10th October 2015

Steam Dreams
The Cathedrals Express

Locos Used 47760 & steam: 61306 'Mayflower'
Stock Used (2) (35479)+3058+99352+99348+1666+5236+5237+9104+5216+5222

Route :
1Z82 : Warminster to Ely
1Z84 : Ely to Warminster

Loco(s) Route
47760 + 61306 Warminster - Salisbury
61306 (1) Salisbury - Andover - Worting Jn - Basingstoke - Bramley - Reading - Twyford - Maidenhead - Slough - Southall - Ealing Broadway - Acton Main Line - Acton Wells Jn - Willesden Junction HL - Kensal Green Jn - Gospel Oak - Camden Road Jn - Westbourne Road Jn - Navarino Road Jn - Lea Jn - Channelsea Jn - Stratford - Temple Mills East Jn - Coppermill Jn - South Tottenham - Seven Sisters - Cheshunt - Broxbourne - Harlow Town - Bishops Stortford - Shepreth Branch Jn - Cambridge - Ely 
61306 (1) Ely -Cambridge - Shepreth Branch Jn - Royston - Letchworth - Hitchin - Stevenage - Welwyn Garden City - Potters Bar - Finsbury Park - Holloway South Jn - Copenhagen Jn - York Way North Jn - Camden Road Jn - Gospel Oak - Kensal Green Jn - Willesden Junction HL - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Main Line - Ealing Broadway - Southall
47760? Southall - (reverse of outward route) - Warminster

Notes: 
(1) 47760 on rear.
(2) 35479 was only in the consist when 61306 was on the train.

Source : Nick Bartlett & The Class 47 List

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Warminster 06.30d [P2] 06.30   23.13a [P1] 23.44
Upton Lovell 06/38 06/36   23/08 23/32
Wylye AHB 06/44 06/41   23/03 23/20
Wishford 06/52 06/46   22/59 23/11
Wilton Jn 06/58 06/51   22/54½ 23/03
Salisbury 07L02a ~ 07L28d [P4] 06L59 ~ 07L28 [P4]   22.47a ~ 22.50d [P4] 22.57 ~ 23.00
Tunnel Jn 07/31 07/32   22/43½ 22/55
Andover 07.50a ~ 07.53d [P1] 07.52 ~ 07.55   22.22a ~ 22.25d [P2] 22.28 ~ 22.31
Worting Jn 08/17 08/15   22/05 22/07
Basingstoke 08.21a ~ 08.24d [P3] 08.20 ~ 08.23   21.57a ~ 22.00d [P2] 22.02 ~ 22.04
Bramley 08.31a ~ 08.33d [P1] 08/31?   21.47a ~ 21.49d [P2] 21.50 ~ 21.51
Southcote Jn 08/43½ 08/45   21/38 21/39
Oxford Road Jn 08/45½ 08/48   21/36 21/37
Reading 08.51a ~ 08.54d [P14] 08.52 ~ 08.55   21.25a ~ 21.33d [P13] 21.28 ~ 21.32
Kennet Bridge Jn 08/57 [UR] 08/57   21/22½ 21/25
Twyford 09/01 [P4] [UR] 09/03   21/18 [P3] [DR] 21/21
Maidenhead 09.09a ~ 09.11d [P4] [UR]  09.11 ~ 09.14   21.09a ~ 21.12d [P3] [DR] 21.12 ~ 21.13
Slough Up Goods Loop 09.18 ~ 09.35 [UGL] 09.20 ~ 09.38   - -
Slough 09/37 [P5] [UR] 09/40   21/01½ [P2] [DR] 21/04
Heathrow Airport Jn 09/51 [UR] 09/50   20/48 20/58
Southall 09/54 [P4] [UR] 09/54   19L59 ~ 20L41 [GL] 20.02 ~ 20.53
West Ealing 10/00½ ?   19/55 ?
Ealing Broadway 10/02½ 10/03   19/53½ 19/54
Acton West 10/04½ 10/05   19/52 [DR] 19/52
Acton Main Line 10/12 [P4] 10/06   19/50 [P3] 19/49
Acton Wells Jn 10/16 10/14   19/45 19/44
Willesden Junction HL 10/19 [P4] 10/19   19/40½ [P5] 19/40
Kensal Green Jn 10/21 10/21   19/38 19/37
West Hampstead 10.28a ~ 10.30d [P2] 10.26 ~ 10.30   19.31a ~ 19.33d [P1] 19.31 ~ 19.33
Gospel Oak 10/35 [P2] 10/35   19/25 [P1] 19/25
Camden Road Jn 10/40 10/39   19/20 19/20
Camden Road East Jn 10/42 ?   - -
Westbourne Road Jn 10/45½ 10/43   - -
Canonbury West Jn 10/47 10/44   - -
Navarino Road Jn 10/51½ 10/50   - -
Lea Jn 10/59 10/57   - -
Channelsea Jn 11/00 ?   - -
Stratford 11.03a ~ 11.10d [P12] 11.00 ~ 11.01   - -
Temple Mills East Jn 11/15 11/03   - -
Coppermill Jn 11/22 11/08   - -
South Tottenham 11/28 [P1] 11/29   - -
Seven Sisters 11/30½ [P2] 11/32 [P2]   - -
Cheshunt 11/45 [P2] 11/47   - -
Broxbourne 11/53 [P4] 11/53   - -
Broxbourne [Down Loop] 11.57 ~ 12.25 [DPL] ?   - -
Broxbourne Jn 12/29 12/27   - -
Harlow Town 12/33 [P3] 12/35   - -
Bishops Stortford 12/42 [P1] 12/45   - -
Stansted Mountfitchet 12/47 [P2] 12/49   - -
Stansted North Jn 12/49 12/50   - -
Audley End 12/59 [P2] 12/59   - -
Camden Road Central Jn - -   19/19 ?
York Way North Jn - -   19/17 ?
Copenhagen Jn - -   19/16 ?
Holloway South Jn - -   19/13½ 19/10
Finsbury Park - -   19.07 ~ 19.09 [P3] 19/08?
Alexandra Palace - -   19/01 [P1] [US] 19/01
Potters Bar - -   18/47 [P1] [US] 18/49
Welwyn Garden City - -   18/39 [P2] [US] 18/41
Digswell Jn - -   18/38 18/38
Woolmer Green Jn - -   18/35 18/36
Stevenage - -   18/27 [P1] [US] 18/32
Hitchin - -   18/22 [P1] [US] 18/25
Letchworth - -   18/19 18/22
Royston - -   17w56 ~ 18w06 [P1] 17.56 ~ 18.06
Shepreth Branch Jn 13/12 13/13   17/39 17/41
Cambridge 13.19a ~ 13.22d [P4] 13.20 ~ 13.23   17.30a ~ 17.33d [P8] 17.32 ~ 17.35
Coldham Lane Jn 13/25 13/26   17/25 17/28
Ely Dock Jn 13/41 ?   17/08 ?
Ely 13.43a [P1] 13.44   17.07d [P1] 17.06


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings

5Z81 : (47760 + 61306) : Southall to Warminster

Location Booked
Southall Depot 03.20d
Southall Yard 03.30 ~ 03.38
Southall West Jn 03/41
Heathrow Airport Jn 03/44
Slough 03/53
Maidenhead 04/01
Twyford 04/08
Kennet Bridge Jn 04/13
Reading 04.18 ~ 04.28
Southcote Jn 04/34
Theale 04/40
Newbury 05.00 ~ 05.05
Bedwyn 05/27
Woodborough 05/40
Lavington 05/50
Heywood Road Jn 05/57
Westbury 06.07 ~ 06.10
Warminster 06.20a [P2]

5Z83 : (61306 with 35479) : Ely - March Down R.S.
5Z50 : (61306 with 35479) : March Down R.S. - Whitemoor Jn
5Z84 : (61306 with 35479) : Whitemoor Jn - Ely
(loco turning trip)

Location Booked
Ely 13.48d [P1]
Ely Reception 13.51 ~ 14.02
Ely 14/04
Ely North Jn 14/08
March [Down R.S.] 14.27 ~ 15.08
March 15/10
March West Jn 15/11
Whitemoor Jn 15.12 ~ 15.41
March West Jn 15/42
March 15/43
Ely West Jn 16/05
Ely North Jn 16/06
Ely 16.09 ~ 16.10
Ely Reception 16.12 ~ 17.00
Ely 17.02a [P1]


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