Photo Review
15th June 1952
Stephenson Locomotive
Society
Saint Special
| Locos Used | 2920 'Saint David' |
| Stock Used | 6x vestibule coaches |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 2920 | Birmingham Snow Hill - Handsworth Jn - Old Hill - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Lansdown - Gloucester Central |
| 2920 | Gloucester Central - Standish Jn - Stroud - Swindon |
| 2920 | Swindon - Rodbourne Lane (Swindon Works) |
| 2920 | Rodbourne Lane (Swindon Works) - Swindon Jn - Banbury General - Leamington Spa - Birmingham Snow Hill |
Notes :
(1)
Visits made to: Gloucester shed, Swindon Works & shed, Banbury shed.
Sources : John Clifford, Howard Harrison, Bob Taylor & Ian
Clark (SLS)
Photo Review
2920 at Gloucester (photo: R.J. Buckley/The John Debens Collection)
2920 'Saint David' poses for a photographer during a pause in the tour
(photo: © Stephenson Locomotive Society Photographic Collection)
From the John Debens ticket collection
(originally supplied by Andrew Fairholm)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Howard Harrison & Ian Clark (SLS))
| Miles | Location | Booked | Actual |
| 0.0 | Birmingham Snow Hill | 10.33d | 10.33 [P1] [RL] |
| ?? 0.0 |
Stourbridge Junction | 10.56a ~ 10.57d | 10.57 ~ 10.58 |
| 3.6 | Churchill | ? | 11/04 |
| 6.7 | Kidderminster | 11/10 | 11/07½ |
| 10.4 | Hartlebury | ? | 11.14½ ~ 11.15½ |
| [Single line working with pilotman between Hartlebury & Cutnall Green] | |||
| 12.7 | Cutnall Green | ? | ? |
| 16.1 | Droitwich Spa | 11/19 | 11/26 |
| 21.7 0.0 |
Worcester Shrub Hill | 11.28a ~ 11.35d | 11.33½ ~ 11.35 |
| 3.1 | Norton Jn | 11/40 | 11/41 |
| 3.9 | Abbotswood Jn | 11/41 | 11/42½ |
| 9.8 | Eckington | ? | 11/48½ |
| 14.6 | Ashchurch | 11/54 | 11/53 |
| 21.9 | Cheltenham Lansdown | 12/04 | 12/01 |
| 22.2 | Lansdown Jn | 12/05 | 12/02 |
| 27.5 | Engine Shed Jn | 12/15 | 12/08½ |
| 28.4 0.0 |
Gloucester Central | 12.20a ~ amended to ~ 13.30d |
12.11 ~ 13.30½ |
| 1.1 | Gloucester South Jn | ? | 13/34 |
| 7.4 | Standish Jn | 13/31 | 13/44½ |
| 11.9 | Stroud | 13/39 | 13/50½ |
| 14.8 | Brimscombe | ? | 13/54 |
| 19.2 | Summit | ? | 14/01 |
| 23.1 | Kemble | 13/57 | 14/05 |
| ? | Loco Yard | 14/15 | 14.19½ ~ 14.22 |
| 36.8 0.0 |
Swindon | 14.20½a ~ 14.25d | 14.24 ~ ??.?? |
| ? | Rodbourne Lane | 14.32a ~ 17.53d | |
| 0.0 | Swindon | ??.?? ~ 17.57d | ??.?? ~ 18.00 |
| 5.7 | Shrivenham | ? | 18/08 |
| 13.4 | Challow | ? | ? |
| 20.8 | Steventon | 18/22 | 18/22 |
| 23.6 | Foxhall | 18/27 | 18/25 |
| 24.3 | Didcot North Jn | 18/29 | 18/26 |
| 26.8 | (near) Culham | ? | 18/30½ |
| 33.9 | Oxford | 18/44 | 18/42 |
| 41.0 | Cement Siding | 18/55 | 18/50 |
| 51.6 | Aynho Jn | 19/07 | 19/02½ |
| 56.6 0.0 |
Banbury General | 19.02½a ~ 20.30d | 19.08 ~ 20.30 |
| 1.2 | Banbury Jn | ? | 20/23 |
| 3.7 | Cropredy | ? | 20/26½ |
| 8.7 | Fenny Compton | ? | 20/42½ |
| 13.8 | Southam Road | ? | 20/47½ |
| 16.2 | Fosse Road | ? | 20/49½ |
| 19.9 0.0 |
Leamington Spa | 20.54a ~ 20.57d | 20.54 ~ 20.57 |
| 2.0 | Warwick | ? | 21/01 |
| 6.6 | Hatton | ? | 21/10 |
| 10.4 | Lapworth | 21/11 | 21/16½ |
| 23.3 | Birmingham Snow Hill | 21.35a | 21.35 |
