19th November 1983
B.R.
Cornish Branch Line Survey
| Locos Used | 37186 & 37187 |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 37186 + 37187 | Bristol Temple Meads - Taunton (avoiding line) - Exeter St Davids - Lostwithiel |
| 37187 (1) | Lostwithiel - Carne Point |
| 37186 (2) | Carne Point - Lostwithiel |
| 37187 (1) | Lostwithiel - Parkandillack |
| 37186 (2) | Parkandillack - Bodmin Parkway |
| 37187 (1) | Bodmin Parkway - Bodmin General |
| 37186 (2) | Bodmin General - Boscarne Jn |
| 37187 (1) | Boscarne Jn - Bodmin General |
| 37186 (2) | Bodmin General - Bodmin Parkway |
| 37186 + 37187 | Bodmin Parkway - Exeter St Davids - Bristol Temple Meads |
Notes :
(1) 37186 on rear.
(1) 37187 on rear.
Source : Richard Szwejkowski (joined/left train at Exeter
St Davids)
Additional information provided by Stew Robertson (on the train throughout)
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Timings (Booked Only)
(from Paul Griffin)
| M.C | Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) | M.C |
| 0.00 | Bristol Temple Meads | 08.15d | 20.00a | 372.38 |
| 16.55 | Worle Jn | 08/30 | 19/44 | 355.63 |
| 19.48 | Uphill Jn | 08/32 | 19/42 | 352.70 |
| 33.11 | Bridgwater | 08.42a ~ 08.44d | 19.30a ~ 193.31d | 339.27 |
| 44.28 | Taunton East Jn | 08/58 | ? | - |
| ? | Taunton | GL | 19.17a ~ 19.19d | 327.62 |
| 45.79 | Silk Mill Crossing | 09/04 | ? | - |
| 55.44 | Whiteball | 09/16 | 19/09 | 316.74 |
| 75.36 | Exeter St Davids | 09.33a ~ 09.41d | 18.50a ~ 18.52d | 297.02 |
| 85.78 | Dawlish Warren | 09/54 | 18/38 | 286.40 |
| 95.50 | Newton Abbot | 10/08 | 18/22 | 276.68 |
| 104.27 | Totnes | 10/20 | 18/11 | 268.11 |
| 127.39 | Plymouth | 10.46a ~ 10.50d | 17.34a ~ 17.45d | 244.79 |
| 131.44 | St Budeaux Jn | 10/55 | 17/28 | 240.74 |
| 132.70 | Saltash | 10/58 | 17/24 | 239.48 |
| 137.68 | St Germans | 11/04 | 17/19 | 234.50 |
| 146.30 | Liskeard | 11/14 | 17/11 | 226.08 |
| 151.45 | Largin | 11/20 | 17/05 | 220.73 |
| M.C | Location | Booked |
| 158.78 | Lostwithiel | 11L29a ~ 11L44d |
| 163.64 | Fowey, Carne Point | 12p00a ~ 12p15d |
| 168.50 | Lostwithiel | 12.38a ~ 12.43d |
| 173.05 | Par | 12/52 |
| 179.72 | Burngullow | 13.02a ~ 13.05d |
| 182.47 | Drinnick Mill | 13.20a ~ 13.25d |
| 184.76 | Parkandillack | 13p35a ~ 13p50d |
| 187.25 | Drinnick Mill | 14.00a ~ 14.05d |
| 190.00 | Burngullow | 14.20a ~ 14.25d |
| 196.67 | Par | 14/35 |
| 201.22 | Lostwithiel | 14/42 |
| 204.53 | Bodmin Parkway | 14.47a ~ 15.00d |
| 208.14 | Bodmin General | 15.20a ~ 15.30d |
| 210.62 | Boscarne Jn | 15p45a ~ 16p05d |
| 213.30 | Bodmin General | 16.20a ~ 16.25d |
| 216.71 | Bodmin Parkway | 16L40a ~ 16L55d |
Timings continued in first table.
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