4th May 1992

D.C. Tours
The Six-Five Special &
Regional Railways (North & West) Enthusiasts Day

Locos Used 33053 & 37068
Stock Used [1] : 5474+5475+5331+17076+6513+17121+5492+5373+5389
[2] : ???
Regional Railways trains Locos Used 37026, 37068, 37178, 37203, 37904 & 56011

Route : 1Z24 throughout

Locos Stock Route
33053 + 37068 [1] 06.05d London Waterloo [P13] - (via DM Fast) - Vauxhall [P6] - to a few hundred yards past Stewarts Lane Eurostar viaduct (1)
33053 + 37068 [1] set back to regain correct route
33053 + 37068 [1] (via x-overs to Down Windsor, Down Windsor Fast) - Clapham Junction [P5] -Barnes [P3] - Richmond [P1] - Twickenham [P5] - Whitton Jn - Feltham Jn - Feltham [P2] - Staines [P2] - Ascot [P2] - Wokingham [P2] - Reading Spur Jn - Reading New Jn (via DM) - Reading [P4] - (via DM) - Didcot [P1] - Swindon [P3] -(via Down Gloucester line) -Kemble - Standish Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Horton Road Jn -Gloucester (Down Through line) - (via x-over to Up Main [Reversible line] at Gloucester Station West End) - (via UMain [RVL] to Over Jn then back to DM) - Maindee East Jn - Maindee North Jn - Abergavenny -Hereford [P3]
33053 + 37068 [1] 18.58d Hereford - Abergavenny - Maindee North Jn - Maindee East Jn - (via UM) - (routed to Severn Tunnel Junction P3 [Up Tunnel Line]  ?possibly a signalling error?, then routed back to Up Gloucester line) - Chepstow - Gloucester (Up Main [non platform line]) - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Kemble - Swindon [P1] - Reading - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) Wrongly routed (signal error).
(2) The above connected in with Regional Railways Marches event. Steve Cassidy stayed on the stock from above, whilst there was another set that had worked down from Liverpool and the two trainsets ran between Hereford and Crewe during the day;

Headcode Locos Stock Route
1Z37 37203 + 37904 [1] 10.35d Hereford - Ludlow - Craven Arms - Shrewsbury [P4] - Crewe [P12]
1Z38 37026 + 37178 [1] 12.47d Crewe [P12] - Shrewsbury [P7] - Craven Arms - Ludlow - Hereford [P2]
1Z39 56011 [1] 15.10d Hereford - Ludlow - Craven Arms - Shrewsbury [P4] - Crewe [P12]
1Z40 33053 + 37068 [1] 17.05d Crewe [P12] - Shrewsbury [P7] - Ludlow - Hereford [P2]

 

Headcode Loco(s) Stock Route
1Z?? 56011 [2] 08.30d Liverpool Lime Street - Crewe - Shrewsbury - Hereford
1Z43 37068 + 33053 [2] 11.50d Hereford - Ludlow - Craven Arms - Shrewsbury - Crewe
1Z44 37203 + 37904 [2] 14.00d Crewe - Shrewsbury - Craven Arms - Ludlow - Hereford
1Z45 37178 + 37026 [2] 16.35d Hereford - Ludlow - Craven Arms - Shrewsbury - Crewe
1Z?? ????? [2] ??.??d Crewe - Liverpool Lime Street

Sources : Steve Cassidy, Jonathan Wilcox, Ian Saunders & Shayne Lewis

Photo Review


37904 & 37203 at Crewe (photo: Mark Sawyer)


33053 & 37068 at Hereford (photo: Richard Rooker)


56011 at Hereford on the 15.10 to Crewe (photo: Richard Rooker)


Timings (Advertised Only)
(from Chris Bracey)

Location Advertised (out) Advertised (rtn)
Waterloo 06.05d 23.20a
Clapham Junction 06.14d 23.13a
Feltham 06.30d 22.56a
Staines 06.38d 22.48a
Reading 07.15d 22.12a
Swindon 07.55d 21.31a
Hereford 10.14a 18.58d

Regional Railways Welsh Marches Event Timings;

Location Advertised Advertised Advertised Advertised
Motive Power 56011 37026 + 37178
(booked for single class 37)		 37203 + 37904 33053 + 37068
Liverpool Lime Street 08.30d - - -
Crewe 09.20d 12.47d 14.00d 17.05d
Shrewsbury 10.00a ~ 10.11d 13.21a ~ 13.26d 14.37a ~ 14.41d 17.39a ~ 17.41d
Hereford 11.10a 14.25a 15.40a 18.40a
Motive Power 37203 + 37904 37068 + 33053 56011 37178 + 37026
(booked for single class 37)
Hereford 10.35d 11.50d 15.10d 16.35d
Shrewsbury 11.32a ~ 11.35d 12.46a ~ 12.48d 16.06a ~ 16.11d 17.42a ~ ??.??d
Crewe 12.09a 13.20a 16.45a 18.18a ~ ??.??d
Liverpool Lime Street - - - 19.02a


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