Six Bells Junction

Route :
1Z37 : London Euston to Aberystwyth
1Z97 : Aberystwyth to London Euston

Locos	Route
37510 + 37087	London Euston - (via WCML, Northampton) - Rugby - Coventry - Birmingham International - Stechford - Aston - Perry Barr North Jn - Bescot Stadium - Darlaston Jn - Portobello Jn - Wolverhampton - Wellington - Shrewsbury
97303 + 97404	Shrewsbury - Sutton Bridge Jn - Welshpool - Machynlleth - Dovey Junction - Borth - Aberystwyth
97304 + 97403	Aberystwyth - (reverse of outward route) - Shrewsbury (1)
37087 + 37510	Shrewsbury - (reverse of outward route) - London Euston

Notes :
(1) On the return led the train went via Shrewsbury Platform and not round the curve; the train was retimed Shrewsbury to Birmingham International as a result but these new times were not advised to the passengers.
(2) Chris Bracey comments: 37706 worked the ECS from Southall to Euston in the morning, but did not work the train on Saturday. Time keeping was erratic with the stock not being shunted into the platform at Aberystwyth until after the departure time. There was also a big problem getting the train in the right position in the platform at Shrewsbury on the return journey, with 2 locomotives to come off and 2 to go on it was difficult getting all the train into the right position, this resulted in having to keep pulling up, which in turn was making the train later. However there was so much slack it arrived at Euston slightly ahead of its arrival time.

M.C	Location	Booked (out)	Booked (rtn)	M.C
0.00	Euston	05.47d	23.18a	235.55
1.13	Camden South Jn	05/49½	23/15	234.42
1.54	Camden Jn	05/50	23/14½	234.01
5.65	Willesden WL Jn	05/55	23/11	229.70
8.04	Wembley Central	05/58	23/04	227.51
11.30	Harrow & Wealdstone	06/01	23/01	224.25
17.35	Watford Junction	06.07a ~ 06.10d	22.51a ~ 22.55d	218.20
25.43	Bourne End Jn	06/19	22/43	210.12
31.53	Tring	06/26½	22/38	204.02
38.16	Ledburn Jn	06/32	22/28	197.39
46.46	Bletchley	06/39	22/21	189.09
49.65	Milton Keynes Central	06.44a ~ 06.47d	22.07½a ~ 22.16d	185.70
56.47	Hanslope Jn	06/54	22/00	179.08
65.68	Northampton	07.05a ~ 07.08d	21.24a ~ 21.31d	169.67
75.37	Long Buckby	07/20	21/12	160.18
83.51	Hillmorton Jn	07/28	21/02	152.04
84.67	Rugby	07.30a ~ 07.33d	20.54a ~ 20.59d	150.68
85.45	Trent Valley Jn	07/33½	20/51	150.10
93.79	Coventry	07.43a ~ 07.46d	20.36a ~ 20.40d	141.56
104.55	Birmingham International	07.56a ~ 07.59d	20.09a ~ 20.24d	131.00
109.08	Stechford	08/06	20/02	126.47
112.01	Aston	08/28½	19/56	123.54
114.23	Perry Barr North Jn	08/34½	19/48	121.32
118.60	Bescot Stadium	08/43	19/43	116.75
119.78	Darlaston Jn	08/52	19/32	115.57
122.77	Portobello Jn	08/56	19/29	112.58
124.61	Wolverhampton	09.03a ~ 09.06d	19.20½a ~ 19.23½d	110.74
125.24	Wolverhampton North Jn	09/08	19/18½	110.31
125.77	Oxley SB	09/10	19/17	109.58
133.64	Cosford	09/24½	19/08	101.71
139.21	Madeley Jn	09/30½	19/02	96.34
144.16	Wellington	09/35½	18/55	91.39
154.10	Abbey Foregate	09/46½	18/44	81.45
154.41 0.00	Shrewsbury	09L50a ~ 10L15d	-	-
0.25	English Bridge Jn	?	18/40½	81.20
0.65	Sutton Bridge Jn	10/20	18.21 ~ 18.38½	80.60
19.55	Welshpool	10/48	17/53	61.70
33.43	Newtown	11/19	17/34	48.02
47.11	Talerddig	11/45	17/10	34.34
60.69	Machynlleth	12/05	16.41½ ~ 16.46	20.56
64.68	Dovey Junction	12/12	16/34	16.57
73.12	Borth	12/35	16/10	8.33
81.45	Aberystwyth	12.53a	15.50d	0.00

Locos Used	37087, 37510, 97303 & 97404
Stock Used	5453+99328+5035+4973+4905+4940+1859+3326+3313+3362+99680+6312