3rd October 1993

Flying Scotsman Services Limited
The Cambrian Coast Limited 1993

Locos Used 47578 'Respected', 86204 'City of Carlisle' & steam: 80079, 80080, 9 'Prince of Wales' & 7 'Owain Glyndwr'

Route : 1T35 throughout

Loco(s) Route
86204 London Euston - (via WCML, Northampton, Trent Valley) - Stafford
47578 (2) Stafford - Norton Bridge - Madeley - Crewe
80079 + 80080 Crewe - Whitchurch - Wem - Shrewsbury - Sutton Bridge Jn - Newtown - Machynlleth - Dovey Junction - Aberystwyth
9 Aberystwyth - Aberffrwd (3)
7 Aberffrwd - Aberystwyth
80079 + 80080 Aberystwyth - (reverse of outward route) - Crewe
47578 (2) (4) Crewe - (reverse of outward route) - Stafford
86204 Stafford - (via WCML, Trent Valley, Weedon) - London Euston

Notes :
(1) Operated by Flying Scotsman Services Ltd in conjunction with InterCity and S.L.O.A. and in association with Regional Railways.
(2) Plus 86204 dead-in-tow.
(3) Jim Porter comments: The optional full round trip on the Vale of Rheidol Railway was shortened due to there being insufficient time for a round trip between arrival and departure of the main train at Aberyswyth. Instead of going all the way to Devil's Bridge and back we were hauled to Aberffrwd by 'Prince of Wales' and then the train was split in two, the front half continued on to Devils Bridge while the back half was taken back down to Aberyswyth by 'Owain Glyndwr' which had followed us up the mountain. [Webmasters note: both Jim & myself would appreciate confirmation that Aberffrwd was the reversal point of the train] We were scheduled to depart Aberyswyth at 16.10 but did not depart until 17.30 and we arrived at Watford Junction at ten past midnight, one hour and twenty five minutes late.
(4) Train was booked to run with electric traction from Crewe however the power was still off resulting in 47578 providing traction to Stafford.

Source : Jim Porter (joined/left the train at Watford Junction)

Photo Review
(all photos: Jim Porter)


Jim Porter's Ticket's.


9 'Prince of Wales' at Aberystwyth.


7 'Owain Glyndwr' at Aberffrwd, where the train reversed.


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Jim Porter)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 London Euston 06.35d 23.19a 546.69
5.23 Willesden WL Jn 06/41 23/11 541.46
17.35 Watford Junction 06.49a ~ 06.50d 22.45a ~ 22.46d 529.34
31.53 Tring 07/01 22/36 515.16
46.46 Bletchley 07/20 22/26 500.23
49.65 Milton Keynes Central 07.23a ~ 07.24d 22.21a ~ 22.22d 497.04
56.47 Hanslope Jn 07/40 22/16 490.22
65.68 Northampton 07/49 - -
75.37 Long Buckby 07/57 - -
- Weedon - 22/08 477.13
84.67 Rugby 08/09 21/58 464.29
99.37 Nuneaton 08.21a ~ 08.22d 21.31a ~ 21.32d 446.59
112.39 Tamworth LL 08/33 21/22 436.57
118.50 Lichfield TV 08/39 21/18 430.46
129.35 Colwich Jn 08/42 21/11 419.61
135.70 Stafford 08L52 ~ 09L03 21/07 413.26
141.19 Norton Bridge 09/08 21/03 407.77
152.23 Madeley Jn 09/15 20/57 396.73
160.27 Crewe 09L30a ~ 09L50d 20L29a ~ 20L49d 388.69
164.66 Nantwich 10/00 20/18 384.30
174.02 Whitchurch 10/14 20/07 375.14
182.24 Wem 10w25 ~ 10w55 19w40 ~ 19w55 366.72
190.76 Harlescott Crossing 11/16 19/29 358.20
193.04 Shrewsbury 11c31 ~ 11c33 19c22 ~ 19c24 356.12
193.68 Sutton Bridge Jn 11t40 19t17 355.28
204.13 Westbury 11t58 19t02 345.03
212.58 Welshpool 12/13 18/49 336.38
226.46 Newtown 12w31 ~ 12w51 17w48 ~ 18w30 322.50
240.14 Talerddig 13t16 ~ 13t21 17/29 309.02
253.72 Machynlleth 13w46 ~ 14w01 16w42 ~ 17w00 295.24
257.71 Dovey Junction 14/08 16/33 291.25
274.48 Aberystwyth 14.40a 16.03d 274.48


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