25th February 1995

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Whistle Test

 

Locos used 33065 & 33063
Stock used 5005+4986+5023+4998+13318+21266+1853+4999+4959

  Route : 1Z90 throughout

Loco(s) Route
33065 + 33063 London Waterloo - Wimbledon - Woking - Basingstoke - Eastleigh - Southampton - Romsey - Salisbury - Westbury - Bath Spa - Dr Days Jn - Patchway - Severn Tunnel Jn - Maindee North Jn - Abergavenny - Hereford - nr Ludlow
33065 (1) nr Ludlow - Shrewsbury - Gobowen - Wrexham General - Chester - Crewe - Stafford - Wolverhampton - Dudley Port - Birmingham New Street - St Andrews Jn - Tyseley - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Oxford - Didcot North Jn - Didcot East Jn - Reading - Slough - Acton Wells Jn - Mitre Bridge Jn - North Pole Jn - Latchmere No 3 Jn - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) 33063's turbocharger disappeared in a cloud of smoke over Ludlow's fields, hence 33065 continued alone back to London, on load 9 plus a dead loco.
(2) Nigel Benning comments: A straightforward tour taking a pair of 33/0's to some of their old haunts. Loco 33063 was included to provide ETH to the train but expired in a cloud of smoke between Leominster and Ludlow (hence the brief stop at Ludlow). Timekeeping was good throughout the tour, so much so that arrival back at London Waterloo was 23 minutes early.

Source : Dave Burbridge

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Nigel Benning & Janet Cottrell)

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 London Waterloo 07.55d 08.04
3.74 Clapham Junction 08/01 08/09
7.19 Wimbledon 08/05 08/13
9.62 New Malden 08/10 08/10
12.03 Surbiton 08/12 08/12
13.34 Hampton Court Jn 08/13 ?
24.27 Woking 08/29 08/30
29.48 Pirbright Jn 08/36 08/36
47.61 Basingstoke 08.59a ~ 09.00d 08.59 ~ 09.00
50.21 Worting Jn 09/04 09/05
60.13 Wallers Ash Loop 09*16 ~ 09*21 ?
66.39 Winchester 09/28 09/21
69.10 Shawford Jn 09/31 09/25
73.35 Eastleigh 09c39 ~ 09c41 09.34 ~ 09.39
77.10 St Denys 09/46 09/48
78.15 Northam Jn 09/50 09/49
79.19 Southampton 09/57 09/53
81.70 Redbridge 10/04 09/58
87.23 Romsey 10/11 10/06
94.66 Dean 10/19 10/14
102.57 Tunnel Jn 10/28 10/25
103.64 Salisbury 10/30 10/33
105.58 Wilton Jn 10/33 10/36
123.54 Warminster 10/53 11/01
128.27 Westbury 11*03 ~ 11*10 11.07 ~ 11.14
133.51 Bradford Jn 11/20 11/24
142.73 Bathampton Jn 11/32 11/35
145.09 Bath Spa 11c36 ~ 11c38 11.38 ~ 11.41
155.68 North Somerset Jn 11/50 11/55
156.11 Dr. Days Jn 11/54 11/56
161.35 Patchway 21/04 12/06
165.01 Pilning 21/08 12/12
171.77 Severn Tunnel Junction 12/20 12/17
181.10 Maindee East Jn 12/34 12/30
181.42 Maindee North Jn 12/36 12/31
190.56 Pontypool & New Inn 12/48 12/43
200.00 Abergavenny 13/0 12/52
211.71 Pontrilas 13/15 13/04
217.48 Tram Inn 13/21 13/10
224.11 Hereford 13c31 ~ 13c36 13.18 ~ 13.36
225.58 Shelwick Jn 13/39 13/38
236.58 Leominster 13/50 13/50
243.12 Woofferton 13/57 ?
247.52 Ludlow 14/02 14.02 ~ 14.07
255.17 Craven Arms 14/10 14/16
262.40 Church Stretton 14/18 14/27
268.69 Dorrington 14/24 ?
274.26 Sutton Bridge Jn 14/31 14/38
275.10 Shrewsbury 14c34 ~ 14c36 14.42 ~ 14.44
293.14 Gobowen 14/56 15/11
300.39 Ruabon 15.07a ~ 15.21d 15/19
305.30 Wrexham General 15/32 15.25 ~ 15.32
315.54 Saltney Jn 15/53 15/48
317.45 Chester General 15c57 ~ 15c59 15.52 ~ 15.54
327.75 Beeston Castle SB 16/11 ?
337.14 Crewe Steel Works 16/18 16/18
338.55 Crewe 16.22a ~ 16.50d 16.23 ~ 16.51
346.61 Madeley Jn 17/01 17/03
357.63 Norton Bridge 17/11 17/15
363.12 Stafford 17/15 17/21
376.69 Bushbury Jn 17/28 ?
378.43 Wolverhampton 17/31 17.42 ~ 17.46
384.03 Dudley Port 17/38 ?
387.48 Galton Jn 17/43 ?
389.26 Soho South Jn 17/47 18/00
391.27 Birmingham New Street 17/51 18/06
392.01 Proof House Jn 17/54 ?
395.12 Stechford 18/02 18/12
399.45 Birmingham International 18/08 18/17
410.21 Coventry 18c23 ~ 18c35 18.29 ~ 18.31
414.27 Kenilworth 18/42 ?
418.67 Milverton Jn 18/47 ?
419.55 Leamington Spa 18/55 18/47
431.04 Fenny Compton 19/06 19/00
439.64 Banbury 19/15 19/10
444.68 Aynho Jn 19/23 ?
450.59 Heyford 19/29 ?
459.48 Wolvercot Jn 19/38 ?
462.39 Oxford 19/43 19/36
472.06 Didcot North Jn 19/53 ?
473.05 Didcot East Jn 19/58 19/47
489.73 Reading General 20.22a ~ 20.24d 20.10 ~ 20.12
494.70 Twyford 20/31 20/19
501.52 Maidenhead 20/40 20/26
507.39 Slough 20/49 20/32
515.00 Hayes & Harlington 20/57 20/40
516.65 Southall 21/01 20/42
520.58 ActonWest 21/06 20/47
521.50 Acton Main Line 21/13 20/49
522.22 Acton Wells Jn 21/18 20/52
524.07 Mitre Bridge Jn 21/23 20/57
524.44 North Pole Jn 21/24 20/58
526.32 Kensington Olympia 21/28 21/01
529.22 Latchmere No.3 Jn 21/32 21/08
529.39 West London Jn 21/33 21/09
530.63 Nine Elms Jn 21/35 21/11
532.21 London Waterloo 21.40a 21.17


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