30th September 1956

Railway Enthusiasts' Club
Suffolk Venturer

Locos Used 61576, 65447 & 62797
Stock Used 16592E+13582E+9214E+13261E+16600E

Route :

Loco(s) Route
61576 London Liverpool Street - (via GEML) - Colchester
62797 Colchester - Manningtree - Bentley - Capel - Hadleigh
62797 (1) Hadleigh - Capel - Bentley
62797 Bentley - Ipswich - East Suffolk Jn - Westerfield - Snape Jn - Snape
62797 (1) Snape - Snape Jn (2)
65447 + 62797 Snape Jn - Saxmundham - Darsham - Halesworth - Beccles
65447 Beccles - Bungay - Tivetshall
65447 Tivetshall - Diss - Mellis
65447 (1) Mellis - Eye
65447 Eye - Mellis - Haughley - Ipswich
?61576? Ipswich - (via GEML) - London Liverpool Street

    Notes :
(1) Loco propelling.
(2) 62797 was not in good health and the uphill run to Snape Jn resulted in assistance being summonsed.
(3) Thought to have been the first passenger train to visit the Snape branch and also the first passenger train over the Hadleigh branch since 29 February 1932, the Waveney Valley line since 3 January 1953 and the Eye branch since 2 February 1931.

Sources : John Clifford, Chris Harley, Brian Read/Edwin Wilmshurst & GERS E-Mail Group

Photo Review


Start of day: 61576 at Liverpool Street (photo: The John Debens Collection)


62797 backing on at Colchester (photo: The John Debens Collection)


65447 at Eye (photo: The John Debens Collection)


Tour Carriage Boards; courtesy of The John Debens Collection


From Andrew Fairholms ticket collection.


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Chris Harley, John Debens, Brian Read/Edwin Wilmshurst)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Liverpool Street 09.15d 09.16
4.03 Stratford 09/25 09/26
9.77 Chadwell Heath 09/33 09/34
20.14 Shenfield 09/49 09/47
29.60 Chelmsford 09/59 10/03
38.46 Witham 10/09 10/15
51.53 Colchester 10L24a ~ 10L32d 10.29 ~ 10.36
59.35 Manningtree 10/45 10/53
63.12 Bentley 10.56 ~ 11.06 11.02 ~ 11.06
65.25 Capel 11.12 ~ 11.16 ??/??
68.04 Raydon Wood 11.26 ~ 11.30 ?
70.19 Hadleigh 11.40 ~ 11.50 11.39 ~ 11.50
77.26 Bentley 12.25 ~ 12.29 12.14 ~ 12.25
82.73 Ipswich 12w48 ~ 12w59 12.48½ ~ 12.59
98.57 Wickham Market 13/30 13/49
0.00 Snape Jn 13.40 ~ 13.50 13.55 ~ 14.01
1.32 Snape 14.00a ~ 14.15d 14.06 ~ 14.19
2.64 Snape Jn 14.35 ~ 14.42 14.25 ~ 14.53
108.04 Saxmundham 14w50 ~ 15w00 15.00 ~ 15.08
126.16 Beccles 15w44 ~ 15w52 16.09 ~ 16.23
132.64 Bungay 16.30 ~ 16.35 16.43 ~ 16.47
139.30 Harleston 17.03 ~ 17.08 17.07 ~ 17.15
142.79 Pulham Market 17/20 17/28
145.52 Tivetshall 17w32 ~ 17w43 17.37 ~ 17.49
151.17 Diss 17/57 18/00
154.66 Mellis 18.10 ~ 18.20 18.08 ~ 18.10
157.50 Eye 18.45 ~ 18.55 18.30 ~ 18.51
160.34 Mellis 19.10 ~ 19.19 19.03 ~ 19.19
168.69 Haughley 19/39 19/35
183.05 Ipswich 20L03 ~ 20L08 20.04½ ~ 20.12
192.29 Manningtree 20/23 20/31½
200.11 Colchester 20/32 20/42
213.18 Witham 20/48 20/58
222.04 Chelmsford 21/01 21/08
231.50 Shenfield 21/14 21/20
241.67 Chadwell Heath 21/25 21/29
247.61 Stratford 21/32 21/35
251.64 Liverpool Street 21.40a 21.44


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