17th May 1969
Stephenson Locomotive
Society
Grand Diamond Jubilee Railtour
Locos Used | 804 'Avenger' & 868 'Zephyr' |
Stock Used | load 10 |
Route :
Locos | Route |
804 + 868 | London Paddington - Slough - Twyford - Reading - Didcot - Swindon - Westerleigh Jn - Stapleton Road - Dr Days Jn - North Somerset Jn - Bristol West - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Totnes |
804 + 868 | Totnes - (reverse of outward route) - Exeter St Davids |
804 + 868 | Exeter St Davids - Exeter Central - Axminster - Yeovil Junction - Gillingham - Salisbury - London Waterloo |
Notes :
(1) At Totnes passengers transferred (by bus) to the Dart Valley
Light Railway at Buckfastleigh where round trips using steam locos 4555 & 6412
were laid on for participants; the trains ran to 'a point near Totnes', the then
limit of passenger operation. It is recorded that the official re-opening of the
DVLR took place four days later, on 21st May.
804 (still with 'D' prefix) & 868 wait to leave Paddington (photo: Bruce
Nathan)
Source : Ian Clark (SLS)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Ian Clark (SLS) & Bruce Nathan)
Miles | Location | Booked | Actual |
0.0 | Paddington | 08.13d | 08.13 |
9.1 | Southall | 08/22½ | 08/22½ |
18.5 | Slough | 08/30 | 08/29½ |
24.2 | Maidenhead | 08/33 | 08/32½ |
36.0 | Reading | 08/41 | 08/40 |
53.1 | Didcot | 08/53 | 08/52 |
77.3 | Swindon | 09/14 | 09/16½ |
82.9 | Wootton Bassett | 09/18 | 09/23½ |
100.0 | Badminton | 09/30½ | 09/36 |
116.0 | Stapleton Road | 09/43½ | 09/51 |
117.3 | North Somerset Jn | 09/47 | 09/59½ |
117.8 | St Phillips Marsh | 09/49 | 10/01½ |
118.4 | Bristol West | 09/51 | 10/04 |
151.3 | Bridgwater | 10/18 | 10/31½ |
162.8 | Taunton | 10c30 ~ 10c33 | 10.42½ ~ 10.45½ |
193.6 | Exeter St Davids | 11/03 | 11/14½ |
208.7 | Teignmouth | 11/22 | 11/30½ |
213.8 | Newton Abbot | 11/30 | 11/37 |
222.5 | Totnes | 11.45a ~ 17.45d | 11.52 ~ 17.45 |
231.2 | Newton Abbot | 18/02 | 17/58½ |
251.4 | Exeter St Davids | 18.32 ~ 18.42 | 18.24½ ~ 18.34½ |
252.1 | Exeter Central | 18/46 | 18/37 |
268.8 | Honiton | 19/09 | 19/02½ |
284.1 | Chard Junction | 19/22 | 19.19 ~ 19.21 |
301.0 | Yeovil Junction | 19/38 | 19.38 ~ 19.38½ |
318.4 | Gillingham | 20.03 ~ 20.12 | 20.00½ ~ 20.06½ |
340.1 | Salisbury | 20.28 ~ 20.31 | 20.29 ~ 20.32 |
423.8 | Waterloo | 21.47a | 22.00 |