1st November 1986

F & W Tours
The Gargoylian Gasconader

Locos Used 37426, 47557 & 50030
Stock Used 8 coaches

Route : 1Z27 throughout

Loco Route
47557 Plymouth – Exeter St Davids – Taunton – Bristol Temple Meads
37426 Bristol Temple Meads – Bristol Parkway – Cheltenham Spa – Abbotswood Jn – Stoek Works Jn – Bromsgrove – Kings Norton  – Selly Oak – Birmingham New Street – Proof House Jn – Landor Street Jn – Water Orton – Nuneaton – Hinckley – Leicester – Loughborough – Trent – Toton – Pye Bridge Jn – Clay Cross South Jn – Chesterfield – Beighton Jn – Treeton South Jn – Tinsley Yard – Rotherham – Aldwarke Jn – Mexborough – St. James West Jn – Bridge Jn – Decoy Yard
37426 Decoy Yard – Doncaster – Knottingley – Wakefield Kirkgate – Healey Mills – Huddersfield – Diggle – Stalybridge – Miles Platting – Manchester Victoria – Windsor Bridge – Bolton – Lostock Jn – Wigan North Western
37426 Wigan North Western – Golbourne Jn – Newton-le-Willows – Earlstown – Winwick Jn – Warrington Bank Quay – Crewe – Stoke-on-Trent – Norton Bridge – Stafford – Bushbury Jn – Wolverhampton – Portobello Jn – Bescot – Perry Barr North Jn – Soho South Jn - Birmingham New Street – Proof House Jn – St Andrews Jn – Bordesley Jn – Kings Norton – (reverse of outward route) – Bristol Temple Meads
50030 Bristol Temple Meads – (reverse of outward route) – Plymouth

Notes :
(1) Advertised route was via Worcester & Kidderminster both ways but revised due to engineering works in the Worcester area.
(20 Connections using service traisn were included in the ticket price, from Weston-super-Mare, Gloucester and Worcester.

Sources : Ian Monkton (joined/left the train at Bristol Temple Meads)
& Stephen Atkinson joined/left the train at Birmingham New Street)

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Stephen Atkinson)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Plymouth 05.15d 23.35a 127.39
6.65 hemerdon 05/25 ? ?
16.15 Brent 05/35 ? ?
23.12 Totnes 05.43a ~ 05.44d 23.03a ~ 23.04d 104.27
31.69 Newton Abbot 05.57a ~ 05.59d 22.48a ~ 22.50d 95.50
41.41 Dawlish Warren 06/10 ? ?
52.03 Exeter St Davids 06.22a ~ 06.25d 22.09a ~ 22.12d 75.36
71.75 Tiverton Parkway 06/40 ? ?
82.63 Taunton 06.54a ~ 06.56d 21.37a ~ 21.39d 44.56
94.28 Bridgwater 07/07 ? ?
107.71 Uphill Jn 07/17 ? ?
110.64 Worle Jn 07/19 ? ?
127.39
0.00		 Bristol Temple Meads 07L36a ~ 07L58d 20L15a ~ 21L00d 0.00
278.30
4.50 Filton Jn 08/08 20/04 273.60
5.69 Bristol Parkway 08.10a ~ 08.11d 20.00a ~ 20.02d 272.41
10.39 Westerleigh Jn 08/18 19/54 267.71
18.51 Charfield 08/26 19/45 259.58
31.76 Standish Jn 08/35 19/35 246.33
38.06 Gloucester Yard Jn 08/40 19/29 240.23
44.36 Cheltenham Spa 08.48a ~ 08.50d 19.16a ~ 19.18d 233.73
51.47 Ashchurch 08/58 19/09 226.62
62.34 Abbotswood Jn 09/06 19/02 215.75
73.51 Stoke Works Jn 09/16 18/54 204.58
75.64 Bromsgrove 09/1 18/52 202.45
78.37 Blackwell 09/22 18/50 199.72
79.27 Barnt Green 09/25 18/49 199.02
84.17 Kings Norton Jn 09/32 18/42 194.12

 

M.C Location Booked
88.43 Church Road Jn 09/37
90.00 Birmingham New Street 09.41a ~ 09.46d
90.68 Proof House Jn 09/49
91.45 Landor Street Jn 09/50
97.62 Water Orton East Jn 09/57
100.36 Whitacre Jn 10/01
110.15 Abbey Jn 10/17
111.00 Nuneaton 10/19
111.77 Midland Jn 10/21
115.19 Hinckley 10/27
126.50 Wigston North Jn 10/37
129.61 Leicester 10c43 ~ 10c44
134.52 Syston South Jn 10/51
142.20 Loughborough 10/57
149.70 Trent South Jn 11/06
150.41 Trent East Jn 11/07
152.38 Totn Centre 11/10
155.63 Trowell Jn 11/14
169.63 Moreton 11/31
172.64 Clay Cross South Jn 11/37
176.74 Chesterfield 11c41 ~ 11c43
186.21 Beighton Jn 11/58
189.39 Treeton South Jn 12/04
189.69 Catcliffe Jn 12/06
190.56 Tinsley Yard 12/10
191.67 Shepcote Lane Jn 12/16
192.37 Tinsley South Jn 12/18
194.16 Rotherham Central 12/22
197.10 Aldwarke Jn 12/28
200.39 Mexborough 12/34
207.03 St James West Jn 12/47
207.21 Bridge Jn 12/49
208.47
0.00		 Decoy Yard 12.52 ~ 13.05
1.65 Doncaster 13/10
6.04 Shaftholme Jn 13/16
16.13 Knottingley South Jn 13/32
18.55 Pontefract Monkhill 13/36
25.63 Crofton West Jn 13/49
27.41 Wakefield Kirkgate 13c53 ~ 13c55
29.65 Horbury Jn 13/59
32.39 Healey Mills 14/02
35.28 Thornhill LNW Jn 14/05
37.74 Heaton Lodge Jn 14/08
41.68 Huddersfield 14/14
48.69 Marsden 14/25
52.69 Diggle 14/30
59.76 Stalybridge 14/36
61.15 Ashton 14/40
61.76 Ashton Moss North Jn 14/41
66.12 Miles Platting 14/49
67.48 Manchester Victoria 14.52 ~ 14.54
69.34 Windsor Bridge 14/58
71.04 Agecroft Jn 15/01
78.22 Bolton 15/09
81.11 Lostock Jn 15/14
84.70 Crow Nest Jn 15/18
87.66 Wigan North Western 15.26 ~ 15.41
93.60 Golborne Jn 15/48
94.07 Lowton Jn 15/50
94.33 Newton-le-Willows Jn 15/52
95.57 Earlestown East Jn 15/54
97.29 Winwick Jn 15/57
100.42 Warrington Bank Quay 16/00
108.26 Weaver Jn 16/09
117.26 Winsford 16/15
126.65 Crewe 16c28 ~ 16c30
133.39 Kidsgrove 16/50
138.52 Etruria 16/57
139.68 Stoke-on-Trent 17/03
146.68 Stone Jn 17/13
150.52 Norton Bridge 17/24
156.01 Stafford 17/31
169.58 Bushbury Jn 17/46
171.32 Wolverhampton 17/48
173.16 Portobello Jn 17/53
177.33 Bescot 17/58
181.70 Perry Barr North Jn 18/04
184.61 Soho South Jn 18/10
186.62 Birmingham New Street 18.18a ~ 18.28d
187.50 Proof House Jn 18/31
188.33 St Andrews Jn 18/34
189.15 Camp Hill 18/37

Timings continue in first table.

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