29th October 1983

F & W Railtours
The Bedford Bricker

Locos Used 25048, 25245, 37176, 37186, 46026 & 47143

Route : 1Z37 throughout

Loco(s) Route
47143 Plymouth – Totnes - Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids – Taunton – Weston-Super-Mare – Bristol Temple Meads
37176 + 37186 Bristol Temple Meads – Filton Jn - Westerleigh Jn - Charfield - Bristol Parkway – Gloucester
37176 + 37186 Gloucester – Stroud – Kemble – Swindon – Reading – Ealing Broadway – Acton Wells Jn – Neasden Jn – Northolt Jn – West Ruislip – High Wycombe – Aylesbury – Claydon LNE Jn – Bletchley Flyover
25048 + 25245 Bletchley Flyover – St Johns North Jn – Bedford Midland – Bedford North Jn – Kettering – Manton Jn – Melton Mowbray – Syston East Jn - Syston North Jn – Loughborough – Trent South Jn – Sheet Stores Jn – Stenson Jn – Wichnor Jn – Lichfield Trent Valley – Armitage – Stafford
25048 + 25245 Stafford – Lichfield Trent Valley – Nuneaton – Rugby – Denbigh Hall North Jn
37176 + 37186 Denbigh Hall North Jn - Claydon LNE Jn – Bicester – Oxford – Didcot North Jn – Reading
37176 + 37186 Reading – Didcot – Swindon
46026 Swindon – Chippenham – Trowbridge – Westbury – Castle Cary – Taunton – Exeter St Davids – Newton Abbot - Totnes - Plymouth


From Bob Mitchell's ticket collection.

Source : Ian Monkton (joined train at Bristol Temple Meads/left at Swindon)

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Clive Barlow)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Plymouth 04.15d
6.65 Hemerdon 04/25
16.15 Brent 04/35
23.12 Totnes 04.44a ~ 04.45d
31.69 Newton Abbot 04.59a ~ 05.00d
41.41 Dawlish Warren 05/11
52.03 Exeter St Davids 05.23a ~ 05.25d
71.75 Whiteball SB 05/45
82.63 Taunton 05.58a ~ 06.00d
94.28 Bridgwater 06/12
109.43 Weston-super-Mare 06.28a ~ 06.30d
111.65 Worle Jn 06/34
128.40 Bristol Temple Meads 06L55a ~ 07L03d
133.10 Filton Jn 07/10
134.29 Bristol Parkway 07.12a ~ 07.13d
138.79 Westerleigh Jn 07/19
147.12 Charfield 07/26
160.37 Standish Jn 07/35
167.48 Gloucester 07.47a ~ 08.12d
174.59 Standish Jn 08/10
179.40 Stroud 08.16a ~ 08.17d
190.54 Kemble 08p32a ~ 08p37d
204.30 Swindon 08.51a ~ 08.53d
218.23 Challow 09/05
228.43 Didcot 09/12
245.55 Reading 09.32a ~ 09.35d
250.52 Twyford 09/42
257.34 Maidenhead 09/48
263.17 Slough 09/55
272.47 Southall 10/07
275.77 Ealing Broadway 10.12a ~ 10.13d
277.32 Acton Main Line 10/17
278.06 Acton Wells Jn 10/22
280.09 Neasden Jn 10/30
280.41 Neasden South 10*33a ~ 10*54d
286.72 Northolt Jn 11/07
288.60 West Ruislip 11/11
303.21 High Wycombe 11/29
311.42 Princes Risborough 11/39
318.49 Aylesbury 11p54a ~ 12p04d
330.23 Claydon LNE JN 12/27
340.04 Fletton 12/51
343.04 Bletchley Flyover 12L56a ~ 13L06d
358.59 St Johns North Jn 13/38
359.41 Bedford Midland 13c49a ~ 13c51d
359.54 Bedford North Jn 13/53
374.67 Wellingborough 14/09
381.47 Kettering 14p18a ~ 14p28d
384.22 Glendon South Jn 14/32
399.74 Manton Jn 14/48
414.78 Melton Mowbray 15/04
424.60 Syston East Jn 15*15a ~ 15*17d
424.77 Syston North Jn 15/19
432.20 Loughborough 15/27
439.70 Trent South Jn 15/33
440.32 Sheet Stores Jn 15/34
448.01 Worthington Jn 15/46
452.66 Stenson Jn 15/54
459.03 Burton-on-Trent 15/59
464.16 Wichnor Jn 16/04
469.79 Lichfield TV 16/13
475.07 Armitage 16/23
483.07 Milford Jn 16/30
487.19 Stafford 16.37a ~ 16.57d
491.31 Milford Jn 17/03
499.31 Armitage 17/10
504.39 Lichfield TV 17/14
510.60 Tamworth 17/19
523.62 Nuneaton 17/29
538.32 Rugby 17/40
547.62 Long Buckby 17/49
557.31 Northampton 17/58
566.52 Hanslope Jn 18/07
574.51 Denbigh Hall North Jn 18L15a ~ 18L30d
589.31 Claydon LNE Jn 19/00
596.05 Bicester 19/20
606.63 Oxford North Jn 19/42
607.67 Oxford 19.45a ~ 19.47d
617.34 Didcot North Jn 19/57
619.24 Didcot East Jn 19/59
635.20 Reading 20.13a ~ 20.26d
652.32 Didcot 20/40
662.52 Challow 20/48
676.45 Swindon 21L00a ~ 21L10d
682.29 Wootton Bassett Jn 21/18
693.08 Chippenham 21.26a ~ 21.27d
695.32 Thingley Jn 21/32
703.62 Bradford South Jn 21.46a ~ 21.47d
709.06 Westbury 21.57a ~ 21.59d
710.38 Fairwood Jn 22/02
728.53 Castle Cary 22/20
756.16 Taunton 22.44a ~ 22.45d
766.74 Whiteball SB 22/59
786.76 Exeter St Davids 23.15a ~ 23.17d
797.38 Dawlish Warren 23/27
807.10 Newton Abbot 23.37a ~ 23.39d
815.67 Totnes 23.53a ~ 23.54d
822.64 Brent 00/07
932.14 Hemerdon 00/17
838.79 Plymouth 00.24a


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