9th February 1985

F & W Railtours Ltd
The Thames Bullworker

Tour postponed on the day due to the stock being unable to reach Exeter at the start of the day as a result of adverse weather conditions (snow).

Locos Used on ECS: 37177 & 37267
Stock Used (booked for) load 11 VB/DH

Route : 1Z07 throughout

Loco(s) Route
????? Exeter St Davids - ???
????? ??? - Exeter St Davids

Notes :
(1) Due to adverse weather conditions (snow) the coaching stock for this tour only made it, hours late, from Bristol as far as Taunton hence the tour was postponed and ran on 2nd March 1985 instead. It is believed the booked timings below are those applicable to the tour that would have run on this date had it not been for the intervention of the weather. Guy Vincent adds: I was booked to travel on this train and took a DMU from Bradford-on-Avon to Bristol Temple Meads to join it, arriving at BTM around 07.30am.  Some time between 08.15 and 09.00am I recorded 37267 and 37177 arriving at Temple Meads and wrote in my book 'Railtour Charter 1Z07, F & W Thames Bullworker, Terminated at Bristol'.

Sources : Paul Griffin, Mike Tetlow, Gary Thornton & Stephen Atkinson

Timings (Booked Only)
(by Alan Costello)

M Location Booked
0.00 Exeter St Davids 07.15d
19.72 Whiteball 07/32
30.60 Taunton 07.41a ~ 07.43d
42.25 Bridgwater 07/53
55.68 Uphill Jn 08/02
58.61 Worle Jn 08/04
75.36 Bristol Temple Meads 08.21a ~ 08.25d
80.06 Filton Jn 08/34
81.25 Bristol Parkway 08.39a ~ 08.41d
85.75 Westerleigh Jn 08/47
94.08 Charfield 08/54
107.33 Standish Jn 09/03
114.44 Gloucester 09.13a ~ 09.26d
121.04 Cheltenham Spa 09.34a ~ 09.36d
128.15 Ashchurch 09/44
139.02 Abbotswood Jn 09/52
142.76 Worcester Shrub Hill 10.00a ~ 10.15d
146.01 Norton Jn 10x21a ~ 10x37d
156.52 Evesham 10t48a ~ 10t49d
171.51 Moreton in Marsh 11t06a ~ 11t07d
182.71 Ascott under Wychwood 11x20a ~ 11x35d
196.75 Wolvercot Jn 11/52
199.66 Oxford 11.56a ~ 11.58d
202.19 Kennington Jn 12t02a ~ 12t04d
204.72 Morris Cowley 12.12a ~ 12.27d
207.45 Kennington Jn 12t35a ~ 12t37d
209.78
0.00		 Oxford 12L43a ~ 12L58d
9.47 Didcot North Jn 13/13
10.63 Didcot East Jn 13/14
27.43 Reading 13/37
32.40 Twyford 13/45
39.22 Maidenhead 13/52
45.05 Slough 13/57
50.24
0.00		 West Drayton 14L10a ~ 14L25d
2.25
0.00		 Thorney Mill 14p30a ~ 14p50d
2.25 West Drayton 14L55a ~ 15L05d
6.36 Southall 15.15a ~ 15.16d
9.26 Brentford Goods 15p26a ~ 15p46d
12.16 Southall 15.56a ~ 15.58d
21.46 Slough 16/20
27.29 Maidenhead 16/26
34.11 Twyford 16/33
39.08 Reading 16/42
56.20 Didcot 17/05
66.40 Challow 17/13
80.33
0.00		 Swindon 17L30a ~ 17L45d
2.07
0.00		 Highworth Branch No.2 17.57a ~ 18.02d
2.07
0.00		 Swindon 18L22a ~ 18L37d
5.64 Wootton Bassett Jn 18/44
16.67 Hullavington 18/52
29.69 Westerleigh Jn 19/02
34.39 Bristol Parkway 19.06a ~ 19.08d
35.58 Filton Jn 19/10
40.28 Bristol Temple Meads 19.19a ~ 19.25d
57.03 Worle Jn 19/42
59.25 Weston-super-Mare 19.46a ~ 19.48d
60.77 Uphill Jn 19/51
74.40 Bridgwater 20/01
86.05 Taunton 20.10a ~ 20.12d
96.73 Whiteball 20/24
116.65 Exeter St Davids 21.00a


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