15th September 1991

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Plym Rose

Locos Used 08645, 37671, 37673, 56050, 56051, 58027 & 58041

Route : 1Z98 throughout

Loco(s) Route
58027 + 58041 London Paddington - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Chippenham - Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Plymouth
58027 + 58041 (1) Plymouth - Lipson Jn - Friary Goods
08645 (2) Friary Goods - Laira Carriage Sidings
37671 + 37673 Laira Carriage Sidings - Laira Jn - Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids
56050 + 56051 Exeter St Davids - Taunton - Castle Cary - Westbury - Chippenham - Swindon - Didcot Parkway - Reading - London Paddington

Notes :
(1) was 08645 on rear? (believed NOT).
(2) 58027 + 58041 on rear.
(3) Locos swapped with Pathfinder Tours tour which ran the same day.


58027+58041 on arrival into Plymouth from London (photo: Nick Blyth)

Sources : Gary Blyth (joined/left train at Didcot Parkway) & Roger Elliott

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Janet Cottrell)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Paddington 07.42d ?   21.46a ?
Ealing Broadway 07/48 ?   21/29 ?
Southall 07/51 ?   21/26 ?
Slough 07.59a ~ 08.01d ?   21.14a ~ 21.16d ?
Maidenhead 08/08 ?   21/07 ?
Twyford 08/13 ?   21/01 ?
Reading 08.19a ~ 08.21d ?   20.53a ~ 20.55d ?
Didcot Parkway 08.36a ~ 08.38d ??.?? ~ 08.57   20.34a ~ 20.36d 20.57 ~ ??.??
Challow 08/53 ?   20.24 ?
Swindon 09/04 09/24   20.00a ~ 20.11d 20.35 ~ 20.36
Wotton Bassett Jn 09/09 ?   19/54 20/26
Chippenham 09/17 09/38   19/41 20/15
Thingley Jn 09/19 09/41   19/39 20/13

 

Location Booked Actual
Bathampton Jn 09/26 09/50
Bath Spa 09/29 09.55a ~ 10.07d
North Somerset Jn 09/26 09/50
Bristol Temple Meads 09c40a ~ 09c42d 10.20 ~ 10.24
Worle Jn 09/59 ?
Uphill Jn 10/02 10/51
Bridgwater 10/17 11/01
Cogload Jn 10/23 11/06
Taunton 10/27 11/10
Tiverton Parkway 10/44 11/22
Cowley Bridge Jn 10/56 ?
Exeter St Davids 10.58a ~ 11.13d 11.36 ~ 11.38
Dawlish Warren 11/24 11/48
Newton Abbot 11/37 11/57
Totnes 11/49 12/08
Hemerdon 12/13 ?
Lipson Jn 12/18 12/39
Plymouth North Road 12L21a ~ 12L31d 12.43 ~ 13.12
Lipson Jn 12/34 13/17
Mount Gould Jn 12/37 13/21
Plymouth Friary 12L44a ~ 12L54d 13.26 ~ ??.??
Laira Carriage Platform 13.11a ~ 16.43d ??.?? ~ 16.59
Speedway Jn 16/45 ?
Laira Jn 16/49 17/27
Hemerdon 16/53 ?
Totnes 17/13 17/52
Newton Abbot 17/25 18/01
Dawlish Warren 17/35 18.16a ~ 18.20d
Exeter St Davids 17L45a ~ 18L00d 18.33 ~ 18.49
Cowley Bridge Jn 18/03 ?
Tiverton Parkway 18/17 ?
Taunton 18/29 19/13
Castle Cary 18/53 19/33
Fairwood Jn 19/10 19/46
Westbury 19c13a ~ 19c15d 19.49 ~ 19.51
Hawkeridge Jn 19/16 ?
Bradford Jn 19/23 19/59
Melksham 19/29 ?

Timings continue in first table.

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