Timings (Booked Only)
7th February 1976
British Rail
(Day Excursion - Awayday Winterbeater)
| Locos Used | 1037 'Western Empress' & 1053 'Western Patriarch' |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 1037 | London Paddington - Hayes - Reading - Newbury - Westbury - Exeter (1) |
| 1053 | Exeter - Plymouth |
| 1053 | Plymouth - (reverse of outward route) - London Paddington |
Notes :
(1) 1037 worked from Paddington, but suffered oil leaks
approaching Taunton. The Western came to a stand on the climb to Whiteball, but
continued to Exeter on one engine. It was replaced there by 1053.
Source : Alan Freer
Timings (Booked Only)
| Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
| Paddington | 07.50d | 22.41a |
| Ealing Broadway | 07.59d | 22.30a |
| Southall | 08.07d | 22.23a |
| Hayes | 08.13d | 22.18a |
| West Drayton | 08.19d | 22.13a |
| Slough | 08.27d | 22.03d |
| Reading | 08.47d | 21.42a |
| Newbury | 09.07d | 21.20a |
| Exeter | 11.09a | 19.09d |
| Newton Abbot | 11.35a | 18.42d |
| Plymouth | 12.25a | 18.00d |
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