18th - 20th May 1979

Plymouth Railway Circle
The Western Scot

Locos Used 26021, 26024, 45037, 40197, 47002, 47140 & 47195
Stock Used 13 coaches

Route : 1Z16 throughout

Date Loco(s) Route
18/05 45037 Plymouth - Totnes - Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids - Taunton - Bridgwater - Bristol Temple Meads
18/05-19/05 47002 Bristol Temple Meads - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Stoek Works Jn - Kings Norton - Bordesley Jn - St Andrews Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water orton - Kingsbury Jn - Wichnor Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Stenson Jn - Derby - Ambergate Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Dronfield - Sheffield - Rotherham Masborough - Holbeck Jn - Shipley - Keighley - Hellifield - Sette Jn - (via S&C) - Petteril Bridge Jn - Carlisle - (vua WCML) - Motherwell - Mossend Yard - Coatbridge Central - Larbert - Stirling - Dunblane - Hilton Jn - Perth - Pilochry - Aviemore - Rose Street Jn
19/05 47002 (2) Rose Street Jn - Inverness
19/05 26021 + 26024 Inverness - Muir of Ord - Dingwall - Achnasheen - Kyle of Lochalsh
19/05 26024 + 26021 Kyle of Lochalsh - (reverse of outward route) - Rose Street Jn - Welsh's Bridge Jn
19/05 26024 + 26021 (2) Welsh's Bridge Jn - Inverness
19/05 40197 + 47002 Inverness - Aviemore
19/05 47002 Aviemore - (reverse of outward route) - Carlisle (1)
20/05 47195 Carlisle - (via WCML) - Hartford LNW Jn - Middlewich - Sandbach - Crewe - Madeley - Norton Bridge - Stafford - Rugeley - Hednesford - Walsall - Bescot - Perry Barr North Jn - Soho North Jn - Galton Jn - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads
20/05 47140 Bristol Temple Meads - (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth

Notes :
(1) 47002 ran out of fuel (noted as 'failed between Lockerbie & Carlisle').
(2) Loco(s) propelling.

Sources : Nick Perring, Martin McLean & Bernard Mills
Timings (Actual Only)
(from Bernard Mills)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Plymouth 18.00d 18.01   ? 15.25
Totnes ? 18.32 ~ 18.33   ? 14.52 ~ 14.54
Newton Abbot ? 18.48 ~ 18.52   ? 14.36 ~ 14.38
Dawlish ? 19.03 ~ 19.04   ? 14.25 ~ 14.26
Exeter St Davids ? 19.17 ~ 19.23   ? 14.08 ~ 14.12
Taunton ? 19.55 ~ 19.58   ? 13.33 ~ 13.34
Bridgwater ? ?   ? 13/23
Uphill Jn ? 20/28   ? ?
Yatton ? ?   ? 13/06
Bristol Temple Meads ? 20.45 ~ 20.59   ? 12.38 ~ 12.54
Charfield ? 21/21   ? 12/15
Cheltenham Spa ? 21.44 ~ 21.49   ? 11.52 ~ 11.53
Worcester Shrub Hill   ? 11.13 ~ 11.15
Hartlebuy   ? 11/01
Stourbridge Junction   ? 10/51
Langley Green   ? 10/41
Bescot   ? 10.16 ~ 10.23
Walsall   ? 10/12
Hednesford   ? 09/53
Rugeley   ? 09/44
Stafford   ? 09/30
Crewe   ? 08.59 ~ 09.03
Sandbach   ? 08/48
Middlewich   ? 08/40
Hartford LNW Jn   ? 08/01
Warrington Bank Quay   ? 07/48
Preston   ? 06/53
Kings Norton ? 22/29      
St Andrews Jn ? 22/40  
Landor Street Jn ? 22/42  
Kingsbury Jn ? 22/53  
Burton-on-Trent ? 23/07  
Derby ? 23.22 ~ 23.28  
Chesterfield ? 23/50  
Sheffield ? 00.04 ~ 00.09  
Rotherham Masborough ? 00/16  
Engine Shed Jn ? 00.56 ~ 00.58  
Skipton ? 01.43 ~ 01.45  
Carlisle ? 03.28 ~ 03.40   ? 04.40 ~ 05.26
Lockerbie ? 04/03   ? ?
Carstairs ? 04/42   ? ?
Motherwell ? 04/58   ? ?
Motherwell Sig M369 ? 05.00 ~ 05.59  
Coatbridge Central ? 06/15   ? ?
Larbert ? 06/41   ? ?
Dunblane ? 06/59   ? ?
Perth ? 07.25 ~ 07.27   ? ?
Pitlochry ? 08/04   ? ?
Dalwhinnie ? 08/44   ? ?
Aviemore ? 09.13 ~ 09.20   ? 00.05 ~ 00.10
Tomatin ? 09.39 ~ 10.01   ? ?
Rose Street Jn ? 10.22 ~ 10.24  
Inverness ? 10.28 ~ 11.46   ? 22.18 ~ 23.19
Rose Street Jn   ? 21.54 ~ 22.09
Dingwall ? 12/14   ? 21/24
Garve ? 12.42 ~ 12.59   ? 21/04
Glencarron ? 14/00   ? 20/28
Strathcarron ? 14.17 ~ 14.28   ? ??.?? ~ 20.11
Plockton ? 14.55 ~ 15.03   ? ?
Kyle of Lochalsh ? 15.15   19.15d 19.15


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