20th April 1969

L.C.G.B.
The Woodpecker Rail Tour

Locos Used D847, D855, E6101 & steam: 6000
Stock Used [1]: Expected to be 9 coaches formed: BSK+SO+SO+SO+RB+SO+SO+SO+BSK
[2]: Expected to be 2x Pullman coaches: 'Christine' + 'Aquila'

Route :

Loco Stock Route
E6101 [1] London Waterloo - Hounslow - Staines - Reading
D847 [1]

Reading - Swindon - Standish Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Ashchurch (2) - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Hereford
D847 [1] Hereford - Barton Jn
D847 [1] Barton Jn - Brecon Curve - Barton Jn
D847 (1) [1] Barton Jn - Moorfields
D847 [1] Moorfields - Bulmers Siding
6000 (1) [2] (3) Bulmers Siding - Moorfields
6000 [2] Moorfields - Bulmers Siding (3)
6000 [1] Bulmers Siding - Moorfields
D847 [1] Moorfields - Brecon Curve - Barton Jn
D847 [1] Barton Jn - Hereford (4)
D855 [1]

Hereford - Worcester Shrub Hill - Oxford - (via Didcot avoiding line) - Old Oak Common - North Pole Jn - Kensington Olympia - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) Propelling move.
(2) The passengers visited the Dowty Railway Preservation Society at Ashchurch.
(3) At Bulmers Hereford multiple runs of 6000 were made, passengers being entitled (by control ticket) to make one round trip.
(4) D847 was failed upon arrival at Hereford.

Sources : Terry Jackson & John Debens

Photo Review


6000 at Hereford (photo: Bob Bridger)


The Tour tickets (courtesy: Bob Bridger)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Terry Jackson & John Broderick)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Waterloo 09.38d [P11] [WLL] 09.38½
2.50 Queens Road 09/43 ?
3.71 Clapham Junction 09/45 09/49
7.04 Barnes 09/50 09/56
13.41 Hounslow 09/59 10/05
14.40 Feltham Jn 10/02 10/08
20.09 Staines 10.09a ~ 10.10d 10.12½ ~ 10.16
24.23 Virginia Water 10/17 10/22½
30.08 Ascot 10/25 10/30½
37.57 Wokingham 10/34 10/39
41.52 Earley 10/39 10/43
43.55 Reading Spur 10/44 10/46
44.23 Reading Main Line East [ML] ?
44.39 Reading General 10L47a ~ 11L00d 10.52 ~ 11.06
61.51 Didcot 11/19 11/22
71.71 Challow 11/33 11/44
85.64 Swindon 11c47 ~ 11c52 12/04
86.24 Loco Yard 11/55 12.07a ~ 12.12d
99.38 Kemble 12/10 12/26
110.54 Stroud 12/25 12/42
114.72 Standish Jn 12/30 12.42a ~ 13.03d
121.30 Gloucester Yard Jn 12c38 ~ 12c40 13.16 ~ 13.20
121.74 Barnwood Jn 12/42 ?
127.12 Lansdown Jn 12/50 13/28
134.60 Ashchurch 13.00a ~ 14.00d 13.37½ ~ 14.22
145.37 Abbotswood Jn 14/18 14/36½
146.20 Norton Jn 14/20 14/38½
149.34 Worcester Shrub Hill 14c26 ~ 14c28 14.43½ ~ 14.46
150.06 Worcester Foregate Street 14/31 14/49
159.06 Malvern Wells 14/42 14/58½
165.03 Ledbury 14/52 15/08
177.05 Shelwick Jn 15/05 15/20
178.62 Hereford Barrs Court 15.10 ~ 15.15 15.23½ ~ 15.32½
179.10 Brecon Curve 15/17 15/35
179.53 Barton Jn 15.22 ~ 15.22 ?
180.13 Moorfields 15.30 ~ 15.33 15.41 ~ 15.42
180.23 Bulmers Sidings 15.36a ~ 17.40d 15.50 ~ 17.37½
180.33 Moorfields 17.43 ~ 17.45 17.40 ~ 17.47½
180.73 Barton Jn 17.50 ~ 17.55 ?
181.36 Brecon Curve 17/58 17/54
181.64 Hereford Barrs Court 18.01 ~ 18.06 17.55 ~ 18.10½
183.41 Shelwick Jn 18/11 18/18½
195.43 Ledbury 18/22 18/32
201.40 Malvern Wells 18/30 18/39½
210.40 Worcester Foregate Street 18/38 18/46
211.12 Worcester Shrub Hill 18c41 ~ 18c43 18.49 ~ 18.55
214.26 Norton Jn 18/47 19/01
224.77 Evesham 18/55 19/09
229.70 Honeybourne 18/59 19/14
239.71 Moreton-in-Marsh 19/10 19/34½
246.73 Kingham 19/18½ 19/32
251.19 Ascott-under-Wychwood 19/21½ 19/33½
265.20 Wolvercot Jn 19/32 19/45
268.12 Oxford 19/35 TL 19/48
277.58 Didcot North Jn 19/45 19/58
278.54 Didcot East Jn 19c47 ~ 19c49 [ML] 19.59½ ~ 20.02
295.44 Reading General 20.07a ~ 20.09d 20.20 ~ 20.21
300.41 Twyford 20/15½ ?
307.23 Maidenhead 20/20½ 20/32½
313.06 Slough 20/25 20/36
322.36 Southall 20/33 20/43
328.20 Old Oak Common West [RL] ?
328.57 Old Oak Common East 20/42 21/00
329.21 North Pole Jn 20/44 21.02 ~ 21.02½
331.11 Kensington Olympia 20c50 ~ 20c52 21.11 ~ 21.13
334.09 Latchmere Jn 21/02 21/19
334.74 Longhedge Jn 21/05 21/21
335.21 Stewarts Lane Jn 21/07 21/22
336.43 Victoria (E) 21.15a 21.27


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