14th April 1984

F + W Tours
The Capital City Transfer

Locos Used 25042, 25083, 37038, 37089, 50007 & 50040
Stock Used 5035+5025+4843+5043+4917+1671+7650+35471+4871+5036+4900+5033

Route : 1Z40 throughout

Loco(s) Route
50007 Plymouth – Exeter St Davids – Taunton – Uphill Jn – Worle Jn – Bristol Temple Meads – Stapleton Road – Filton Jn – Bristol Parkway – Westerleigh Jn – Yate – Standish Jn – Barnwood Jn – Cheltenham Spa – Abbotswood Jn – Norton Jn – Worcester Shrub Hill – Droitwich Spa – Kidderminster – Stourbridge Junction – Galton Jn – Soho North Jn – Perry Barr South Jn – Aston – Stechford – Coventry
25042 + 25083 Coventry – Rugby – Bletchley – Claydon LNE Jn – Aylesbury – Amersham – London Marylebone
50040 London Marylebone – Neasden South – West Ruislip
50040 West Ruislip – Greenford West Jn – Ealing Broadway – Acton Wells Jn (1) – Willesden Junction HL – Kensal Rise – Gospel Oak – (1) Junction Road Jn South Tottenham East Jn – Channelsea Jn – Stratford Low Level – North Woolwich
37038 + 37089 (2) North Woolwich – Stratford Low Level – Channelsea Jn – Temple Mills East – Lea Bridge
50040 Lea Bridge – Channelsea Jn – Stratford – Forest Gate Jn – Barking East Jn – Rainham – West Thurrock Jn
50040 West Thurrock Jn – Ockendon – Upminster - Barking East Jn – Forest Gate Jn – Stratford – Dalston Western Jn – Camden Road Gospel Oak – Willesden Junction HL – Acton Wells Jn – Ealing Broadway – Reading – Didcot Parkway Swindon – Westerleigh Jn Bristol Parkway – Filton Jn – Stapleton Road – Bristol Temple Meads – Weston-super-Mare – Taunton – Exeter St Davids – Plymouth

Notes :
(1) Booked route was: Acton Wells Jn - Neasden Jn - Dudding Hill Jn - Cricklewood - Carlton Road Jn - Junction Road Jn.
(2) 50040 on rear.

Sources : Ian Monkton (joined/left the train at Taunton), Andrew Crampton & Greg Norden

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Greg Norden)

Location

Booked

Plymouth

04.10d

Hemerdon

04/20

Brent

04/31

Totnes

04.40a ~ 04.41d

Newton Abbot

04.54a ~ 04.55d

Dawlish Warren

05/06

Exeter St Davids

05.17a ~ 05.19

Whiteball SB

05/38

Taunton

05/59

Bridgwater

05/59

Uphill Jn

06/10

Bristol Temple Meads

06.30a ~ 06.32d

Filton Jn

06/39

Bristol Parkway

06.41a ~ 06.42d

Westerleigh Jn

06/48

Charfield

06/56

Standish Jn

07/08

Gloucester Yard Jn

07/14

Cheltenham Spa

07.20a ~ 07.21d

Ashchurch

07/29

Abbotswood Jn

07/38

Worcester Shrub Hill

07.46a ~ 07.47

Droitwich Spa

07/55

Hartlebury

08/00

Kidderminster

08/04

Stourbridge Junction

08.14a ~ 08.15d

Galton Jn

08/32

Soho North Jn

08/34

Soho East Jn

08/35

Perry Barr South Jn

08/39

Aston

08.42a ~ 08.43d

Stechford South Jn

08/48

Coventry

09L02a ~ 09L12d

Rugby

09/23

Weedon

09/35

Hanslope Jn

09/46

Denbigh Hall North Jn

09/55

Bletchley Flyover

09c57 ~ 09c59

Claydon LNE Jn

10.40 ~ 10.41

Aylesbury

11c15 ~ 11c16

Amersham

11/34

Watford South Jn

11/44

Harrow-on-the Hill

11/52

Neasden South

11/56

Marylebone

12L04a ~ 12L39d

Neasden South

12/47

Northolt East Jn

12/55

West Ruislip

13.00a ~ 13.20d

Northolt East Jn

12/55

Greenford West Jn

13/27

West Ealing

13/39

Ealing Broadway

13.42a ~ 13.43d

Acton Main Line

13/47

Acton Wells Jn

13/52

Dudding Hill Jn

14/00

Cricklewood Jn

14/03

Carlton Road Jn

14/09

Junction Road Jn

14/12

Upper Holloway

14/13

South Tottenham East Jn

14/23

Temple Mills East

14/30

Channelsea Jn

14/34

Startford Low Level

14/36

Stratford Southern Jn

14AE38 ~ 14AE43

North Woolwich

14.58a ~ 15.18d

Stratford Low Level

15/31

Channelsea Jn

15/35

Temple Mills East

15/39

Lea Bridge

15AE43 ~ 15AE51

Temple Mills East

15/55

Channelsea  Jn

15/59

Stratford

16c02 ~ 16c03

Forest Gate Jn

16/07

Woodgrange Park Jn

16/09

Barking East Jn

16/12

Rainham

16/18

West Thurrock Jn

16.26 ~ 16.36

Ockendon

16x43 ~ 16x46

Upminster

16/52

Barking East Jn

17/04

Woodgrange Park Jn

17/06

Forest Gate Jn

17/11

Stratford

17c15 ~ 17c21

Victoria Park

17/30

Dalston Western Jn

17/35

Camden Road Jn

17/43

Camden Jn

17/48

Willesden West London Jn

17/55

Willesden South West Sidings

18/03

Acton Wells Jn

18/09

Acton Main Line

18.14a ~ 18.15d

Ealing Broadway

18/18

Southall

18/23

Slough

18/31

Maidenhead

18/35

Twyford

18/40

Reading

18.45a ~ 18.47d

Didcot

19/01

Challow

19/08

Swindon

19.20a ~ 19.22d

Wootton Bassett Jn

19/29

Hullavington

19/39

Westerleigh Jn

19/49

Bristol Parkway

19.54a ~ 19.56d

Filton Jn

19/58

Bristol Temple Meads

20.07a ~ 20.10d

Worle Jn

20/32

Weston-super-Mare

20.36a ~ 20.55d

Bridgwater

21/10

Taunton

21.25a ~ 21.27d

Whiteball SB

21/45

Exeter St Davids

22.20a ~ 22.05d

Dawlish Warren

22/19

Newton Abbot

22.34a ~ 22.35d

Totnes

22.49a ~ 22.50d

Brent

23/01

Hemerdon

23/13

Plymouth

23.21a


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