Robin Addison (joined/left the train at Milton Keynes Central) & LASERman
Photo Review
24th November 1984
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Devon Quarryman
| Locos Used | 40086, 40118 & 81009 |
| Stock Used | 5365+5351+5370+13523+17134+1731+5517+5434+5549+5492 |
Route : 1Z26 throughout
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 81009 | London Euston - (WCML, Weedon) - Rugby - Coventry - Stechford - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street |
| 40086 + 40118 | Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Bordesley Jn - Kings Norton - Stoke Works Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Standish Jn - Yate - Westerleigh Jn - Stoke Gifford East Jn - (via Bristol Parkway goods lines) - Stoke Gifford West Jn - Hallen Marsh Jn - Clifton Downs - Stapleton Road - Dr Days Jn - North Somerset Jn - St Philip's Marsh - Bristol West Jn - Bridgwater - Taunton East Jn - (via Goods lines) - Silk Mill - Exeter St Davids |
| 40118 + 40086 | Exeter St Davids - Crediton - Meldon Quarry |
| 40086 + 40118 | Meldon Quarry - Crediton - Exeter St Davids |
| 40118 + 40086 | Exeter St Davids - Taunton - Bridgwater - Bristol Temple Meads - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Stoke Works Jn - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street |
| 81009 | Birmingham New Street - (reverse of outward route) - London Euston |
Notes :
(1)
This tour replaced HRT's 'Sugar Loaf Refiner' which was originally
scheduled to run on this day.
Sources : Si Carter
(joined/left train at New Street),
Adrian Nicholls,
Robin Addison (joined/left the train at Milton Keynes Central) &
LASERman
Photo Review
40118 & 40086 at Exeter St Davids prior to the run to Meldon Quarry
(photo: Michael Croxford)
From Bob Mitchell's ticket collection.
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Robin Addison & LASERman)
|
Location |
Booked |
Actual |
Booked |
Actual |
|
|
Euston |
07.25d |
07.32½ [P12] |
21.22a |
22.48½ [P5] |
|
|
Willesden |
07/32 |
07/39 |
21/14 |
22/41 |
|
|
Watford Jn |
07.41a ~ 07.42d |
07.48 ~ 07.50 |
20.59a ~ 21.01d |
22.30½ ~ 22.31½ |
|
|
Tring |
07/53 |
08/02½ |
20/49 |
22/20½ |
|
|
Bletchley |
08.05a ~ 08.06d |
08.11 ~ 08.12 |
20.35a ~ 20.37d |
22.08½ ~ 22.09 |
|
|
Hanslope Jn |
08/14 |
08/20½ |
20/24 |
22/01 |
|
|
Weedon |
08/23 |
08/31 |
20/15 |
21/52½ |
|
|
Rugby |
08.33a ~ 08.37d |
08.41½ ~ 08.46½ |
19.58a ~ 20.04d |
21.38 ~ 21.39½ |
|
|
Coventry |
08.50a ~ 08.52d |
08.58½ ~ 09.00 |
19.46a ~ 19.48d |
21.26½ ~ 21.27½ |
|
|
Stechford |
09/08 |
09/15 |
19/30 |
21/10 |
|
|
Proof House Jn |
09/13 |
09/19 |
19/27 |
? |
|
|
Birmingham New Street |
09L17a ~ 09L27d |
09.21½ ~ 09.35 [P11] |
19L10a ~ 19L25d |
20.54 ~ 21.04½ [P9] |
|
|
Proof House Jn |
09/29 |
09/37½ |
|||
|
Church Road Jn |
|
19/05 |
? |
||
|
St Andrews Jn |
09/32 |
09/40 |
|||
|
Bordesley Jn |
09/33 |
09/40½ |
|||
|
Camphill |
09/35 |
09/42 |
|||
|
Kings Norton |
09/40 |
09/47½ |
18/55 |
20/43½ |
|
|
Barnt Green |
09/47 |
? |
18/49 |
20/39½ |
|
|
Stoke Works Jn |
09/51 |
09/57 |
18/42 |
? |
|
|
Abbotswood Jn |
09/59 |
10/04½ |
18/34 |
20/25 |
|
|
Cheltenham Spa |
10/12 |
10/18½ |
18/20 |
20/12½ |
|
|
Barnwood Jn |
10/17 |
? |
18/12 |
19/49 |
|
|
Gloucester Yard Jn |
10/19 |
10/23½ |
18/09 |
19/48 |
|
|
Standish Jn |
10/27 |
10/29 |
18/02 |
19/41½ |
|
|
Charfield |
10/36 |
10/39 |
17/53 |
? |
|
|
Westerleigh Jn |
10/43 |
10/48 |
17/46 |
19/26 |
|
|
Bristol Parkway |
10.49a ~ 10.53d |
[GL] 10c59 ~ 12c03½ [ML] |
17.38a ~ 17.40d |
19.19 ~ 19.20 |
|
|
Filton West Jn |
10/56 |
12/06½ |
|
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|
Filton Jn |
17/36 |
? |
|||
|
Hallen Marsh Jn |
11/08 |
12/28 |
|||
|
Avonmouth Jn |
11/16 |
12/42½ |
|||
|
Shirehampton |
11p18a ~ 11p33d |
12/44½ |
|||
|
Clifton Down |
11.44 ~ 11.50 |
12/53½ |
|||
|
Stapleton Road |
11/58 |
13/09 |
|||
|
Dr Day's Jn |
12/00 |
13/12 |
17/28 |
19/13 |
|
|
Bristol Temple Meads |
17.14a ~ 17.26d |
19.04½ ~ 19.10½ [P7] |
|||
|
North Somerset Jn |
12/02 |
13/14 |
|||
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St Philip's Marsh |
12/05 |
? |
|||
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Bristol West Jn |
12/08 |
13/20½ |
|||
|
Worle Jn |
12/29 |
? |
17/00 |
? |
|
|
Uphill Jn |
12/31 |
13/41 |
16/58 |
18/39 |
|
|
Bridgwater |
12/40 |
13/52½ |
16/29 |
? |
|
|
Taunton East Jn |
12.49 ~ 12.51 |
14.08½ ~ 14.09 [GL] |
|||
|
Taunton |
16/29 |
18/14 |
|||
|
Silk Mill |
13.03 ~ 13.05 |
14.21 ~ 14.24 [ML] |
|||
|
Silk Mill Crossing |
13/13 |
14/26 |
|||
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Whiteball Signalbox |
13/23 |
14/39 |
16/19 |
? |
|
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Exeter St Davids |
13.40a ~ 13.55d |
14.56½ ~ 15.11½ [P1] |
15.47a ~ 16.02d |
17.36 17.48½ |
|
|
Cowley Bridge Jn |
13/58 |
15/16 |
15/44 |
17/32 |
|
|
Crediton |
14t05 ~ 14t06 |
15/26 |
15t36 ~ 15t37 |
17.21 ~ 17.23 |
|
|
Okehampton |
14p31a ~ 14p41d |
15.56 ~ 16.03½ |
15/11 |
16/48 |
|
|
Meldon Quarry |
14.46a |
16.16 |
15.06d |
16.36 |
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