28th March 1992

Branch Line Society
The Kineton Pullman

Locos Used 47596, 47597, 58013 & MoD: 265 & 273,

Route :

Loco(s) Route
47597 Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport - Crewe - Stafford
47597 (1) Stafford - Bushbury Junction - Oxley Chord to Stafford Road Jn - Madeley Jn - Lightmoor Jn
58013 (2) Lightmoor Jn - Madeley Jn - Wolverhampton - Darlaston Jn - Walsall - Sutton Park - Water Orton - Nuneaton - Three Spires Jn
47597 (1) Three Spires Jn - Signal 106 ( Just short of exchange sidings)
58013 (2) Signal 106 - Three Spires Jn - Coventry - Leamington Spa - Banbury South Jn
47597 (1) Banbury South Jn - (via Banbury Down Through Line) - Fenny Compton Exchange Sidings
265 + 273 (3) Fenny Compton Exchange Sidings - CAD Kineton - Stop Boards 6, 7, 9, 14, 13. (West Side of Triangle : Points 57 - 56)
265 + 273 (3) (4) CAD Kineton - Stop Boards 13, 15. (South Side of Triangle : Points 56 - 58)
265 + 273 (3) CAD Kineton - Stop Boards 15, 14, 9, 7, 6 (East Side of Triangle : Points 58 - 57) - Fenny Compton Exchange Sidings
47597 (1) Fenny Compton Exchange Sidings - Leamington Spa - Hatton - Solihull - Tyseley - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - (5) - Soho East Jn - Galton Jn - Langley Green
58013 (2) Langley Green - Rood End Yard No.1 Siding (6)
47597 (1) Rood End Yard No.1 Siding - Handsworth Station
58013 (2) Handsworth Station - Smethwick West
47597 (1) Smethwick West - Galton Jn - Soho South Jn - Perry Barr North Jn - Bescot - Bushbury Jn - Stafford - Crewe (7)
47596 Crewe - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly

(1) 58013 on rear.
(2) 47597 on rear.
(3) Which MoD loco led the pair at Kineton is required.
(4) Locos propelling.
(5) Route revision to get the stock the correct way round after triangle move at Kineton (was booked: Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Aston - Perry Barr West Jn - Soho East Jn).
(6) Rood End Yard: Locos swapped ends here because of loss of reversal at New Street.
(7) 58013 was kept on the back to Crewe, as insurance, with 47597 now being poorly. Both removed at Crewe in favour of 47596.

Sources : Paul Griffin & Kevin Driscoll

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Kevin Driscoll)

M.C Location Booked (Actual)   Booked (Actual) M.C
0.00 Manchester Piccadilly 07.30d (07.30)   20.11a 329.42
2.25 Slade Lane Jn 07/34   20/07 327.17
5.70 Stockport 07.39a ~ 07.41d
(??.?? ~ 07.43)		   20.01a ~ 20.02d
(21.03 ~ ??.??)		 323.52
8.23 Cheadle Hulme 07/45   19/58 321.19
11.75 Wilmslow 07/49   19/54 317.47
26.14 Sandbach 08/00   19/41 303.28
30.59 Crewe 08.09a ~ 08.11d   19.31a ~ 19.34d
(20L36 ~ ??L??)		 298.63
38.64 Madeley 08/21   19/20 290.58
49.57 Norton Bridge 08/30   19/11 279.65
55.14 Stafford 08L35a ~ 08L45d   18L55a ~ 19L05d 274.28
68.42 Bushbury Jn 08/59   18/42 260.51

 

M.C Location Booked (Actual)
69.66 Stafford Road Jn 09/12
77.56 Cosford 09/20
83.30 Madeley Jn 09/30
86.79 Lightmoor Jn 09.50 ~ 10.00
90.48 Madeley Jn 10/20
96.22 Cosford 10/31
105.22 Wolverhampton 10/50
107.11 Portobello Jn 10/54
109.76
 Darlaston Jn 10/58
111.10
 Pleck Jn 11/00
111.75
 Walsall 11c02 ~ 11c04
112.36
 Ryecroft Jn 11/06
123.79
 Park Lane Jn 11/30
124.67
 Water Orton West Jn 11/33
125.26
 Water Orton 11/35
128.62
 Whitacre Jn 11/42
138.44
 Abbey Jn 11/49
139.29
 Nuneaton 11p55a ~ 12p05d
145.78
 Three Spires Jn 12.15 ~ 12.17
146.09
 Signal 106 12.22 ~ 12.27
146.20
 Three Spires Jn 12/42
149.60
 Coventry 12.52 ~ 12.54
155.02
 Kenilworth 13/01
160.03
 Leamington Spa 13/09
171.13
 Fenny Compton 13/20
180.13
 Banbury South 13.35 ~ 13.47
180.33
 Banbury Down Through Line ?
189.13
 Fenny Compton Exchange Sdgs 13L59a ~ ??L??
192.46
 Burton Dassett Sidings ?
194.46
 West Points of New Triangle ??.?? ~ ??.??
194.66
 South Points of New Triangle ??.?? ~ ??.??
196.66
 Burton Dassett Sidings ??p?? ~ ??p??
200.19
 Fenny Compton Exchange Sdgs ??L?? ~ 16L24d
211.29
 Leamington Spa 16/35
217.37
 Hatton 16/42
224.18
 Dorridge 16/49
231.28
 Tyseley 16/55
233.34
 Bordesley Jn 16/59
233.60
 St. Andrews Jn 17/00
234.49
 Proof House Jn 17/03
235.26 Birmingham New Street 17.06a ~ 17.15d
- Proof House Jn 17/17 (DIV)
- Aston 17/20 (DIV)
- Perry Barr 17/22 (DIV)
- Perry Barr West Jn 17/24 (DIV)
- Soho East Jn 17/29 (DIV)
237.28 Soho South Jn DIV (pass)
237.66 Soho North Jn 17/30
239.14 Galton Jn 17/33
239.35 Smethwick West 17/35
240.51 Langley Green 17.40 ~ 17.46
241.67 Smethwick West 17/50
243.24 Handsworth 17.57 ~ 18.07
244.61 Smethwick West 18.15 ~ 18.20
245.02 Galton Jn 18/21
246.30 Soho North Jn 18/23
246.55 Soho East Jn 18/24
248.62 Perry Barr West Jn 18/28
249.11 Perry Barr North Jn 18/29
253.52 Bescot 18/33
258.01 Portobello Jn 18/39

Timings continue in first table.

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