30th July 2023

Railway Touring Company
The Royal Duchy

Locos Used (1) 47802 & steam: 45699 'Galatea'
Stock Used (2) 99128+99316+3093+3098+3143+99311+5032+99723+(80204)

Route :
1Z33 : Slough to Par
1Z35 : Par to Slough

Loco(s) Route
47802 Slough - Maidenhead - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Wootton Bassett Jn - Chippenham - Bathampton Jn - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Temple Meads
45699 Bristol Temple Meads - Yatton - Worle Jn - Uphill Jn - Bridgwater - Cogload Jn - Taunton - Tiverton Parkway - Exeter St Davids - Dawlish - Teignmouth - Newton Abbot - Totnes - Plymouth - Saltash - Liskeard - Lostwithiel - Par
45699 Par - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads
47802 Bristol Temple Meads - (reverse of outward route) - Slough

Notes : 
(1) 45699 running as 45562 on the cabside, with 45627 smokebox number plate and nameplates 'Sierra Leone'.
(2) 80204 was only in the consist when 45699 was on the train.


45699 passing Totnes on the outward leg (photo: Nathan Williamson)

Source : Nathan Williamson

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Slough 07.40d [P2] [DM] 07.40   00.28a [P3] 00.30
Maidenhead East 07/44 [DM] 07/46   00/22½ [UM] 00/26
Maidenhead 07/44½ [P1] [DM] 07/47   00/22 [P4] [UR] 00/25
Twyford 07/50 [P1] [DM] 07/51   00/16½ [P4] [UR] 00/21
Twyford West 07/50½ [DM] 07/52   00/15½ [UR] 00/20
Kennet Bridge Jn 07/53½ [DM] 07/54   00/08½ [UM] 00/17
Reading 07.56a ~ 08.01d [P8] [DM] 07.56 ~ 08.01   00.03a ~ 00.06d [P10] [UM] 00.13 ~ 00.15
Reading High Level Jn 08/03 [DM] 08/03   00/02 [UM] 00/12
Goring & Streatley 08/08½ [P4] [DM] 08/09   23/54 [P2] [UM] 00/06
Didcot Parkway 08.17a ~ 08.21d [P1] 08.16 ~ 08.22   23.43a ~ 23.46d [P2] [UM] 23.57 ~ 23.59
Wantage Road 08/29½ 08/29   23/36 23/51
Challow 08/32½ 08/32   23/29½ 23/48
Uffington 08/34½ 08/33   23/27½ 23/47
Swindon 08/44½ [P4] 08/41   23/18 [P3] 23/40
Wootton Bassett Jn 08/49 08/44   23/07½ 23/36
Chippenham 08/56½ [P1] 08/52   22/59½ [P2] 23/29
Thingley East Jn 08/57½ 08/53   22/58 23/28
Thingley Jn 08/58 08/54   23/09 23/27
Bathampton Jn 09/04 08/59   22/50 23/21
Bath Spa 09/06½ [P1] 09/02   22/47 [P2] 23/18
North Somerset Jn 09/16½ [DM] 09/13   22/36 23/09
Bristol East Jn 09/17½ [UM] 09/22   22/35 [UM] 23/08
Bristol Temple Meads 09L19a ~ 10L09d [P12] 09.24 ~ 10.22   22L12a ~ 22L33d [P11] 22.28 ~ 23.06
Bristol West Jn 10/11 [DM] 10/24   22/11 [DM] 22/26
Parson Street 10/13 [P1] 10/27   22/07 [P2] 22/23
Yatton 10/25 10/39   21/51½ 21/58
Worle Jn 10/31 10/43   21/44½ 21/47
Uphill Jn 10/34 10/45   21/38 21/39
Bridgwater 10/48 10/57   21/24 21/22
Cogload Jn 10/56 11/03   21/17 21/16
Taunton 11.01a ~ 11.04d [P3] 11.09 ~ 11.12   21.07a ~ 21.10d [P5] 21.07 ~ 21.09
Norton Fitzwarren 11/07½ 11/15   21/04½ 21/04
Whiteball 11/18 11/26   20/55½ 20/57
Tiverton Parkway 11/21½ [P1] 11/32   20/52 [P2] 20/53
Tiverton Loop 11w24 ~ 12w00 [DPL] 11.37 ~ 12.00   20/50 20/52
Cowley Bridge Jn 12/16 12/15   20/35 20/38
Exeter St Davids 12/18 [P4] 12/16   20w01 ~ 20w32 [P6] 20.03 ~ 20.34
Dawlish Warren 12/31 12/28   19/45 19/50
Dawlish 12/33 12/30   19/43½ 19/49
Teignmouth 12/36 12/33   19/40½ 19/46
Newton Abbot 12/41 [P2] 12/38   19/35 [P3] 19/41
Newton Abbot West Jn 12/41½ 12/39   19/34 19/40
Dainton Tunnel 12/47 12/43   19/30 19/36
Totnes 12/53 12/49   19/23 19/29
Aish Crossover 13/05 13/02   19/15 19/20
Ivybridge 13/09 [P1] 13/07   19/11 [P2] 19/15
Hemerdon 13/13 13/12   19/05 19/06
Lipson Jn 13/20 13/17   18/55 18/56
Plymouth 13w24a ~ 13w48d [P8] 13.21 ~ 13.51   18w02a ~ 18w52d [P5] 18.06 ~ 18.51
St Budeaux Jn 13/53 13/57   17/55½ 18/01
Saltash 13/57 [P1] 14/01   17/49 [P2] 17/57
St Germans 14/03 [P1] 14/09   17/43 [P2] 17/49
Liskeard 14/15 [P1] 14/23   17/34 [P2] 17/38
St Pinnock Viaduct East 14/21 ?   17/27 ?
Largin 14/22 ?   17/26 ?
Bodmin Parkway 14/29½ ?   17/19½ ?
Lostwithiel 14/33 [P2] 14/38   17/14 [P1] 17/19
Par 14.42a [P1] 14.46   17.04d [P2] 17.07


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings

5Z33 : (47802 + tour stock) : Southall to Slough

Location Booked
Southall WCR 07.05d
Southall 07/15
Southall West Jn 07/16
Heathrow Airport Jn 07/17
Slough 07.24a [P2]

5Z34 : (45699 with 80204) : St Philips Marsh HST Depot to Bristol Temple Meads

Location Booked
St Philips Marsh HST Depot 09.10d
North Somerset Jn 09/20
Bristol East Jn 09/21
Bristol Temple Meads 09.23a [P11]

0Z34 : (45699) : Bristol Temple Meads - St Philips Marsh HST Depot - Bristol Temple Meads

Location Booked
Bristol Temple Meads 09.33d [P11]
Bristol East Jn 09/34
North Somerset Jn 09/35
St Philips Marsh HST Depot 09/45
Bristol West Jn 09.55 ~ 09.58 [CL]
Bristol Temple Meads 10.00a [P12]

5Z35 : (45699 + tour stock) : Par to Par

Location Booked
Par 15.04d [P1]
Par Sig.PR7 15.07 ~ 15.09
Par 15.11a

0Z35 : (45699) : Par to St Blazey L.I.P.
(Loco turned on St Blazey turntable)

Location Booked
Par 15.16d
St Blazey SB 15.19 ~ 15.21
St Blazey L.I.P. 15.24a

0Z36 : (45699) : St Blazey L.I.P. to Par

Location Booked
St Blazey L.I.P. 16.19d
St Blazey SB 16.22 ~ 16.24
Par 16.27 ~ 16.36 [P3]
Par Sigt.PR7 16.37 ~ 16.39
Par 16.40a [P1]

5Z36 : (45699 + tour stock) : Par to Par

Location Booked
Par 16.50d
Par Sig.PR7 16.51 ~ 16.53
Par 16.54a [P2]

0Z37 : (45699) : Plymouth to Plymouth (cancelled?)

Location Booked
Plymouth 18.05d [P5]
Plymouth Sig.120 18.07 ~ 18.09
Plymouth 18.11 ~ 18.41 [P7]
Plymouth Sig.120 18.43 ~ 18.45
Plymouth 18.47a [P5]

5Z37 : (45699 with 80204) : Bristol Temple Meads to St Philips Marsh HST Depot

Location Booked
Bristol Temple Meads 22.17d [P11]
Bristol East Jn 22/19
North Somerset Jn 22/20
St Philips Marsh HST Depot 22.31a

5Z38 : (47802 + tour stock) : Slough to Southall

Location Booked
Slough 00.32d [P3]
Heathrow Airport Jn 00/42
Southall West Jn 00/45
Southall 00/47
Southall WCR 00.57a


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