13th May 2000

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
Merrymaker to Newton Abbot...
(Merrymaker Series)

Loco(s) Used ?????

Route:
1Z38 : Finsbury Park to Paignton
1Z39 : Paignton to Finsbury Park

Loco(s) Route
????? Finsbury Park - Goods & Mineral Jn - Camden Road - Gospel Oak - Kensal Green Jn - Willesden Junction HL - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Main Line - Ealing Broadway - Slough - Maidenhead - Reading - Southcote Jn - Newbury - (via Westbury & Frome station avoiding lines) - Castle Cary - Cogload Jn - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Dawlish - Newton Abbot - Paignton
????? Paignton - (reverse of outward route) - Finsbury Park

Notes :
(1) Route & loco confirmation required - above is from booked timings. The full tour name as given on the front page of the brochure was;
'Merrymaker
to Newton Abbot
for the Festival of Transport
also Torquay and Paignton'

Source : Alan Restell

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Alan Restell)

M.C

Location

 Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
0.00 Finsbury Park 07.43d 22.29a
1.57 Goods & Mineral Jn 07/49 22/22
2.28 Camden Road 07/58 22/14
3.47 Gospel Oak 08/03 22/09
7.54 Kensal Green Jn 08/14 22/01
7.76 Willesden Junction HL 08/17 21/59
8.61 Acton Wells Jn 08/21 21/54
9.33 Acton Main Line 08/24 21/51
10.68 Ealing Broadway 08.28a ~ 08.30d 21.44a ~ 21.46d
14.18 Southall 08/35 21/40
16.37 Heathrow Airport Jn 08/37 21/38
22.52 Dolphin Jn 08/49 21/31
23.48 Slough 08.51a ~ 08.52d 21.26a ~ 21.29d
29.31 Maidenhead 08/58 21/18
36.13 Twyford 09/03 21/12
41.10 Reading 09.08a ~ 09.10d 2103a ~ 21.06d
42.74 Southcote Jn 09/14 20/54
58.18 Newbury 09/28 20/35
71.41 Bedwyn 09/39 20/16
84.05 Woodborough 09/49 20/01
93.18 Lavington 09/56 19/52
99.57 Heywood Road Jn 10/03 19/46
102.14 Fairwood Jn 10/06 19/40
105.36 Clink Road Jn 10/11 19/36
107.38 Blatchbridge Jn 10/13 19/34
120.27 Castle Cary 10/26 19/23
142.67 Cogload Jn 10/50 19/05
147.70 Taunton 10/56 19/01
162.04 Tiverton Parkway 11/09 18/48
177.30 Cowley Bridge Jn 11/23 18/34
178.50 Exeter St Davids 11w28a ~ 11w41d 18/32
189.12 Dawlish Warren 11/53 18/21
198.64 Newton Abbot 12.06a ~ 12.07d 18.08a ~ 18.11d
204.62 Torquay 12.20a ~ 12.21d 17.54a ~ 17.56d
206.70 Paignton 12.30a 17.48d

Note : Water stop at Exeter on the outward leg was to refill the kitchen water tanks.

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