13:02½ [P1] | 
| 
			 
				32.65 
			 | 
			High Wycombe Engineers Sdg | 13.05 ~ 13.12 | 13.07½ ~ 13.14½ | 
| 
			 
				33.13 
			 | 
			High Wycombe | 13.15a ~ 14.35d [P1] | 13.18a ~ 14.30d [P1] | 
| 
			 
				33.13 
			 | 
			High Wycombe | Draw up to Buffers | 14.31a ~ 14.36d [P1] | 
| 
			 
				33.60 
			 | 
			High Wycombe Sig.ME139 | 14.36 ~ 14.43 | 14.38 ~ 14.41 | 
| 
			 
				34.27 
			 | 
			High Wycombe | 14*44 ~ 14*44 [P2] | 14/42½ [P2] | 
| 
			 
				39.25 
			 | 
			Saunderton | 14/51 | 14/49½ [P2] | 
| 
			 
				42.38 
			 | 
			Princes Risborough | 14/55 [UML] | 14/54 [UML] | 
| 
			 
				48.23 
			 | 
			Haddenham & Thame Parkway | 15/00 [P1] | 15/00 [P1] | 
| 
			 
				60.13 
			 | 
			Bicester South Jn | 15/11 | 15/10½ | 
| 
			 
				60.65 
			 | 
			Bicester Gavray Jn | 15/13 | 15/11½ | 
| 
			 
				61.25 
			 | 
			Bicester Village | 15*14 ~ 15*17 [P1] | 15/13½ [P1] | 
| 
			 
				61.48 
			 | 
			Bicester Depot Goods Loop | 15*21 ~ 15*30 | 15/15 [GL] | 
| 
			 
				62.25 
			 | 
			Bicester Depot West Jn | 15/32 | 15/16 | 
| 
			 
				69.35 
			 | 
			Oxford Parkway | 15.40 ~ 15.55 [P1] | 15p25½a ~ 15p42½d [P1] | 
| 
			 
				69.60 
			 | 
			Oxford Banbury Road Sidings | 15.58 ~ 16.19 | 15.48½ ~ 15.54 | 
| add | Headshunt | add | 15.58½ ~ 16.04 | 
| add | Cripple Siding | add | 16.05½ ~ 16.10½ | 
| add | Headshunt | add | 16.12 ~ 16.16½ | 
| 
			 
				69.60 
			 | 
			Oxford Banbury Road Sidings | 15.58 ~ 16.19 | 16.19½ ~ 16.23 | 
| 
			 
				70.05 
			 | 
			Oxford Parkway | 16.22 ~ 16.29 [P2] | 16.29 ~ 16.30½ [P2] | 
| 
			 
				77.15 
			 | 
			Bicester Depot West Jn | 16/39 | 16.41½ | 
| 
			 
				? 
			 | 
			Bicester Depot Goods Loop | 16*41 ~ 16*56 | 16.43½ ~ 16.56 [RR] | 
| 
			 
				78.15 
			 | 
			Bicester Village | 17*00 ~ 17*02 [P1] | 16.59 ~ 17.01 [P1] | 
| 
			 
				? 
			 | 
			Bicester Gavray Jn | 17/04 | 17/02 | 
| 
			 
				? 
			 | 
			Bicester Chord Sig.ME.210 | ? | 17.03 ~ 17.07½ | 
| 
			 
				79.27 
			 | 
			Bicester South Jn | 17.07 ~ 17.13 | 17.10 ~ 17.12 [UM] | 
| 
			 
				80.28 
			 | 
			Bicester North | 17.16 ~ 17.22 [P1] | 17.17 ~ 17.20½ [P1] | 
| 
			 
				80.55 
			 | 
			Bicester North Engineers Sdg | 17.25 ~ 17.31 | 17.23½ ~ 17.33 | 
| 
			 
				81.02 
			 | 
			Bicester North | 17.34a ~ 17.41d [P1][DML] | 17.35a ~ 17.41½d [P1] | 
| 
			 
				? 
			 | 
			Bicester South Jn | 17/42½ | 17/43 | 
| 
			 
				? 
			 | 
			Haddenham & Thame Parkway | 17/53 [P2] | 17/54 [P2] | 
| 
			 
				100.54 
			 | 
			Princes Risborough | 17/58 [UML] | 17/59 [UM] | 
| 
			 
				103.67 
			 | 
			Saunderton | 18/01 | 18/01½ [P1] | 
| 
			 
				108.65 
			 | 
			High Wycombe | 18.07a ~ 18.08d [P2] | 18.09½a ~ 18.12d [P2] | 
| 
			 
				? 
			 | 
			Gerrards Cross | 18/17 [P2] | 18/20½ [P2] | 
| 
			 
				123.26 
			 | 
			West Ruislip | 18*23a ~ 18*33d [P4][UPL] | 18p26½a ~ 18p32d [P4/UPL] | 
| 
			 
				? 
			 | 
			South Ruislip | 18/36 | 18/35½ [P4] | 
| 
			 
				? 
			 | 
			Wembley Stadium | 18/42 | 18/40 | 
| 
			 
				131.45 
			 | 
			Neasden South Jn | 18/45 | 18/44 | 
| 
			 
				136.56 
			 | 
			London Marylebone | 18.56a [P5] | 18.55½a [P5] | 
Mileages taken from tour brochure.
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