|
Locos Used |
6848, 7029 & 7820 |
| Stock Used | Booked to have been load 10 (BR stock), formed as
follows; BSO+SO+SO+SO+RB+SO+SO+SO+SO+BSO |
Route:
| Loco | Route |
|
7029 |
London Paddington - Slough - Reading (1) - Didcot - Swindon - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Dr Days Jn - Filton Jn - Gloucester South Jn |
|
6848 |
Gloucester South Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Cheltenham Malvern Road - Stratford-on-Avon - Bearley West Jn - Bearley North Jn - Henley-in-Arden - Tyseley - Birmingham Snow Hill (2) |
| 7820 | Birmingham Snow Hill - Swan Village - Great Bridge - Dudley Port - Sedgeley Jn - Brettall Jn - Stourbridge Jn - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill |
| 7029 | Worcester Shrub Hill - Honeybourne - Moreton-in-Marsh - Kingham - Oxford - (via Didcot avoiding line) - Reading - Slough - London Paddington |
Notes
:
(1) The letter sent out with the tour tickets stated that passengers joining at
Reading should alight at Oxford on the return and use the 17.47 service train
back to Reading (arriving 18.16).
(2) Loco change was originally booked to take place at Swan Village but the
change to be at Birmingham Snow Hill was advised to passengers in the
information given out to tour participants on the day.
A tour ticket (courtesy: Rob Fraser)
Sources
:
Terry Jackson, Kevin Driscoll & Brian Halford
Timings (Booked Only)
(From Terry Jackson & Brian Halford)
| M.C | Location | Booked | Retimed | Actual |
| 00.00 | Paddington | 09.20d | - | |
| 01.20 | Westbourne Park | 09/25 | - | |
| 09.06 | Southall | 09/33 | - | |
| 18.36 | Slough | 09/41 | - | |
| 24.19 | Maidenhead | 09/47 | - | |
| 31.01 | Twyford | 09/53 | - | |
| 35.78 | Reading General | 09.59a ~ 10.00d | - | |
| 53.10 | Didcot | 10/20 | - | |
| 56.42 | Steventon | 10/23 | - | |
| 66.43 | Uffington | 10/36 | - | |
| 77.24 | Swindon | 10w50a ~ 10w58d | - | |
| 82.70 | Wootton Bassett | 11/06 | - | |
| 93.76 | Chippenham | 11/16 | - | |
| 104.49 | Bathampton | 11/25 | - | |
| 106.70 | Bath Spa | 11/28 | - | |
| 117.47 | North Somerset Jn | 11/41 | - | |
| 117.73 | Dr Days Bridge Jn | 11w44a ~ 11w50d | - | |
| 118.70 | Stapleton Road | 11/54 | - | |
| 122.04 | Filton Jn | 12/02 | - | |
| 123.15 | Stoke Gifford | 12/04 | - | |
| 127.60 | Westerleigh West Jn | 12/10 | - | |
| 129.14 | Yate South Jn | 12/15 | - | |
| 135.74 | Charfield | 12/24 | - | |
| 141.08 | Berkeley Road | 12/29 | - | |
| 143.41 | Coaley Junction | 12p33a ~ 12p41d | - | |
| 151.30 | Standish Jn | 12/48 | - | |
| 157.54 | Gloucester South Jn | 12.56 ~ 13.06 | - | |
| 158.41 | Engine Shed Jn | 13/08 | - | |
| 163.69 | Lansdown Jn | 13/16 | - | |
| 164.39 | Cheltenham Malvern Road | 13/17 | - | |
| 185.30 | Honeybourme West | 13/43 | - | |
| 185.43 | Honeybourne East | 13/44 | - | |
| 193.44 | Stratford-on-Avon | 13w54a ~ 14w00d | - | |
| 197.21 | Bearley West Jn | 14/12 | - | |
| 201.48 | Henley-in-Arden | 14/23 | - | |
| 215.19 | Tyseley | 14/43 | - | |
| 217.20 | Bordesley | 14/49 | - | |
| 218.45 | Birmingham Snow Hill | 14/52 | 14L51 ~ 14L59 | |
| 221.61 | Handsworth Jn | 14/58 | 15/04 | |
| 224.28 | Swan Village | 15.03a ~ 15.13d | 15.10a ~ 15.18d | |
| 225.44 | Great Bridge South | 15/16 | 15/22 | |
| 227.44 | Dudley | 15/23 | 15/28 | |
| 233.44 | Stourbridge Junction | 15/39 | 15/42 | |
| ? | Kidderminster | ? | 15/52 | |
| 240.14 | Cutnall Green | 15/59 | - | |
| 249.51 | Droitwich Spa | 16/03 | - | |
| 254.68 | Tunnel Jn | 16/12 | - | |
| 255.20 | Worcester Shrub Hill | 16.14a ~ 16.24d | - | |
| 269.05 | Evesham | 16/40 | - | |
| 273.78 | Honeybourne | 16/45 | - | |
| 283.79 | Moreton-in-Marsh | 16/59 | - | |
| 291.09 | Kingham | 17/06 | - | |
| 308.35 | Yarnton | 17/24 | - | |
| 312.20 | Oxford | 17.30a ~ 17.38d | - | |
| 321.66 | Didcot North Jn | 17/50 | - | |
| 322.72 | Didcot East Jn | 17/52 | - | |
| 339.62 | Reading General | 18/08 | - | |
| 344.59 | Twyford | 18/12 | - | |
| 351.41 | Maidenhead | 18/19 | - | |
| 357.24 | Slough | 18.24 | - | |
| 366.54 | Southall | 18/32 | - | |
| 374.40 | Westbourne Park | 18/40 | - | |
| 375.60 | Paddington | 18.45a [P8] | - | 19.20 |
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