30th September - 2nd October 1983

F & W Tours
The Moors Marauder

Locos Used 37066, 40122, 45143, 50021 'Rodney', 50024 'vanguard' & 86009
Stock Used Booked for load 10

Route : 1Z47 throughout

Date(s) Locos Route
30/09 50024 Plymouth – Exeter St Davids – Taunton – Weston-super-Mare – Bristol Temple Meads – Filton Jn – Bristol Parkway – Westerleigh Jn – Standish Jn – Gloucester Yard Jn – Gloucester
30/09-01/10 50024 Gloucester – Barnwood Jn – Cheltenham – Abbotswood Jn – Worcester Shrub Hill – Stoke Works Jn – Bromsgrove – King’s Norton – Birmingham New Street
01/10 86009 Birmingham New Street – Soho South Jn – Perry Barr North Jn – Bescot – Bushbury Jn – Stafford – Crewe – Wilmslow – Stockport
01/10 40122 Stockport – Denton Jn – Guide Bridge – Stalybridge – Marsden – Huddersfield – Wakefield Kirkgate – Altofts Jn – Church Fenton – York – Northallerton – Thornaby – Middlesbrough
01/10 37066 Middlesbrough – Saltburn
01/10 37066 Saltburn - Middlesbrough
01/10 40122 Middlesbrough – Battersby
01/10 40122 Battersby – Grosmont (for North York Moors Railway Diesel Gala) – Whitby
01/10 40122 Whitby – (reverse of outard route) - York – Pontefract Baghill – Rotherham – Beighton Jn – Chesterfield – Ambergate – Derby – Tamworth – Birmingham New Street
01/10 50021 Birmingham New Street – King’s Norton – Bromsgrove – Abbotswood Jn – Cheltenham – Barnwood Jn – Gloucester Yard Jn (1)
01/10-02/10 45143 Gloucester Yard Jn – (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth

Notes :
(1) 50021 failed at Gloucester Yard Jn.


40122 captured on film during a photo-stop at Glaisdale (photo: Ian Jordan)

Sources : Ian Monkton (joined/left train at Bristol Temple Meads) & Harry Harper

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Brian Ovington)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Plymouth 20.15d ?   00.42a ? 904.36
6.65 Hemerdon 20/25 ?   00/34 ? 897.51
16.15 Brent 20/35 ?   00/21 ? 888.21
23.12 Totnes 20.43a ~ 20.45d ?   00.10a ~ 00.11d ? 881.24
31.69 Newton Abbot 20.58a ~ 21.00d ?   23.53a ~ 23.54d ? 872.47
41.41 Dawlish Warren 21/11 ?   23/41 ? 862.75
52.03 Exeter St Davids 21.23a ~ 21.25d ?   23.29a ~ 23.31d ? 852.33
71.75 Whiteball S.B. 21/42 ?   23/11 ? 832.41
82.63 Taunton 21.53a ~ 21.55d ?   23.01a ~ 23.02d ? 821.53
94.28 Bridgwater 22/05 ?   22/51 ? 810.08
109.43 Weston-super-Mare 22.19a ~ 22.21d ?   22.39a ~ 22.40d ? 794.73
111.65 Worle Jn 22/24 ?   22/37 ? 792.51
128.40 Bristol Temple Meads 22.43a ~ 22.50d ?   22.19a ~ 22.21d ? 775.76
133.10 Filton Jn 23/00 ?   22/09 ? 771.26
134.29 Bristol Parkway 23.02a ~ 23.04d ?   22.04a ~ 22.07d ? 770.07
138.79 Westerleigh Jn 23/10 ?   22/00 ? 765.37
147.12 Charfield 23/18 ?   21/52 ? 757.24
160.37 Standish Jn 23/27 ?   21/43 ? 743.79
- Gloucester Yard Jn ? ?   21/38 ? 737.69
167.48 Gloucester 23.40a ~ 23.54d ?  
174.08 Cheltenham Spa 00.04a ~ 00.06d ?   21.27a ~ 21.28d ? 731.39
181.19 Ashchurch 00/14 ?   21/21 ? 724.28
192.06 Abbotswood Jn 00/22 ?   21/14 ? 713.41
196.00 Worcester Shrub Hill 00.30a ~ 00.32d ??.?? ~ 00.33  
201.59 Droitwich Spa 00/39 ?  
205.74 Stoke Works Jn 00/45 ?   21/06 ? 702.24
208.07 Bromsgrove 00/47 ?   21/05 ? 700.11
210.60 Blackwell 00/53 00/54   21/03 ? 697.38
211.50 Barnt Green 00/57 ?   21/02 ? 696.49
216.40 King's Norton 01/02 01/00   20/52 ? 691.58
220.61 Church Road Jn 01/07 ?   20/46 ? 687.37
222.18 Birmingham New Street 01L15a ~ 01L30d 01.28 ~ 01.43   20L27a ~ 20L42d 20.45 ~ ??.?? 686.00

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
224.24 Soho South Jn 01/35 01/48
227.15 Perry Barr North Jn 01/41 ?
231.52 Bescot 01/46 02/01
235.69 Portobello Jn 01/50 ?
238.37 Bushbury Jn 01/54 02/10
252.04 Stafford 02/10 02/24
257.33 Norton Bridge 02/15 ?
268.35 madeley 02/26 ?
276.43 Crewe 02c35 ~ 02c40 02.47 ~ 02.51
281.11 Sandbach 02/47 ?
295.26 Wilmslow 02/58 ?
301.42 Stockport 03L08a ~ 03L20d 03.20 ~ 03.30
302.24 Heaton Norris Jn 03/23 ?
306.30 Denton Jn 03/29 ?
307.10 Guide bridge 03/31 03/53
309.33 Stalybridge 03/38 04/07
316.40 Diggle Jn 03/50 ?
320.40 Marsden 03/55 ?
327.41 Huddersfield 04/03 ?
331.35 Heaton Lodge Jn 04/09 ?
334.01 Thornhill LNW Jn 04/11 ?
339.44 Horbury Jn 04/19 ?
341.68 Wakefield Kirkgate 04c24 ~ 04c26 04/49
344.37 Goose Hill Jn 04/30 ?
345.61 Altofts Jn 04/34 ?
354.48 Milford Jn 04/44 ?
358.41 Church Fenton 04/48 ?
369.19 York 05c04 ~ 05c06 05.29 ~ 05.32
391.35 Thirsk 05/29 ?
399.05 Northallerton 05/36 05/59
413.56 Eaglescliffe 05/51 ?
416.56 Thornaby 05/58 ?
419.73 Middlesborough 06L05a ~ 06L20d 06.33 ~ 06.45
427.57 Redcar Central 06/36 06/59
431.50 Saltburn 06.47a ~ 07.40d 07.11 ~ 07.46
435.43 Redcar Central 07/48 07/54
443.27 Middlesborough 07L59a ~ 08L14d 08.04 ~ 08.16
447.77 Nunthorpe 08/24 ?
454.32 Battersby 08.36a ~ 08.51d 08.39 ~ 08.53
461.65 Castleton Moor 09/06 09/08
468.79 Glaisdale 09p20a ~ 09p40d 09.19 ~ 09.40
472.08 Grosmont 09.46a ~ 09.48d 09.45 ~ 09.51
475.38 Sleights 09/57 10/00
478.34 Whitby 10.05a ~ 15.15d 10.03 ~ ??.??
481.30 Sleights 15/23 ?
484.59 Grosmont 15.31a ~ 15.33d 15.38 ~ 15.47
487.68 Glaisdale 15/40 15/54
495.02 Castleton Moor 15/53 16/06
502.35 Battersby 16.06a ~ 16.28d 16.20 ~ 16.30
508.70 Nunthorpe 16/27 16/43
513.40 Middlesborough 16c51 ~ 16c55 16.53 ~ 16.54
516.57 Thornaby 17/00 16/59
519.57 Eaglescliffe 17/06 17/04
534.36 Boroughbridge Road 17/24 17/25
535.25 Longlands Jn 17/26 17/26
542.00 Thirsk 17/32 17/35
542.00 York 17c55 ~ 17c57 17.58 ~ 18.12
574.74 Church Fenton 18/10 18/25
578.67 Milford Jn 18/15 18/30
585.18 Pontefract Baghill 18/24 18/38
592.16 Moorthorpe 18/33 18/48
598.74 Wath Road Jn 18/42 18/55
602.26 Aldwarke Jn 18/46 18/59
604.66 Rotherham 18/50 19/01
611.19 Beighton Jn 19/02 19/11
620.46 Chesterfield 19/16 19/26
624.56 Clay Cross South Jn 19/19 19/36
634.10 Ambergate Jn 19/28 ?
644.57 Derby 19/38 19.53 ~ 19.55
649.45 Stenson Jn 19/45 ?
655.62 Burton-on-Trent 19/50 20/06
661.25 Wichnor Jn 19/55 ?
668.53 Tamworth 20/01 ?
674.34 Kingsbury Jn 20/06 ?
678.18 Water Orton East Jn 20/13 20/28
684.35 Landor Street Jn 20/23 ?

Timings continue in first table,

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