3rd December 1994

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Westerleigh Wizard

Locos Used 37072, 37264 & 47705
Stock Used 5837+5762+5777+5759+5811+17170+17156+4999+4842+5007+4959

Route : 1Z60 throughout

Loco(s) Route
47705 Paddington - Slough - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Foxhall Jn - Didcot Power Station - Foxhall Jn - Didcot Parkway
37072 + 37264 (1) Didcot Parkway - Swindon (4)
47705 (2) Swindon - Highworth
37072 + 37264 (1) Highworth - Swindon Cocklebury Sidings (Up Recp.)
37072 + 37264 (3) Swindon Cocklebury Sidings (Up Recp.) - Wootton Basset Jn - Hullavington - Bristol Parkway - Filton Jn - Stapleton Road - Bristol Temple Meads
37072 + 37264 (1) Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol West Jn
47705 (2) Bristol West Jn - St Philip's Marsh Loop - North Somerset Jn - Dr Days Bridge Jn - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Filton West Jn - Hallen Marsh Jn - Bristol Bulk Terminal (Avonmouth)
37072 + 37264 (1) Bristol Bulk Terminal (Avonmouth) - Hallen Marsh Jn - Filton West Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Yate Middle Jn
47705 (2) Yate Middle Jn - Yate South Jn - Westerleigh Sidings
37072 + 37264 (1) Westerleigh Sidings - Yate South Jn - Yate Middle Jn
47705 Yate Middle Jn - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Filton Jn - Stapleton Road - Bath - Chippenham - Wooton Bassett Jn - Swindon - Challow - (Up Relief/Up Goods) - Wantage Road - Didcot Parkway - Reading - Slough - Paddington

Notes :
(1) 47705 on rear.
(2) 37072 & 37264 on rear.
(3) 47705 was detached at Swindon and ran light engine to Bristol Temple Meads.
(4) Train reversed in Swindon Station NOT Cocklebury Yard as originally advertised.

Source : Alan Costello, Chris Wall & Alan Sheppard

Timings (Booked & Actual)
 (from Alan Sheppard & Alan Vickers)

M.C Location Booked Actual Booked Actual M.C
0.00 London Paddington 07.50d 08.01d 18.50a 19.49a 283.33
1.73 Ladbroke Grove 07/53 ? ? ? ?
5.13 Acton West 07/57 ? 18/30 19/42 278.20
5.51 Ealing Broadway 07/58 ? ? ? ?
9.01 Southall 08/02 08/11 18/23 19/38 274.32
? Southall West Jn ? ? 18/22 19/38 273.61
10.65 Hayes & Harlington 08/04 08/13 ? ? ?
17.35 Dolphin Jn 08/10 08/20 18/10 19/30 265.78
18.31 Slough 08.13a ~ 08.14d 08.23 ~ 08.24 18.01a ~ 18.03d 19.22 ~ 19.24 265.02
24.14 Maidenhead 08/20 08/31 17/56 ? 259.19
30.76 Twyford 08/25 08/36 17/52 19/12 252.37
35.73 Reading General 08.30a ~ 08.34d 08.40 ~ 08.42 17.42a ~ 17.45d 19.03 ~ 19.07 247.40
52.61 Didcot East Jn 08/49 08/59 17/26 ? 230.52
53.05 Didcot Parkway 08.52a ~ 08.54d 09.00 ~ 09.03 17.23a ~ 17.25d 18.24 ~ ???? 230.28
53.50 Foxhall Jn 08/56 09/05  
54.56 Didcot Power Station 09/06 09/16  
55.52 Foxhall Jn 09/22 09/28  
56.07 Didcot Parkway 09L25 ~ 09L42 09L31 ~ 09L50  
56.52 Foxhall Jn 09/45 09/53 17/21 ? 229.63
63.19 Wantage Road 09/52 ? 17*02 ~ 17*12 18/12 223.16
66.77 Challow 09/56 ? 16/57 UGL 18/11 UGL 219.38
69.36 Uffington 09/59 ? 16/54 ? 216.79
80.20 Swindon 10.09a ~ 10.14d 10.18 ~ 10.36  
80.70 Highworth 10.23 ~ 10.33 10.49 ~ 11.12  
? Cocklebury Sidings (Up Recp.) ? 11L19 ~ 12L17  
81.40 Swindon 10*43 ~ 11*03 12/19 16.43a ~ 16.45d 17.51 ~ 17.53 206.15
87.24 Wootton Bassett 11/10 12/26 16/37 ? 200.31

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
98.27 Hullavington 11/19 12/35
111.29 Westerleigh Jn 11/31 12/46
115.79 Bristol Parkway 11/36 12/49
117.18 Filton Jn 11/40 12/50
120.18 Stapleton Road 11/45 12/53
121.15 Dr. Days Bridge Jn 11/47 12/56
121.37 Bristol East Jn 11/48 12/57
121.61 Bristol Temple Meads 11.49a ~ 13.18d** 12.58 ~ 14.03
122.13 Bristol West Jn 13.23 ~ 13.30 14.08 ~ 14.14
122.67 St. Philip's Marsh Loop 13/36 14.22 ~ 14.26
123.21 North Somerset Jn 13/44 14/29
123.48 Dr. Days Bridge Jn 13/46 14/31
124.45 Stapleton Road 13/47 14/34
127.45 Filton Jn 13/51 14/41
128.20 Filton West Jn 13/54 14/47
131.58 Henbury West 13/59 14/54
133.64 Hallen Marsh Jn 14/03 14/59
134.66 Bristol Bulk Terminal 14.09 ~ 14.17 15.09 ~ 15.12
135.68 Hallen Marsh Jn 14/23 15/22
137.74 Henbury West 14/27 15/25
141.32 Filton West Jn 14/32 15/30
142.48 Bristol Parkway 14/38 15/32
147.18 Westerleigh Jn 14/43 15/38
148.64 Yate 14/46 15/42
148.67 Yate Middle (##) 14.48 ~ 14.58 15.47 ~ 15.53
149.13 Yate South Jn 15/01 15/55
151.50 Westerleigh Sidings 15.08 ~ 15.18 16.11 ~ 16.21
154.07 Yate South Jn 15/25 16/31
154.33 Yate Middle (##) 15L28 ~ 15L43 16L34 ~ 16L42
155.59 Westerleigh Jn 15/47 16/50
160.29 Bristol Parkway 15.53a ~ 15.55d 16.57 ~ 17.00
161.48 Filton Jn 15/57 ?
164.48 Stapleton Road 16/00 ?
165.45 Dr Days Bridge Jn 16/01 ?
165.68 North Somerset Jn 16/04 ?
176.47 Bath Spa 16/15 17/23
178.63 Bathampton Jn 16/18 ?
187.28 Thingley Jn 16/26 ?
189.42 Chippenham 16/27 17/35

Key :
(**) Departure retimed to 13.40d.
(##) Reversal on Tytherington Quarry "Incoming Line".

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