Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)
26th August 2007
Past Time Rail
The Torbay Express
| Loco Used | steam : 6024 'King Edward I' |
| Stock Used | 21245+3144+3141+3146+4998+1813+4949+5008+4986+5023+35333 |
Route:
1Z27 : Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear
1Z28 : Kingswear to Bristol Temple Meads
| Loco | Route |
| 6024 | Bristol Temple Meads - Weston-super-Mare - Taunton - (via Tiverton Loop) - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Paignton - Kingswear |
| 6024 | Kingswear - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads |
Notes :
(1) This was the eighth of a series that was booked to run on the ten Sunday's
between 8th July and 9th September 2007. It was due to hauled on this
day by 34067 'Tangmere' but this
loco failed with a defective air pipe so 6024 was a late substitute. John
Clifford comments: The outward journey ran well although we
stood outside Taunton for 14 mins as our platform was blocked by a Minehead -
Weymouth excursion. On the return we suffered from the problem that has affected
other steam tours this year, poor coal. We stood in the loop at Tiverton Junc
for 55mins while the support crew got the clinker out of the fire allowing the
engine to raise boiler pressure. This is the same problem that affected this
engine 2 days previously on "The Holiday Express". Due to the delay at Tiverton
Loops, and that water had been taken at Exeter, the water stop at Taunton on the
return was not taken.
Source : John Clifford (on the train throughout)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)
| Location |
Booked
|
Actual
|
Booked
|
Actual
|
|
| Bristol Temple Meads |
09.19d
|
09.20
|
21.44a
|
22.16
|
|
| Bristol West Jn |
?
|
09/22
|
?
|
22/14
|
|
| Parson Street |
?
|
?
|
?
|
22/10
|
|
| Worle Jn |
09/36
|
09/41
|
21/20
|
22/57
|
|
| Western-super-Mare |
09.42a ~ 09.47d
|
09.45 ~ 09.49
|
21.10a ~ 21.15d
|
22.45 ~ 22.47
|
|
| Uphill Jn |
10/02
|
09/53
|
21/07
|
21.38 ~ 21.39
|
|
| Highbridge & Burnham |
10/10
|
10/01
|
20/58
|
21/29
|
|
| Bridgwater |
10/17
|
10/07
|
20/50
|
21/23
|
|
| Cogload Jn |
10/32
|
10/12
|
20/44
|
21/17
|
|
| Taunton |
10w39a ~ 11w06d
|
10.36 ~ 11.06
|
20w17a ~ 20w37d
|
21.08 ~ 21.10
|
|
| Tiverton Parkway |
11/22
|
11/27
|
19/57
|
20/52
|
|
| Tiverton Loops |
?
|
11/29
|
19/53
|
19.52 ~ 20.47
|
|
| Cowley Bridge Jn |
11/36
|
11/41
|
19/38
|
19/32
|
|
| Exeter St Davids |
11*39a ~ 11*44d
|
11.44 ~ 11.46
|
18w44a ~ 19w34d
|
18.37 ~ 19.28
|
|
| Dawlish Warren |
11/57
|
11/58
|
18/30
|
18/22
|
|
| Newton Abbot |
12/07
|
12/07
|
18/17
|
18/12
|
|
| Paignton |
12.29a ~ 12.35d
|
12.22 ~ 12.36
|
17.51a ~ 17.57d
|
17.51 ~ 17.57
|
|
| Churston |
?
|
12.48 ~ 12.50
|
?
|
17/34
|
|
| Kingswear |
13.10a
|
13.02
|
17.17d
|
17.22
|
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