26th February 1972

British Rail
(Holiday Preview Special)

Loco Used 1524
Stock Used load 11

Route :

Loco Route
1524 Leeds - Morley - Dewsbury - Thornhill LNW Jn - Huddersfield - Marsden - Diggle - Stalybridge - Guide Bridge - Denton - Stockport - Macclesfield - Stoke-on-Trent - Stone Jn - Norton Bridge - Stafford - Bushbury Jn - Portobello Jn - Bescot - Perry Barr North Jn - Aston - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - Kings Norton - Stoke Works Jn - Dunhampstead - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Charfield - Westerleigh West Jn - Filton Jn - Bristol Temple Meads - Worle Jn - Weston-super-Mare
1524 Weston-super-Mare - (reverse of outward route) - Kings Norton - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street - Soho South Jn - Perry Barr North Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Leeds

Source : Ian Umpleby (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Broderick)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
0.00 Leeds 07.28d 07.32   22.55a 22.49
4.52 Morley ? 07/43½   ? 22/37
9.16 Dewsbury ??.??a ~ 07.45d 07.48½ ~ 07.52½   22.36a ~ ??.??d 22.28 ~ 22.30
10.56 Thornhill LNW Jn ? 07/55½   ? 22/25½
14.04 Spen Valley Jn ? 08/00   ? 22/21
17.20 Huddersfield ??.??a ~ 08.00d 08.06 ~ 08.08   22.18a ~ ??.??d 22.12½ ~ 22.16½
24.28 Marsden ? 08/21   ? 22/03
27.76 Diggle ? 08/25½   ? 21/58
34.76 Stalybridge ? 08/35   ? 21/48½
37.32 Guide Bridge ? 08/42   ? 21/41½
43.04 Stockport ? 08c54 ~ 08c56½   ? 21c27½ ~ 21c29½
45.32 Cheadle Hulme ? 09/01   ? 21/23½
55.04 Macclesfield ? 09/11½   ? 21/13½
68.44 Kidsgrove ? 09/24   ? 21/01½
75.08 Stoke-on-Trent ? 09/32   ? 20c53 ~ 20c54
82.16 Stone ? 09/43½   ? 20/42½
85.76 Norton Bridge ? 09/50   ? 20/35½
91.20 Stafford ? 09/56   ? 20/25½
104.76 Bushbury Jn ? 10/11½   ? 20/11½
111.60 Bescot ? 10/20½   ? 20/02½
118.36 Aston ? 10/28½  
119.05 Winson Green   ? 19/48
121.09
/120.73		 Birmingham New Street ? 10c37 ~ 10c40   ? 19c36½ ~ 19c41
122.45 St Andrews Jn   ? 19/31½
123.37 Camp Hill   ? 19/29
122.25 Church Road ? 10/44½  
126.57
/128.05		 Kings Norton ? 10/50½   ? 19/23
135.21 Bromsgrove ? 10/58½   ? 19/06
137.25 Stoke Works Jn ? 11/00½   ? 19/04
148.53 Abbotswood Jn ? 11/10   ? 18/55
166.49 Cheltenham Spa ? 11/26   ? 18/40
173.21 Gloucester Yard Jn ? 11/32   ? 18/32
179.33 Standish Jn ? 11/38   ? 18/26
192.41 Charfield ? 11/48½   ? ?
200.57 Westerleigh West Jn ? 11/56   ? 18/08½
205.41 Bristol Parkway ? 12/01   ? 18/02
206.41 Filton Jn ? 12/02½   ? 18/01
211.25 Bristol Temple Meads ? 12c11½ ~ 12c14   ? 17c42½ ~ 17c51
223.25 Yatton ? 12/28   ? 17/30½
228.09 Worle Jn ? 12/32½   ? 17/25½
230.33 Weston-super-Mare 12.50a 12.37½   17.20d 17.21½


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