5th - 7th April 1985
F & W Railtours
The Eireann Counties Crusader 1
Locos Used |
BR:
45144, 50016 & 50042 |
Route :
UK: 1Z40 throughout
B200 : Dun Laoghaire to Cobh
B600 : Cobh to Dun Laoghaire
Date | Loco(s) | Route |
05/04 | 50016 | Plymouth – Totnes – Newton Abbot – Exeter St Davids – Taunton – Uphill Jn – Weston-super-Mare – Worle Jn – Bristol Temple Meads – Stapleton Road – Filton Jn – Bristol Parkway – Westerleigh Jn – Yate – Standish Jn – Gloucester Yard Jn – Gloucester |
05/04 | 50016 | Gloucester – Barnwood Jn – Cheltenham Spa – Abbotswood Jn – Worcester Shrub Hill – Droitwich Spa – Stoke Works Jn – Bromsgrove – Kings Norton – Selly Oak – Soho South Jn – Birmingham New Street |
05/04-06/04 | 45144 | Birmingham New Street – Soho South Jn – Dudley Port – Wolverhampton – Bushbury Jn – Stafford – Norton Bridge – Madeley – Basford Hall Jn – Crewe South Jn – Down Through No.1 (goods line) (1) – Crewe North Jn (Chester lines) – Chester – Rhyl – Llandudno Junction – Bangor – Holyhead |
06/04 | 083 | Dun Laoghaire – Dublin Connolly – Glasnevin Jn – Islandbridge Jn – Inchicore – Newbridge – Kildare – Cherryville Jn – Portarlington – Ballybrophy – Thurles – Limerick Junction – Mallow – Cork – Cobh |
06/04 | 058 | Cobh – Cork |
06/04 | 126 + 129 | Cork – Mallow – Limerick Junction |
06/04 | 126 + 129 (3) | Limerick Junction – Keanes Points |
06/04 | 126 + 129 | Keanes Points – Tipperary – Waterford |
06/04 | 126 + 129 | Waterford – Kilkenny |
06/04 | 126 + 129 | Kilkenny – Carlow – Cherryville Jn – (reverse of outward route) – Dun Laoghaire |
07/04 | 45144 | Holyhead – (reverse of outward route) – Chester Crewe Steelworks Jn – Sorting Sidings North Jn – Basford Hall Jn – (reverse of outward route) – Bushbury Jn – Bescot – Perry Barr North Jn – Aston – Proof House Jn – Birmingham New Street |
07/04 | 50042 | Birmingham New Street – (reverse of outward route) – Gloucester |
07/04 | 50042 | Gloucester – (reverse of outward route) – Exeter St Davids |
Notes :
(1) Adrian Nicholls comments: Train 1Z40 Plymouth to Holyhead was show as
stopping at Crewe 23c41 ~ 23c42 but this wasn't in a platform and was on the
very unusual No.1 Down Through line. This line had no platform and was on the
outside of the main train shed adjacent to the track into Crewe Diesel depot.
The line started at Crewe South Junction and ran round the back of the station
on the west side rejoining the Chester line beyond what used to be Crewe North
Junction at the spot where the up Chester Independent line joined the Chester
line from Salop Goods Jn. The route was lost completely just 3 months later with
the Crewe remodelling blockade in June 1985.
(2) Holyhead – Dun Laoghaire ferry was ‘MV
Columba’ both ways.
(3) Locos propelling.
Sources : Ian Monkton
(joined/left train at Taunton), Paul Green & Adrian
Nicholls
Photo Review
083 at Cobh Junction (photo: Adrian Nicholls)
129 + 126 at Cork (photo: Adrian Nicholls)
129 + 126 running round at Waterford Plunkett (photo: Adrian Nicholls)
Timings (Booked Only)
(from Adrian Nicholls)
M.C | Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) | M.C |
0.00 | Plymouth | 17.55d | - | - |
6.65 | Hemerdon | 18/05 | - | - |
16.15 | Brent | 18/15 | - | - |
23.12 | Totnes | 18.23a ~ 18.24d | - | - |
31.69 | Newton Abbot | 18.37a ~ 18.38d | - | - |
41.41 | Dawlish Warren | 18/49 | - | - |
52.03 | Exeter St Davids | 19.01a ~ 19.03d | 08.25a | 170.15 |
71.75 | Whiteball | 19/20 | 08/04 | 150.23 |
82.63 | Taunton | 19.29a ~ 19.31d | 07.48a ~ 07.50d | 139.55 |
94.28 | Bridgwater | 19/41 | 07/38 | 127.70 |
107.71 | Uphill Jn | 19/50 | 07/28 | 114.27 |
109.43 | Weston-super-Mare | 19.53a ~ 19.54d | 07.23a ~ 07.24d | 112.55 |
111.65 | Worle Jn | 19/58 | 07/18 | 110.33 |
128.40 | Bristol Temple Meads | 20.16a ~ 20.22d | 06.51a ~ 06.57d | 93.58 |
133.10 | Filton Jn | 20/29 | 06/41 | 89.08 |
134.29 | Bristol Parkway | 20.31a ~ 20.32d | 06.38a ~ 06.39d | 87.69 |
138.79 | Westerleigh Jn | 20/38 | 06/32 | 83.19 |
147.12 | Charfield | 20/45 | 06/23 | 75.06 |
160.37 | Standish Jn | 20/54 | 06/12 | 61.61 |
167.48 | Gloucester | 21.05a ~ 21.18d | 05.48a ~ 06.03d | 54.50 |
174.08 | Cheltenham Spa | 21.26a ~ 21.27d | 05.36a ~ 05.37d | 48.10 |
181.19 | Ashchurch | 21/35 | ? | ? |
192.06 | Abbotswood Jn | 21/43 | 05/21 | 30.12 |
196.00 | Worcester Shrub Hill | 21.51a ~ 21.53d | 05.12a ~ 05.14d | 26.18 |
201.59 | Droitwich Spa | 22/00 | ? | ? |
205.74 | Stoke Works Jn | 22/06 | 04/57 | 16.24 |
208.07 | Bromsgrove | 22/09 | ? | ? |
210.60 | Blackwell | 22/14 | ? | ? |
211.50 | Barnt Green | 22/16 | 04/51 | 10.48 |
216.40 | Kings Norton | 22/23 | ? | |
220.61 | Church Road Jn | 22/28 | 04/39 | 1.37 |
222.18 0.00 |
Birmingham New Street | 22L32a ~ 22L42d | 04L20a ~ 04L35d | 0.00 160.58 |
- | Aston | - | 04/13 | 158.02 |
- | Bescot | - | 04/05 | 151.23 |
2.01 | Soho South Jn | 22/48 | - | - |
3.59 | Galton Jn | 22/51 | - | - |
7.24 | Dudley Port | 22/54 | - | - |
12.64 | Wolverhampton | 23/02 | - | - |
- | Bushbury Jn | ? | 03/47 | 144.38 |
28.15 | Stafford | 23/17 | 03/34 | 130.61 |
33.44 | Norton Bridge | 23/21 | ? | ? |
44.46 | Madeley | 23/30 | ? | ? |
52.54 | Crewe | 23c41 ~ 23c42 | - | - |
- | Basford Hall S.S. | - | 03.09 ~ 03.11 | 107.64 |
? | Steel Works Jn | ? | 02/56 | 106.11 |
73.62 | Chester | 00/09 | 02/35 | 86.42 |
90.48 | Holywell Jn | 00/29 | ? | ? |
103.60 | Rhyl | 00/40 | ? | ? |
118.12 | Llandudno Junction | 00/57 | 01/51 | 42.12 |
133.43 | Bangor | 01/17 | 01/37 | 26.61 |
139.61 | Gaerwen | 01/28 | ? | ? |
158.24 | Holyhead | 01.49a ~ 03.15d | 00.15a ~ 01.10d | 0.00 |
0.00 | Dun Laoghaire | 06.45a ~ 09.37d | 19.15a ~ 20.45d | 237.20 |
6.00 | Dunlin Pearse | 07/47 | 19/05 | 231.20 |
7.00 | Dublin Connolly | 07.52a ~ 07.56d | 18.54a ~ 19.00d | 230.20 |
8.20 | Glasnevin Jn | 08/01 | 18/49 | 229.00 |
12.00 | Islandbridge Jn | 08/09 | 18/41 | 225.20 |
? | Inchicore | 08/13 | 18/37 | ? |
? | Hazelhatch | ? | 18/32 | ? |
? | Sallins | 08/30 | 18/25 | ? |
36.60 | Newbridge | 08/37 | 18/18 | 200.60 |
41.20 | Kildare | 08/43 | 18/14 | 196.00 |
43.60 | Cherryville Jn | 08/45 | 18/11 | 193.40 |
M.C | Location | Booked |
55.20 | Portarlington | 08/54 |
64.40 | Portlaoise | 09/03 |
80.20 | Ballybrophy | 09/19 |
92.20 | Templemore | 09/29 |
100.00 | Thurles | 09/36 |
? | Goolds Cross | 09/44 |
? | Dundrum | 09/48 |
120.40 | Limerick Junction | 09/56 |
142.60 | Rathluirc | 10/19 |
158.00 | Mallow | 10/31 |
? | Rathduff | 10/42 |
179.00 | Cork | 10.59 ~ 11.05 |
184.60 | Cobh Jn | 11p15a ~ 11p30d |
190.60 0.00 |
Cobh | 11L40a ~ 11L55d |
6.00 | Cobh Jn | 12/05 |
11.60 | Cork | 12L16a ~ 12L31d |
2.20 | Kilbarry | 12/38 |
? | Rathduff | 12/48 |
20.40 | Killarney Jn | 12/57 |
21.00 | Mallow | 12p59a ~ 13p40d |
28.20 | Buttevant | 13/48 |
36.20 | Rathluirc | 13/55 |
58.40 | Limerick Junction | 14.18 ~ 14.30 |
59.20 | Keanes Points | 14/34 |
? | Tipperary | 14/40 |
753.40 | Cahir | 15/00 |
? | Clonmell | 15/18 |
? | Carrick-on-Suir | 15/38 |
114.40 | Waterford Plunkett | 16.00a ~ 16.20d |
? | Mullinavat | 16/30 |
? | Thomastown | 16/46 |
145.20 | Kilkenny | 17.00a ~ 17.12d |
? | Muine Bheag | 17/28 |
170.00 | Carlow | 17/41 |
? | Athy | 17/54 |
Timings continue in first table.
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