25th - 26 January 1985
R.E.S.L.
The Cornishman
Locos Used | 20006, 20133, 25034, 25192, 25237, 31154, 37088, 37099, 37189, 37207 'William Cookworthy' & 40012 |
Route : 1Z40 throughout
Date | Loco(s) | Route |
25/01 | 25034 + 25192 | London St Pancras – Luton – Bedford |
25/01 | 31154 (1) | Bedford – Kettering – Market Harborough - Leicester |
25/01 | 20006 + 20133 | Leicester – Nuneaton – Water Orton – Landor Street Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street |
26/01 | 40012 | Birmingham New Street – Selly Oak - Kings Norton – Bromsgrove – Worcester Shrub Hill – Cheltenham Spa – Bristol Parkway – Bristol Temple Meads |
26/01 | 37189 + 37088 | Bristol Temple Meads – Taunton – Exeter St Davids – Plymouth |
26/01 | 37207 + 37099 | Plymouth – Liskeard – Par – Truro (2) |
26/01 | 37207 (3) | Truro – Burngullow Jn |
26/01 | 37099 (4) | Burngullow Jn – Parkandillack |
26/01 | 37207 (3) | Parkandillack – Burngullow Jn – Par – Lostwithiel |
26/01 | 37099 (4) | Lostwithiel – Carne Point |
26/01 | 37207 (3) | Carne Point – Lostwithiel Loop |
26/01 | 37099 + 37207 | Lostwithiel Loop – Liskeard – Plymouth – Lipson Jn – Mount Gould Jn – Plymouth Friary |
26/01 | 37088 + 37189 | Plymouth Friary – Laira Jn – Newton Abbot – Heathfield |
26/01 | 37088 + 37189 | Heathfield – Newton Abbot |
26/01 | 37189 + 37088 | Newton Abbot – (reverse of outward route) – Bristol Temple Meads |
26/01 | 40012 | Bristol Temple Meads – (reverse of outward route) – Leicester |
26/01 | 25237 + 25034 | Leicester (reverse of outward route) – London St Pancras |
Notes :
(1) plus 25034 + 25192 dead-in-tow.
(2) Train was booked to reverse at Falmouth but this was omitted due to late
running (the tour would have clashed with the first service train on the branch).
(3) 37099 on rear.
(4) 37207 on rear.
Sources : Ian Monkton, Kevin Driscoll & Adrian Nicholls
Photo Review
37207 at Carne Point (photo: Adrian Nicholls)
40012 at Bristol Temple Meads (photo: Adrian Nicholls)
25237 & 25034 on arrival back at St Pancras (photo: Adrian Nicholls)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Kevin Driscoll)
M.C | Location | Booked (out) (actual) | Booked (rtn) (actual) | M.C |
0.00 | St Pancras | 20.00d | 21.30a | 854.25 |
3.72 | West Hampstead Midland Road | 20/07 | 21/26 | 850.32 |
7.06 | Hendon | 20/10 | 21/19 | 847.02 |
19.71 | St Albans City | 20/22 | 21/09 | 824.06 |
30.19 | Luton | 20.31a ~ 20.32d | 20.53a ~ 20.55d | 821.50 |
40.24 | Flitwick | 20/43 | 20/35 | 814.01 |
49.46 | Bedford South Jn | 20/48 | ? | ? |
49.65 | Bedford | 20.51a ~ 20.53d | 20.21a ~ 20.23d | 804.40 |
50.02 | Bedford North Jn | 20/53 | 20/20 | 804.23 |
56.45 | Sharnbrook SB | 21/02 | 20/15 | 797.60 |
65.11 | Wellingborough | 21/10 | 20/05 | 789.14 |
72.01 | Kettering | 21.17a ~ 21.18d | 19.56a ~ 19.58d | 782.24 |
82.74 | Market Harborough | 21/28 | 19/44 | 771.30 |
88.71 | Kibworth | 21/33 | 19/40 | 765.34 |
95.71 | Wigston North Jn | 21/39 | 19/32 | 758.34 |
99.03 | Leicester | 21L47a ~ 22L02d | 19L15a ~ 19L27d | 755.22 |
102.11 | Wigston North Jn | 22/07 | 19/10 | 752.14 |
116.66 | Nuneaton Midland Jn | 22/26 | 18/50 | 737.38 |
117.63 | Nuneaton | 22.28a ~ 22.30d | 18.47a ~ 18.49d | 736.42 |
118.10 | Abbey Jn | 22/33 | 18/44 | 735.56 |
128.27 | Whitacre Jn | 22/45 | 18/27 | 725.78 |
131.22 | Water Orton | 22/51 | 18/23 | 723.02 |
137.29 | Landor Street Jn | 23/01 | 18/16 | 716.76 |
138.19 | Proof House Jn | 23/02 | 18/14 | 716.06 |
138.74 | Birmingham New Street | 23.05a ~ 23.07d (??.?? ~ 00.06) | 18.09a ~ 18.12d (18.20 ~ ??.??) | 715.31 |
140.30 | Church Road Jn | 23/12 | 18/04 | 713.74 |
144.34 | Kings Norton | 23/17 | 17/57 | 709.70 |
149.42 | Barnt Green | 23/23 | 17/48 | 704.62 |
150.72 | Blackwell | 23/24 | 17/41 | 703.33 |
155.18 | Stoke Works Jn | 23/28 | 17/38 | 699.06 |
159.22 | Droitwich Spa | 23/34 | 17/32 | 695.02 |
167.78 | Worcester Shrub Hill | 23.42a ~ 23.46d | 17.18a ~ 17.24d | 686.26 |
171.12 | Norton Jn | 23/51 | 17/13 | 683.13 |
172.01 | Abbotswood Jn | 23/53 | 17/12 | 682.24 |
182.68 | Ashchurch | 00/02 | 17/00 | 671.37 |
189.79 | Cheltenham Spa | 00.08a ~ 00.11d | 16.50a ~ 16.52d | 664.26 |
195.42 | Barnwood Jn | 00/18 | 16/41 | 658.62 |
196.29 | Gloucester Yard Jn | 00/19 | 16/39 | 657.75 |
202.39 | Standish Jn | 00/25 | 16/29 | 651.65 |
212.12 | Charfield | 00/35 | 16/19 | 642.12 |
220.24 | Yate South Jn | 00/41 | 16/13 | 633.79 |
221.77 | Westerleigh Jn | 00/43 | 16/11 | 632.27 |
226.47 | Bristol Parkway | 00/48 | 16/06 | 627.48 |
227.66 | Filton Jn | 00/49 | 16/05 | 626.38 |
230.66 | Stapleton Road | 00/56 | 16/00 | 623.38 |
232.36 | Bristol Temple Meads | 01L00a ~ 01L50d | 15L44a ~ 15L56d | 621.68 |
249.14 | Worle Jn | 02/06 | 15/24 | 605.10 |
252.07 | Uphill Jn | 02/08 | 15/21 | 602.17 |
265.50 | Bridgwater | 02/18 | 15/10 | 588.54 |
277.15 | Taunton | 02/28 | 15/00 | 577.09 |
288.03 | Whiteball Tunnel | 02/38 | 14/49 | 566.21 |
307.75 | Exeter St Davids | 02/56 | 14/29 | 546.29 |
318.38 | Dawlish Warren | 03/06 | 14/18 | 535.66 |
328.10 | Newton Abbot | 03/16 | 13.32a ~ 14.02d (??.?? ~ 14.07) | 526.14 |
M.C | Location | Booked |
332.02 | Dainton Tunnel | 03/23 |
336.66 | Totnes | 03/29 |
353.13 | Hemerdon | 03/50 |
358.46 | Lipson Jn | ?03/55? |
359.78 | Plymouth | 03L53a ~ 04L08d |
362.70 | St Budeaux Jn | 04/13 |
364.17 | Saltash | 04/17 |
369.14 | St Germans | 04/23 |
377.57 | Liskeard | 04/33 |
382.71 | Largin | 04/40 |
390.25 | Lostwithiel | 04/50 |
394.59 | Par | 04/56 |
399.25 | St Austell | 05/02 |
401.46 | Burngullow Jn | 05/05 |
413.47 | Truro | 05L20a ~ 05L30d |
- | Falmouth | 06.02a ~ 06.07d (DIV) |
413.47 | Truro | 06.35a ~ 06.40d |
425.48 | Burngullow Jn | 07.00a ~ 07.10d |
428.29 | Drinnick Mill | 07t20a ~ 07t22d |
430.54 | Parkandillack | 07.31a ~ 07.46d |
432.79 | Drinnick Mill | 07t55a ~ 07t57d |
435.60 | Burngullow Jn | 08t07a ~ 08t09d |
442.48 | Par | 08/23 |
447.02 | Lostwithiel | 08.30a ~ 08.40d |
451.69 | Carne Point | 08.57a ~ 09.22d |
456.55 | Lostwithiel Loop | 09L42a ~ 09L52d |
464.09 | Largin | 10/02 |
469.23 | Liskeard | 10/09 |
477.66 | St Germans | 10/19 |
482.63 | Saltash | 10/24 |
484.10 | St Budeaux Jn | 10/28 |
487.02 | Plymouth | 10/34 (11.06a ~ ??.??d) |
488.34 | Lipson Jn | 10/38 |
488.71 | Mount Gould Jn | 10.41a ~ 10.43d |
490.04 | Plymouth Friary | 10L48a ~ 11L25d |
491.17 | Mount Gould Jn | 11.30a ~ 11.32d |
491.54 | Laira Jn | 11/36 |
494.46 | Hemerdon | 11/44 |
503.76 | Brent | 11/55 |
510.73 | Totnes | 12/03 |
515.57 | Dainton Tunnel | 12/09 |
519.50 | Newton Abbot | 12t15a ~ 12t16d |
522.72 | Heathfield | 12.40a ~ 13.10d |
Timings continue in first table.
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