28th October 2017
Railway Touring Company
The Cotswold Venturer
Locos Used | 57314 & steam: 46100 'Royal Scot' |
Stock Used | 35317+99304+4984+4973+99311+99348+99128+99122+3136+1961+99127 |
Route :
1Z70 : London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill
1Z73 : Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington
Loco(s) | Route |
46100 (1) | London Paddington - Southall - Slough - Maidenhead - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Oxford - Wolvercote Jn - Charlbury - Ascott-under-Wychwood - Moreton-in-Marsh - Evesham - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill |
46100 (1) | Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Stroud - Kemble - Swindon - Didcot Parkway - (reverse of outward route) - London Paddington |
Notes :
(1) 57314 on rear.
(2) 46100 replaced the advertised 60103 'Flying Scotsman', which had failed with
hot axle box at Peterborough on 18/10/17.
Source : Nick Bartlett
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)
Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
London Paddington | 07.04d [P9] | 07.04 | 20.59a [P9] | 20.58 [P9] | |
Royal Oak Jn | 07/05 | 07/06 | 20/55½ | 20/55 | |
Portobello Jn | 07/06½ | 07/07 | 20/53½ | 20/55 | |
Ladbroke Grove | 07/07½ | 07/08 | 20/53 | 20/54 | |
Acton Main Line | 07/11 [DM] | ? | 20/49½ [UM] | 20/51 | |
Acton West | 07/12 | 07/12 | 20/48½ | 20/50 | |
West Ealing | 07/13½ | ? | ? | ? | |
Southall | 07/15½ [P1] [DM] | 07/16 | 20/45½ [P2] [UM] | 20/47 | |
Heathrow Airport Jn | 07/17½ | 07/18 | 20/43½ | 20/45 | |
Slough | 07.31a ~ 07.33d [P4] [DR] | 07.34 ~ 07.37 | 20.32a ~ 20.35d [P5] [UR] | 20.32 ~ 20.35 | |
Maidenhead | 07/42 [P3] [DR] | 07/44 | 20/23 [P4] [UR] | 20/24 | |
Twyford | 07/50 [P3] [DR] | 07/51 | 20/14 [P4] [UR] | 20/17 | |
Kennet Bridge Jn | 07/55 | 07/56 | 20/09 | 20/09 | |
Reading | 07.59a ~ 08.02d [P12] | 07.58 ~ 08.02 | 19.54a ~ 20.06d [P13] | 19.56 ~ 20.04 | |
Reading West Jn | 08/04 | 08/05 | 19/51 | 19/50 | |
Goring & Streatley | 08/13½ | 08/15 | 19/41 [P4] [UR] | 19/41 | |
Didcot East Jn | 08/25 | 08/22 | 19/30½ | 19/29 | |
Didcot Parkway | 08.26a ~ 08.35d [P3] | 08.24 ~ 08.35 [P3] | 19c25a ~ 19c29d [P4] | 19.25 ~ 19.29 [P4] |
Location | Booked | Actual |
Didcot North Jn | 08/41 | 08/37 |
Kennington Jn | 08/50 | 08/45 |
Oxford | 08.54 ~ 08.59 [P4] | 08.51 ~ 08.54 [P4] |
Oxford North Jn | 09w03 ~ 09w46 [DR] | ? ~ 09.34 |
Wolvercote Jn | 09/50 | 09/40 |
Charlbury | 10/01 | ? |
Ascott-under-Wychwood | 10/05 [P1] | 10/13 |
Kingham | 10/10½ | ? |
Moreton-in-Marsh | 10.20 ~ 10.40 [P1] | 10.29 ~ 10.43 |
Honeybourne | 10/54 [P1] | ? |
Evesham | 11/03 | 11/00 |
Norton Jn | 11/16 | 11/13 |
Worcester Shrub Hill | 11.22a [P1] ~ 16.34d [P1] | 11.24 [P1] ~ 16.34 [P1] |
Norton Jn | 16/41 | 16/42 |
Abbotswood Jn | 16/47 | 16/44 |
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | 16/57 [P2] | 16/58 |
Cheltenham Spa | 17/06 [P1] | 17/05 |
Barnwood Jn | 17/12½ | 17/12 |
Gloucester Sig.G356 | 17.15 ~ 17.44 | ? |
Gloucester Yard Jn | 17/45½ | 17/44 |
Standish Jn | 17/52 | 17/54 |
Stroud | 17/59 [P1] | 18/03 |
St Mary's LC | 18/04 | 18/04 |
Kemble | 18/16½ [P1] | 18/14 |
Loco Yard Jn | 18/27½ | ? |
Swindon | 18/35 [P1] | 18/34 |
Uffington | 18/45 | 18/46 |
Challow | 18/47 | 18/49 |
Wantage Road | 18/56 [UR] | 18/57 |
Steventon | 19/00½ | 19/01 |
Milton Jn | 19w03 ~ 19w21 [UR] | ? ~ 19.17 |
Foxhall Jn | 19/23 | 19/20 |
Timings continue in first table.
Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings
5Z70 : (57314 with 46100 on rear) : Southall to London
Paddington
5Z74 : (57314 with 46100 on rear) : London
Paddington to Southall
Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
Southall Depot | 05.32d | 22.16a |
Southall Yard | 05.42 ~ 05.50 | 21.54 ~ 22.04 |
Southall East Jn | 05/52 | 21/52 |
Hanwell Bridge Loop | 05*54 ~ 06*18 | - |
Hanwell | 06/21 | 21/50 |
West Ealing | 06/24 | 21/49 |
Acton West | 06/33 | 21/46 |
Ladbroke Grove | 06/37 | 21/38 |
Portobello Jn | 06/38 | 21/36 |
Royal Oak Jn | 06/39 | 21/34 |
London Paddington | 06.42a [P9] | 21.33d [P9] |
5Z71 : (46100 with 57314 on rear) : Worcester Shrub Hill -
Worcester L.M.D.
5Z73 : (46100 with 57314 on rear) : Worcester L.M.D. - Worcester Shrub Hill
Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
Worcester Shrub Hill | 11.30d [P1] | 16.25a [P1] |
Worcester L.M.D. | 11.32a | 16.22d |
5Z72 : (46100 with 35317) : Worcester L.M.D. - Tunnel Jn - Henwick -
Worcester Shrub Hill - Worcester L.M.D.
(Loco turning trip)
Location | Booked |
Worcester L.M.D. | 13.55d |
Tunnel Jn | 13.58 ~ 14.01 |
Worcester Foregate Street | 14.04 ~ 14.05 |
Henwick | 14.08 ~ 14.11 |
Worcester Foregate Street | 14/14 |
Worcester Shrub Hill | 14.17 ~ 14.22 |
Worcester L.M.D. | 14.25a |