& Tony Davies (on the main train throughout, on first Highworth branch run)
Photo Review
25th April 1954
Railway Correspondence
and Travel Society (London Branch)
Swindon & Highworth Railtour
| Locos Used | 1366, 4707, 9011, 9023, 30517 & 31480 |
| Stock Used | Main train ~ SR: 4433+1360+1436+1386+7954+1399+1307+4441 Branch Train ~ GWR: 3 coaches |
Route : main train
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 9023 + 9011 | London Victoria - Longhedge Jn - Kensington Olympia - North Pole Jn - Old Oak East Jn - Ealing Broadway - Slough - Twyford - Reading - Swindon (2) - Rodbourne Lane |
| 4707 | Rodbourne Lane - Swindon - Didcot - Reading - Reading Spur SB |
| 30517 | Reading Spur SB - Earley - Wokingham - Bracknell - Ascot - Virginia Water - Chertsey - Addlestone - Weybridge - Hampton Court Jn - Surbiton - Wimbledon - Southfields - East Putney - Clapham Junction |
| 31480 | Clapham Junction - Longhedge Jn - Stewarts Lane - London Victoria |
Route : branch train
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 1366 | Swindon - Highworth Jn - Stanton - Highworth |
| 1366 | Highworth - Stanton - Highworth Jn - Swindon |
| 1366 (3) | Swindon - Swindon East SB |
| 1366 | Swindon East SB - Swindon (down main) - Rodbourne Lane SB (4) - Swindon Works |
| 1366 | Swindon Works - Rodbourne Lane SB - Swindon - Highworth Jn - Stanton - Highworth |
| 1366 | Highworth - Stanton - Highworth Jn - Swindon |
Notes :
(1) 4707 was originally reported as 4704 in error.
(2) For branch train (run 1) else stay on to Rodbourne Lane for Swindon Works.
(3) Propelling move.
(4) Train was booked to run to Rodbourne Lane only.
(5) Tony Davies comments: The
train ran Slow Road past Shrivenham (No.77008 on Up Main with ballast train),
and there was a severe PWS at Goring. 60/61
m.p.h past Challow. Signals at Wokingham and Walton-on-Thames,
Surbiton, but 55 m.p.h. at Sunningdale. On
the outward run, the stop at Old Oak was to adjust the ATC equipment.
Sources : John Clifford & David Davis (compiled from
contemporary sources)
& Tony Davies (on the main train throughout, on first Highworth branch run)
Photo Review
9023 & 9011 depart Victoria station (photo: RCJ Day/John Debens Collection)
1366 at Swindon with the branch train (photo: The John Debens Collection)
'The mob' at Highworth with 1366 (photo: The John Debens Collection)
4707 enters Swindon with the return train (photo: The John Debens Collection)
4707 passing Goring
(photo: Peter S. Rees/Andrew Fairholm Collection)
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
Stock Detail
(from Tony Davies)
| Coach | Type |
| S4433 | 2nd Class Open Brake (“Nondescript”) |
| S1360 | 3rd Class Open |
| S1436 | 3rd Class Open |
| S1386 | 3rd Class Open |
| S7954 | Cafeteria Car |
| S1399 | 3rd Class Open |
| S1307 | 3rd Class Open |
| S4441 | 2nd Class Open Brake (“Nondescript”) |
All
these were “loose” SOUTHERN stock mostly kept at Eardley Carriage Sidings.
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Tony Davies)
Main Train
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Victoria | 10.35d | 10.35 |
| Longhedge Jn | ? | 10/41½ |
| Kensington Olympia | 10.58a ~ 11.00d | 10.51 ~ 10.55 |
| North Pole Jn | ? | 11/00½ |
| Old Oak East Jn | ? | 11.02 ~ 11.25 |
| Ealing Broadway | ? | 11/33 |
| Southall | ? | 11/41 |
| Slough | ? | 11w57 ~ 12w02 |
| Maidenhead | ? | 12/10 |
| Twyford | ? | 12/21 |
| Reading | ? | 12/30 |
| Goring | ? | 12/43½ |
| Didcot | ? | 12/58 |
| Wantage Road | ? | 13/08 |
| Uffington | ? | 13/16 |
| Swindon | 13.34a ~ 13.39d | 13.37 ~ ??.?? |
| Rodbourne Lane | 13.49a | ??.?? |
Branch Train - run 1
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Swindon Works | DIV | 15.28 | |||
| Rodbourne Lane SB | 15.24a | 15/25 | |||
| Swindon | ? | ??/?? | |||
| Swindon East SB | ? | ??.?? ~ ??.?? | |||
| Swindon | 13.43d | 13.59 | ? | 15.15 ~ 15.19 | |
| Highworth Jn | ? | 14/03 | ? | 15/09 | |
| Stratton | ? | 14/07 | ? | 15/04 | |
| Stanton | ? | 14.13½ ~ 14.15 | ? | 14/58 | |
| Cricklade Road | ? | 14.17 ~ 14.20 | ? | 14.53½ ~ 14.56 | |
| Hannington | ? | 14.23 ~ 14.26 | ? | 14/50½ | |
| Highworth | 14.20a | 14.31 | 14.45d | 14.45 | |
Branch Train - run 2
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Rodbourne Lane SB | 15.45d | ? | |||
| Swindon | ? | ? | 17.10a | ? | |
| Highworth | 16.27a | ? | 16.40d | ? | |
Main Train
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Swindon Works | 17.15d | 17.15 |
| Swindon | 17.20a ~ 17.25d | 17.18½ ~ 17.26 |
| Shrivenham | ? | 17/35½ |
| Uffington | ? | 17/43 |
| Wantage Road | ? | 17/49 |
| Didcot | ? | 17/55 |
| Goring | ? | 18/06 |
| Pangbourne | ? | 18/11½ |
| Reading | 16.32a ~ 18.42d | 18.20½ ~ 18.21 |
| New Jn | ? | 18/23½ |
| Reading Spur SB | ? | 18L24½ ~ 18L43½ |
| Earley | ? | 18/50 |
| Wokingham | ? | 18/57 |
| Bracknell | ? | 19/04½ |
| Ascot | ? | 19/09 |
| Sunningdale | ? | 19/12 |
| Virginia Water 'C' SB | 19/18 | 19/17 |
| Chertsey | ? | 19.22a ~ 19.26d |
| Addlestone | ? | 19/30 |
| Weybridge | 19/32 | 19/33 |
| Walton | ? | 19/36 |
| Hampton Court Jn | ? | 19/42 |
| Surbiton | ? | 19/44 |
| Wimbledon | 19/50 | 19/51 |
| Southfields | ? | 19/55 |
| East Putney | 19/58 | 19/57½ |
| Wandsworth Town | ? | 20/01 |
| Clapham Junction | 20.05a ~ 20.07d | 20.03½ ~ 20.12 |
| Longhedge Jn | ? | 20/16½ |
| Stewarts Lane | ? | 20/17 |
| Victoria | 20.18a | 20.22 |
