26th August 1984

Templecombe Station Working Committee
Templecombe Liverpool Express

Loco Used 47284
Stock Used Booked for load 9 VB formed: SK+SK+SK+BSK+FK+CK+SK+SK+SK

Route :
1Z73 : Yeovil Junction to Salisbury
1Z43 : Salisbury to Hunts Cross
1Z43 : Hunts Cross to Salisbury
1Z73 : Salisbury to Yeovil Junction

Loco Route
47284 Yeovil Junction - Templecombe - Gillingham - Wilton - Salisbury
47284 Salisbury - Warminster - Westbury - Trowbridge - Bathampton Jn - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Spetchley - Stoke Works Jn - Barnt Green - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street (1) - Sandwell & Dudley - Wolverhampton - Penkridge - Stafford - Norton Bridge - Madeley - Crewe - Sandbach - Alderley Edge - Wilmslow - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly - Deansgate - Glazebrook East Jn - Warrington Central - Widnes East Jn - Hunts Cross
47284 Hunts Cross - (reverse of outward route) - Stafford (1) - Bushbury Jn - Portobello Jn - Bescot - Perry Barr North Jn - Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street (1) - (reverse of outward route) - Salisbury
47284 Salisbury - (reverse of outward route) - Yeovil Junction

Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings. Adrian Austen believes the routing round Birmingham both ways was not as per booked times as a reversal would have been needed at Birmingham New Street each way, but no time was allowed for it. Return routing after Stafford on the return leg stated; Rugeley then Bushbury Jn, Portobello Jn & Bescot etc which also makes no sense!
(2) Off tour option; visit to the International Garden Festival, Liverpool.

Sources : Adrian Austen

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Adrian Austen & Paul Brighten)

Miles Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual Miles
0 Yeovil Junction 06.00d 06.00   23.53a ? 296¼
4½ Sherborne ??.??a ~ 06.09d ?   23/45 ? 291¾
10½ Templecombe ??.??a ~ 06.19d 06.18 ~ ??.??   23/36 ? 285¾
17½ Gillingham ??.??a ~ 06.29d ?   23/27 ? 278¾
26½ Tisbury ??.??a ~ 06.40d ?   23/16 ? 269¾
36½ Wilton 06/50 06/55   23/07 ? 259¾
37¼ Wilton Jn 06/51 06/56   23/06 ? 259
39¼ Salisbury 06.54a ~ 07.04d 07.01 ~ 07.14   22.53a ~ 23.02d ? 257
41¼ Wilton Jn 07/08 07/18   22/49 ? 255
60¼ Warminster 07/26 07/34   22/31 ? 236
62½ Dilton Marsh ? 07/38   ? ? 233¼
63¾ Westbury 07c35 ?   22c22 ? 232½
67¾ Trowbridge ? ?   ? ? 228½
? Bradford Jn 07/44 ?   22/12 ? ?
71 Bradford-on-Avon ? ?   ? ? 225¼
71¾ Avoncliffe ? ?   ? ? 224½
72¾ Freshford ? 07/55   ? ? 223½
? Bathampton Jn 07/54 08/00   22/02 ? ?
79¾ Bath Spa 07/58 08/03   21/58 ? 216½
80¾ Oldfield Park ? ?   ? ? 215½
86¾ Keynsham ? 08/10   ? ? 209½
? St Annes Park Jn ? 08/13   ? ? ?
? Feeder Bridge Jn ? ?   ? ? ?
? Days Bridge Jn ? ?   ? ? ?
? Lawrence Hill 08c13 08/17   21c43 ? ?
97¼ Bristol Parkway 08.20a ~ 08.21d ??.?? ~ 08.25   21.35a ~ 21.36d ? 199
? Westerleigh Jn ? ?   ? ? ?
? Yate 08/27 ?   21/28 ? ?
? Charfield 08/33 ?   21/23 ? ?
? Gloucester Yard Jn 08/48 08.54 ~ ??.??   21/07 ? ?
136¾ Cheltenham Spa 08/55 ?   20/59 ? 159½
? Ashchurch Jn 09/02 ?   20/52 ? ?
? Abbotswood Jn ? ?   ? ? ?
? Stoke Works Jn 09/17 ?   20/37 ? ?
170½ Bromsgrove 09/19 ?   20/35 ? 125¾
174½ Barnt Green 09/28 ?   20/32 ? 121¾
179½ Kings Norton 09/33 ?   20/25 ? 116¾
180½ Bourneville ? ?   ? ? 115¾
181½ Selly Oak ? ?   ? ? 114¾
182¼ University ? ?   ? ? 114
185¾ Five Ways ? ?   ? ? 110½
186¾ Birmingham New Street 09c51 ~ 09c53 ?   20c08 ~ 20c10 ? 109½
190 Smethwick ? ?   - - -
193½ Sandwell & Dudley ? ?   - - -
? Dudley Port 10/04½ ?   - - -
193¼ Tipton ? ?   - - -
194¾ Coseley ? ?   - - -
197½ Wolverhampton 10/11 ?   - - -
- Soho South Jn - -   20/03 ? ?
- Soho East Jn - -   20/01½ ? ?
- Perry Barr South Jn - -   19/57½ ? ?
- Perry Barr North Jn - -   19/56½ ? ?
- Bescot - -   19/49 ? 100
- Portobello Jn - -   19/45½ ? ?
- Bushbury Jn - -   19/41½ ? ?
- Rugeley - -   ? ? 90
207½ Penkridge ? ?   - - -
213¾ Stafford 10/46 ?   19/25 ? 80¾
219¼ Norton Bridge 10/51 10/47   19/21 ? 75¼
? Madeley 11/00 ?   19/11½ ? ?
238¼ Crewe 11.13½a ~ 11.16½d 11.06 ~ 11.28   18.58a ~ 19.01d ? 56¼
243 Sandbach 11/24 11/36   18/47 ? 51½
255½ Alderley Edge 11/40½ ?   18/37½ ? 39
257¼ Wilmslow 11/43 ?   18/36 ? 37¼
265¼ Mauldeth Road 11/54 ?   18/28½ ? 29¼
? Slade Lane Jn 11x55½ ?   18/27 ? ?
267¾ Manchester Piccadilly 11c59½ ~ 12c01½ ?   18c17½ ~ 18c19½ ? 26¾
268¼ Oxford Road 12/03 ?   18/16 ? 26¼
268¾ Deansgate ? ?   ? ? ?
? Cornbrook Jn ? ?   18/13 ? ?
271¾ Trafford Park East Jn 12/08 ?   18/11 ? 23¾
278¼ Glazebrook East Jn 12/18 ?   17/58 ? 17¼
284¾ Warrington Central 12.36½ ~ 12.38½ ?   17/48 ? 11¼
290½ Widnes East Jn 12/44½ ?   17/43 ? 5
295½ Hunts Cross 12.53a ?   17.35d ? 0


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