Six Bells Junction

Loco(s)	Route
37270 + 37272	Plymouth - Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Charfield - Gloucester
37270 + 37272	Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa - Ashchurch - Bromsgrove - Church Road Jn - Birmingham New Street - (4) Wolverhampton (4) - Stafford - Norton Bridge - Madeley - Crewe
40093	Crewe - Chester - Rhyl - Llandudno Junction
40028 + 40047	Llandudno Junction - Blaenau Ffestiniog
40028 (3)	Blaenau Ffestiniog - Llandudno Junction
40028	Llandudno Junction - Gaerwen Jn
40028 (2)	Gaerwen Jn - Amlwch
40093 (1)	Amlwch - Gaerwen Jn
40093	Gaerwen Jn - Bangor - Llandudno Junction - Rhyl - Chester - Crewe
37270 + 37272	Crewe - Norton Bridge - Stafford - Bushbury Jn - Portobello Jn - Perry Barr North Jn - Aston - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - (reverse of outward route) - Taunton - Plymouth

Notes :
(1) 40028 on rear.
(2) 40093 on rear.
(3) 40047 on rear?
(4) Was originally uploaded as routed 'via Cannock' but Geoff Treby confirms the route as via Wolverhampton, per the timing sheet.

Sources : Si Carter (joined/left train at Birmingham New Street),
Richard Szwejkowski (joined/left train at Taunton), Harry Harper & Geoff Treby

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Paul Griffin)

M.C	Location	Booked (out)	Booked (rtn)	M.C
0.00	Plymouth	03.50d	01.42a	809.59
6.65	Hemerdon	04/00	01/34	802.74
16.15	Brent	04/13	01/24	793.44
23.12	Totnes	04.33a ~ 04.35d	01.09a ~ 01.11d	786.47
31.69	Newton Abbot	04.50a ~ 04.52	00.50a ~ 00.52d	777.70
41.41	Dawlish Warren	05/03	00/40	768.18
52.03	Exeter St Davids	05.15a ~ 05.17d	00.28a ~ 00.30d	757.56
71.75	Whiteball SB	05/36	00/12	737.64
82.63	Taunton	05.48a ~ 05.50d	23.56a ~ 23.58d	726.76
94.28	Bridgwater	06/01	23/46	715.31
109.43	Weston-super-Mare	06.14a ~ 06.15d	23.27a ~ 23.31d	700.16
111.65	Worle Jn	06/19	23/23	697.14
128.40	Bristol Temple Meads	06c37a ~ 06c40d	23c07a ~ 23c07d	681.19
13.10	Filton Jn	06/48	22/55	676.49
134.29	Bristol Parkway	06.50a ~ 06.52d	22.51a ~ 22.53d	675.30
138.79	Westerleigh Jn	06/58	22/45	670.60
147.12	Charfield	07/06	22/37	662.47
160.37	Standish Jn	07/15	22/27	649.22
167.48	Gloucester	07.25a ~ 07.38d	22.00a ~ 22.17d	642.11
174.08	Cheltenham Spa	07.48a ~ 07.50d	21.49a ~ 21.51d	635.51
181.19	Ashchurch	07/58	21/43	628.40
192.06	Abbotswood Jn	08/06	21/36	617.53
203.23	Stoke Works Jn	08/16	21/28	606.36
205.36	Bromsgrove	08/18	21/26	604.23
208.09	Blackwell	08/22	21/24	601.50
208.79	Barnt Green	08/27	21/23	600.60
213.69	King's Norton	08/32	21/17	595.71
218.10	Church Road Jn	08/38	21/11	591.50
219.47	Birmingham New Street	08.45a ~ 08.58d	21c03a ~ 12c06d	590.13

M.C	Location	Booked
221.54	Soho South Jn	09/04
223.23	Galton Jn	09/06
226.77	Dudley Port	09/09
232.37	Wolverhampton	09/16
234.11	Bushbury Jn	09/18
247.58	Stafford	09/38
253.07	Norton Bridge	09/43
264.09	Madeley	09/52
272.17	Crewe	10L06a ~ 10L16d
279.75	Beeston Castle	10/23
293.25	Chester	10c39a ~ 10c41d
296.44	Mold Jn	10/52
310.11	Holywell Jn	11/04
323.23	Rhyl	11/18
333.60	Colwyn Bay	11/41
337.55	Llandudno Junction	11.45a ~ 12.01d
348.53	Llanwrst	12/18
364.65	Bleanau Ffestiniog	12.51a ~ 13.21d
377.03	Betws-Y-Coed	13p41a ~ 13p51d
380.77	Llanwrst	14/04
391.75	Llandudno Junction	14/21
397.18	Penmaenmawr	14/28
407.26	Bangor	14/37
413.44	Gaerwen	14L49a ~ 15L09d
431.07	Amlwch	16.11a ~ 16.30d
448.50	Gaerwen	17L30a ~ 17L40d
454.68	Bangor	17/49
464.76	Penmaenmawr	17/57
470.19	Llandudno Junction	18.09a ~ 18.12d
474.14	Colwyn Bay	18/21
480.30	Abergele	18p30a ~ 18p40d
484.51	Rhyl	18/48
497.63	Holywell Jn	18/59
511.30	Mold Jn	19/10
514.49	Chester	19.19a ~ 19.21d
527.79	Beeston Castle	19/39
535.57	Crewe	19L48a ~ 20L01d
543.65	Madeley	20/15
554.67	Norton Bridge	20/26
560.16	Stafford	20/31
573.73	Bushbury Jn	20/44
576.41	Portobello Jn	20/48
580.58	Bescot	20/51
585.15	Perry Barr North Jn	20/55
587.37	Aston	20/57
589.37	Proof House Jn	21/00

The timing sheet carries the following comments;
This weekend should see a rather strange coloured Steward Wyatt, who has just returned from Spain after a two week holiday where he fought and gave a lot of Bull. Also this week Steward Rolstone will be giving a demonstration on how to stuff a faggot and how to extract more from a used tea bag. On Sunday, 19th June the BR Adex to Skegness from Taunton was hauled by 37159. On board were a number of F&W Stewards (off duty). Our headboard creator, Mark Alden, was observed capsized on the lake at Skegness on two occasions. Further investigation revealed that the replica class 50 he was carrying was too heavy for the punt! After Steward Edmunds paraded along the promenade in a pair of shorts, the local Constabulary informed us that three Peeping Toms had given themselves up.

Mileage and timings have been delicately put together by 47497 and each sheet hand painted by none other than Dave "Friend of the Whisky Barrons" Parsons.

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Locos Used	37270, 37272, 40028, 40047, 40093
Stock Used	load 12 VB/DH