& Adrian Brown (on the train throughout)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Adrian Brown)
10th January 1976
B.R.
(Mystery Excursion)
| Locos Used | 47202 & 86015 |
| Stock Used | 11 mark 1 coaches |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 86015 | London Euston - (via WCML, Northampton) - Rugby - Coventry - Birmingham International - Stechford - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street |
| 47202 | Birmingham New Street - Selly Oak - Kings Norton - Bromsgrove - Stoke Works Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Gloucester |
| 47202 | Gloucester - Stroud - Swindon - Foxhall Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Hatton - Dorridge - Solihull - Tyseley - Small Heath South Jn - St Andrews Jn - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street |
| 86015 | Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Stechford - Birmingham International - Coventry - Rugby - (via WCML, Weedon) - London Euston |
Sources : David Hills (compiled from contemporary
reports)
& Adrian Brown (on the train throughout)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Adrian Brown)
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Euston | 09.40d | 09.40 | 20.11a | 20.01 | |
| Wembley Central | ??.??a ~ 09.51d | 09.50 ~ 09.51 | 19.59a ~ ??.??d | 19.50½ ~ 19.51½ | |
| Harrow & Wealdstone | ??.??a ~ 09.56d | 09.55 ~ 09.56½ | 19.54a ~ ??.??d | 19.45 ~ 19.45½ | |
| Watford Junction | ??.??a ~ 10.04d | 10.03 ~ 10.04 | 19.46a ~ ??.??d | 19.36½ ~ 19.38 | |
| Kings Langley | ? | 10/08 | ? | 19/32½ | |
| Apsley | ? | 10/10½ | ? | 19/31 | |
| Hemel Hempstead | ??.??a ~ 10.13d | 10.12½ ~ 10.13½ | 19.38a ~ ??.??d | 19.28 ~ 19.29 | |
| Berkhamstead | ? | 10/18 | ? | 19/22½ | |
| Tring | ? | 10/21 | ? | 19/18 | |
| Leighton Buzzard | ? | 10/27½ | ? | 19/09 | |
| Bletchley | ? | 10/33 | ? | 19/02 | |
| Northampton | ? | 10/31 | |||
| Long Buckby | ? | 11/00 | |||
| Rugby | ? | 11/13 | ? | 18/35½ | |
| Coventry | ? | 11/25 | ? | 18/28 | |
| Birmingham International | ? | 11/33 | ? | 18/10½ | |
| Stechford | ? | 11/40 | ? | 18/06 | |
| Birmingham New Street | ? | 11.49 ~ 12.02 | ? | 17.42 ~ 18.00 | |
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Selly Oak | ? | 12/09 |
| Kings Norton | ? | 12/11 |
| Barnt Green | ? | 12/16 |
| Bromsgrove | ? | 12/22½ |
| Cheltenham Spa | ? | 12/48 |
| Gloucester (Central) | 13.00a ~ 15.00d | 12.57 ~ 15.00 |
| Stroud | ? | 15/15 |
| Kemble | ? | 15/28 |
| Swindon | ? | 15/41 |
| Didcot West Curve | ? | 16.04 ~ 16.07 |
| Appleford | ? | 16/12 |
| Oxford | ? | 16/25 |
| Banbury | ? | 16/46 |
| Leamington Spa | ? | 17/01 |
| Warwick | ? | 17/02½ |
| Hatton | ? | 17/07 |
| Dorridge | ? | 17/13 |
| Solihull | ? | 17/17 |
| Tyseley | ? | 17/23 |
| Small Heath | ? | 17/24 |
Timings continue in first table.
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