Six Bells Junction

Loco(s)	Route
47819	Reading - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Chippenham - Bath Spa - Dr. Days Jn - Bristol Parkway - Cheltenham - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Bromsgrove - Kings Norton - Camp Hill - Bordesley Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - Lifford West Jn - Lifford East Jn - Bordesley Jn - Landor Street Jn - Tamworth High Level - Burton on Trent - Derby
56128 (2)	Derby - Spondon - Trent Jn - Lenton South Jn - Nottingham - Netherfield Jn - Rectory Jn - Cotgrave Colliery
47819 (1)	Cotgrave Colliery - Rectory Jn - Netherfield - Netherfield Jn Crossover
56128 (2)	Netherfield Jn Crossover - Netherfield - Gedling
47819 (1)	Gedling - Netherfield - Nottingham - Mansfield Jn - Lenton North Jn - Radford Jn - Bestwood Park Jn - Calverton Colliery
56128 (2)	Calverton Colliery - Bestwood Park Jn - Radford Jn - Lenton North Jn - Lenton South Jn - Trent Jn - Loughborough - Syston North Jn - Syston East Jn - Melton Mowbray
47819 (1)	Melton Mowbray - Asfordby Jn - Edwalton (End of Section)
56128 (2)	Edwalton (End of Section) - Asfordby Jn - Melton Mowbray
47819	Melton Mowbray - Syston East Jn - Syston North Jn - Loughborough - Trent Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Stenson Jn - Burton on Trent - Tamworth High Level - Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - Barnt Green - Bromsgrove - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Cheltenham Spa - Bristol Parkway - Dr Days Jn - Bath Spa - Chippenham - Swindon - Didcot Parkway – Reading

Notes:
Due to a failed MGR train is was necessary to re-route the train through the day. Above is the actual route, the booked route can be determined from the booked timings below. Asfordby Mine was omitted altogether.

Sources : Janet Cottrell (joined/ left the train at Birmingham New Street)
& Alan Sheppard (joined at Derby, left at Loughborough)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard & Janet Cottrell)

M.C	Location	Booked	Actual	Booked	Actual	M.C
0.00	Reading	06.15d	?	22.38a	?	248.08
?	Moreton Cutting	?	?	22/20	?	232.57
17.12	Didcot Parkway	06.31a ~ 06.33d	?	22.14a ~ 22.16d	?	230.76
17.57	Foxhall Jn	06/35	?	?	?	?
27.68	Challow	06/43	?	22/08	?	220.20
41.25	Swindon	06.56a ~ 06.58d	?	21.50a ~ 21.52d	?	206.63
47.09	Wotton Bassett Jn	07/04	?	21/40	?	200.79
57.78	Chippenham	07.13a ~ 07.15d	?	21.25a ~ 21.27d	?	190.10
68.57	Bathampton Jn	07/24	?	21/15	?	179.31
70.73	Bath Spa	07.28a ~ 07.30d	?	21.09a ~ 21.11d	?	177.15
81.52	North Somerset Jn	07/41	?	20/58	?	166.36
81.75	Dr Days Jn	07/43	?	20/56	?	166.13
82.72	Stapleton Road	07/44	?	?	?	?
85.72	Filton Jn	07/47	?	20/51	?	162.16
87.11	Bristol Parkway	07.49a ~ 07.51d	?	20.46a ~ 20.48d	?	160.77
91.61	Westerleigh Jn	07/57	?	20/40	?	156.27
99.74	Charfield	08/04	?	20/33	?	148.14
113.19	Standish Jn	08/13	?	20/24	?	134.69
119.29	Gloucester Yard Jn	08/19	?	20/19	?	128.59
120.15	Barnwood Jn	08/22	?	20/18	?	127.72
125.58	Cheltenham Spa	08.27a ~ 08.29d	?	20.09a ~ 20.11d	?	122.29
143.56	Abbotswood Jn	08/43	?	19/56	?	104.31
147.43	Worcester Shrub Hill	08.51a ~ 09.01d	?	19.48a ~ 19.49d	?	100.44
148.10	Tunnel Jn	09/02	?	19/47	?	99.71
153.22	Droitwich Spa	09/12	?	19/40	?	94.65
157.37	Stoke Works Jn	09/18	?	19/54	?	90.50
159.50	Bromsgrove	09/20	?	19/33	?	88.37
162.23	Blackwell	09/22	?	19/32	?	85.64
163.13	Barnt Green	09/26	?	19/30	?	84.74
168.21	Kings Norton	09/32	?	19/25	?	79.66
-	Selly Oak			19/22	?	77.52
?	Camp Hill	09/37	?
173.36	Bordesley Jn	09/38	?
173.62	St Andrews Jn	09/39	?
174.59	Proof House Jn	09/44	?
175.33	Birmingham New Street	09.47a ~ 09.49d	??.?? ~ 09.49	19.11a ~ 19.14d	19.41 ~ ??.??	74.21
-	Proof House Jn			19/08	19/38	73.33
178.64	Selly Oak	09/57	09/57
180.34	Lifford West Jn	10/00	(10/01)
?	Camp Hill	10/05	?
185.26	Bordesley Jn	10/06	10/10
185.52	St Andrews Jn	10/07	10/11
186.10	Landor Street Jn	10/08	10/12	19/06	19/37	72.56
192.16	Water Orton	10/14	10/19	18/57	19/30	66.50
196.11	Kingsbury Jn	10/17	10/22	18/51	19/26	62.55
201.72	Tamworth HL	10/23	?	18/45	19/21	56.74
209.20	Wichnor Jn	10/29	10/32	18/39	19/17	49.46
214.63	Burton-on-Trent	10.33a ~ 10.34d	?	18.30a ~ 18.32d	19.07 ~ 19.09	44.03
221.00	Stenson Jn	10/39	?	18/24	19/00	37.66

M.C	Location	Booked	Actual
225.64 0.00	Derby	10L46a ~ 10L56d	10.50 ~ 11.09
2.50	Spondon	11/01	?
8.59	Sheet Stores Jn	11/07	11/20
9.21	Trent Jn	11/08	11/22
Train diverted from booked route from here
15.32	Lenton South Jn	11/18	^	15/26
15.59	Lenton North Jn	11/19	^	15/25
16.58	Radford Jn	11/20	^	15/16
21.09	Bestwood Park Jn	11/42	^	15.00a ~ 15.05d
27.03 0.00	Calverton Colliery (end of line)	12.07a ~ 12.12d	^	14.26 ~ 14.27
6.54	Bestwood Park Jn	12/37	^	13.39a ~ 13.51d
11.05	Radford Jn	12/57	^	13/20
?	Lenton North Jn	-	^	13/19
back on booked route but now out of sequence
12.38	Mansfield Jn	13/03	?
13.21	Nottingham (Down middle)	13/05	11/30
15.72	Netherfield Jn	13/11	11/35
17.50	Rectory Jn	13/16	11.39a ~ 11.44d
19.33 0.00	Cotgrave Colliery (bunker)	13.26a ~ 13.31d	11.58 ~ 11.59
1.63	Rectory Jn	13/41	12/11
3.14 0.00	Netherfield Crossover	13.46a ~ 13.51d	12.20 ~ 12.30
1.78 0.00	Gedling	14.03a ~ 14.08d	12.46 ~ 12.47
1.78	Netherfield Jn SB	14/20	13/07
2.25	Netherfield Jn (Carlton)	14/26	?
4.76	Nottingham (P6 UGL)	14c33a ~ 14c35d	13/15
5.59	Mansfield Jn	14/37	13/17
see above for actual routing/times to Calverton
11.56	Trent	14/42	?
?	Trent Jn	14/43	15/40
19.77	Loughborough	14/49	15/51
27.18	Syston North Jn	15/04	16/10
27.35	Syston East Jn	15/06	16/11
?	Melton Jn	?	16.25a
37.17 0.00	Melton Mowbray	15.20a ~ 15.25d	DIV
?	Melton Jn	?	16.27d
2.33 0.00	Asfordby Mine	15.45a ~ 15.50d	DIV
0.77 0.00	Asfordby Jn	16.00a ~ 16.05d	?
12.72 0.00	Edwalton (end of section)	16.40a ~ 16.45d	17.14 ~ 17.18
14.28 0.00	Melton Mowbray	17L25a ~ 17L35d	17.58 ~ 18.04
9.62	Syston East Jn	17/47	18/16
9.79	Syston North Jn	17/48	18/17
17.20	Loughborough	17.54a ~ 17.55d	18.28 ~ 18.30
24.70	Trent Jn	18/01	?
25.32	Sheet Stores Jn	18/02	18/40

Locos Used	47819 & 56128
Stock Used	5732+5008+5041+4925+4842+17159+4999+5027+4956+4949