22nd June 1991
Class 37 Group
The Brentford Bard
Locos Used | 37682, 37685 & 47145 'Merddin Emrys' |
Stock Used | 'Pilkington K' corridor set |
Route : 1Z21 throughout
Loco(s) | Route |
37685 + 37682 | Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Cheadle Hulme - Wilmslow - Sandbach - Crewe - (via WCML) - 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 - Tyseley - Shirley - Bearley Jn - Stratford-on-Avon |
37682 + 37685 | Stratford-on-Avon Hatton - Bearley Jn - Hatton - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Aynho Jn - Oxford - Didcot North Jn - (via Didcot station avoiding line) - Didcot East Jn - Reading - Maidenhead - Slough - Southall West Jn (1) - Brentford Goods |
47145 | Brentford Goods - Southall West Jn |
37682 + 37685 | Southall West Jn - Hanwell Jn - Drayton Green Jn - Greenford South Jn - Greenford East Jn - London Paddington (2) |
37682 + 37685 | London Paddington - Old Oak West Jn - Greenford - Northolt Jn - High Wycombe - Princes Risborough - Aynho Jn - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Kenilworth - Coventry - Birmingham International - Stechford - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Soho South Jn - Dudley Port - Wolverhampton - (reverse of outward route) - Manchester Piccadilly |
Notes :
(1) 47145 should have been attached at Southall to work top & tail on the
Brentford branch, on to Paddington, and then a run round the Greenford loop, but
incompatible brakes meant it followed the train to Brentford, the 37's came off,
47145 hauled the train to Southall, where the following 37's were re-coupled and
the 47 came off. The resulting serious delay meant the Greenford loop run was
abandoned. The Greenford loop run was itself a late amendment to the tour, which
was originally to have included the Colnbrook branch, refused 10 days before the
tour.
(2) David Garnett reports; 'the train did the Greenford Loop with 47145, however
it may have been ECS to release the 2x37's.
Sources : Richard Hughes
(On train throughout) & David Garnett
Photo Review
37685 & 37682 arriving at Wolverhampton in the morning (photo: John Cassey)
37682 & 37685 running round at Stratford-upon-Avon (photo: John Cassey)
47145 at Southall, waiting to follow the tour to Brentford (photo: John
Cassey)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from David Garnett & Ian Dobson)
M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
0.00 | Manchester Piccadilly | 07.58d | ? |
5.15 | Heaton Norris Jn | 08/05 | ? |
5.70 | Stockport | 08.07a ~ 08.08d | ? |
8.11 | Cheadle Hulme | 08/12 | ? |
12.06 | Wilmslow | 08/16 | ? |
13.50 | Alderley Edge | 08/17 | ? |
26.21 | Sandbach | 08/35 | ? |
30.71 | Crewe | 08.43a ~ 08.58d | ? |
49.79 | Norton Bridge | 09/12 | ? |
55.30 | Stafford | 09/20 | ? |
69.07 | Bushbury Jn | 09/38 | ? |
70.61 | Wolverhampton | 09.43a ~ 09.45d | ? |
81.58 | Perry Barr West Jn | 10/00 | ? |
84.10 | Soho South Jn | 10/06 | ? |
96.11 | Birmingham New Street | 10.15a ~ 10.24d | ? |
90.04 | Tyseley | 10/34 | ? |
94.06 | Shirley | 10/40 | ? |
111.74 | Stratford Upon Avon | 10.59a ~ 11.25d | ? |
121.13 | Hatton | 11/41 | ? |
125.25 | Warwick | 11/47 | ? |
127.02 | Leamington Spa | 11/52 | ? |
147.11 | Banbury | 12/09 | ? |
158.06 | Heyford | 12/19 | ? |
169.66 | Oxford | 12.30a ~ 12.32d | ? |
180.49 | Didcot East Jn | 12/46 | ? |
195.29 | Reading | 13c01a ~ 13c03d | ? |
20.26 | Twyford | 13/8 | ? |
213.71 | Slough | 13/25 | ? |
222.51 | Southall West Jn | 13.36a ~ 13.46d | ? |
226.12 | Brentford | 14.01a ~ 14.08d | ? |
229.53 | Southall West Jn | 14.27a ~ 14.30d | 15.57 |
234.06 | Greenford S | 14/49 | 16/04 |
241.06 | Paddington | 15.12a ~ 15.23d | ? |
249.06 | Greenford S | 15/38 | ? |
251.15 | West Ealing | 15/47 | ? |
257.56 | Paddington | 16.04a ~ 16.11d | 17.07 |
266.67 | Greenford | 16/24 | 17/30 |
271.10 | West Rusilip | 16.31a ~ 16.32d | 17.42 |
285.51 | High Wycombe | 16/48 | ? |
290.49 | Saunderton | 16.55a ~ 17.15d | ? |
293.72 | Princess Risborough | 17/20 | 18.10a ~ 18.28d |
312.38 | Bicester North | 17.39a ~ 17.50d | 18/51 |
321.40 | Aynho Jn | 18/00 | 19/00 |
326.44 | Banbury | 18.06a ~ 18.08d | 19/06 |
346.53 | Leamington Spa | 18/38 | 19/30 |
356.08 | Coventry | 19/02 | ? |
366.64 | Birmingham International | 19/13 | ? |
375.02 | Birmingham New Street | 19.28a ~ 19.30d | ? |
382.26 | Dudley Port | 19/42 | ? |
387.67 | Wolverhampton | 19.48a ~ 19.50d | ? |
403.18 | Stafford | 20/08 | ? |
408.47 | Norton Bridge | 20/14 | ? |
427.55 | Crewe | 20.34a ~ 20.36d | ? |
432.25 | Sandbach | 20/43 | ? |
444.76 | Alderley Edge | 21/00 | ? |
446.40 | Wilmslow | 21/03 | ? |
450.15 | Stockport | 21.15a ~ 21.16d | ? |
453.31 | Heaton Norris Jn | 21/17 | ? |
458.46 | Manchester Piccadilly | 21.24a | ? |