24th June 1962

Home Counties Railway Club
Swindon Special

Loco Used 30850 'Lord Nelson'

Route :

Loco Route
30850 London Paddington - Southall - Slough - Maidenhead - Reading - Didcot - Swindon - Roxbourne Lane - Swindon Works Yard (1)
30850 Swindon Works Yard - (reverse of outward route) - London Paddington

Notes :
(1) For Works & Shed visit, plus the newly opened Great Western Railway Museum (opened just two days earlier). A subsequent HCRC tour itinerary gave the running date for this tour as 3rd June however it is confirmed by Ron Walker that this train ran on 24th June, not 3rd June.
(2) Train was late leaving Paddington as 30850 arrived chimney-first, necessitating the loco being turned at Ranelagh Bridge depot turntable prior to departure.
(3) Formed in 1955 and originally known as the 'Middlesex Loco Spotters Club', their name was changed in the late 1950's to the 'Home Counties Railway Club' then in January 1963 it changed again, to the 'Home Counties Railway Society'.
(4) 30850 was photographed at Didcot carrying headcode SPL17 - was this headcode used throughout?

Sources : John Clifford, Ken Cropley, Ron Walker, Roger Geach, John Debens & Steve Armitage

Photo Review


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Ron Walker & Ken Cropley)

Miles Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual Miles
0.0 Paddington 10.40d 10.56   17.45a 17.39 77.5
9.0 Southall 10/53 11/08   17/25 17/27 68.5
18.5 Slough 11/04 11/16   17/16 17/17 59.0
24.2 Maidenhead 11/10 11/21   17/10 17/11 53.3
36.0 Reading General 11/23 11/35   16/55 16/56 41.5
53.3 Didcot 11/43 11/57   16/23 16/33 24.2
56.5 Steventon 11/47 12/02   16/29 16/28 21.0
77.5 Swindon 12.12a ~ 12.17d ?   15.59a ~ 16.04d 16.00 ~ 16.03 0.0
? Swindon Works 12.34a 12.42   15.45d 15.52 ?


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