2nd July 2011

UK Railtours
The Severnsider

Locos Used 66050 'EWS Energy' & 66207
Stock Used 5322+5276+4959+4927+5341+5292+1832+3066+3068+1691+3097+3120+17015

Route :
1Z25 : Stevenage to Bristol Temple Meads
1Z26 : Bristol Temple Meads to Gloucester U/DG
1Z27 : Gloucester U/DG to Bristol Temple Meads
1Z28 : Bristol Temple Meads to Welwyn Garden City

Loco(s) Route
66050 (1) Stevenage - (via ECML) - Goods & Mineral Jn - Camden Road - Camden Jn - Gospel Oak - Willesden Junction HL - Acton Wells Jn - Ealing Broadway - Slough - Twyford - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Chippenham - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Temple Meads
66207 (2) Bristol Temple Meads - Dr Days Jn - Stapleton Road - Filton Abbey Wood - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Gloucester
66050 (1) Gloucester - Standish Jn - Berkeley Road Jn - (former) Docks Branch Jn
66207 (2) (former) Docks Branch Jn - Berkeley Road Jn - Gloucester Yard
66050 (1) Gloucester Yard - Standish Jn - Yate Middle Jn - Westerleigh Railfreight Terminal
66207 (2) Westerleigh Railfreight Terminal - Yate South Jn - Tytherington Quarry
66050 (1) Tytherington Quarry - Yate South Jn - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Filton West Jn No.1 - Hallen Moor West Jn - Avonmouth - Narroways Hill Jn - Bristol Temple Meads
66207 (2) Bristol Temple Meads - North Somerset Jn - Bath Spa - Trowbridge - Heywood Road Jn - Newbury - Southcote Jn - Reading - (reverse of outward route) - Acton Wells Jn - Willesden WL Jn - Camden Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Welwyn Garden City

Notes :
(1) 66207 on rear.
(2) 66050 on rear.
(3) Also advertised as 'The Bristol or Bath Excursion'.

Sources : Stuart Smith (joined/left the train at Reading), John Clifford &
Nick Bartlett (joined/left the train at Bristol Temple Meads)

Photo Review


66050 at Bristol Temple Meads in the morning (photo: Nick Bartlett)


66207 at Gloucester before visiting Sharpness (photo: Nick Bartlett)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Nick Bartlett, Stuart Smith & Pete Drury)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Stevenage 07.33d ? [P2]  
3.52 Woolmer Green Jn 07/37 ?  
7.20 Welwyn Garden City 07.41a ~ 07.46d ?   22.55a ? 431.55
14.68 Potters Bar 07.58a ~ 08.04d ? [P1]   22.43a ~ 22.45d ? 424.07
22.47 Alexandra Palace 08/11 ?   22/32 ? 416.28
25.04 Finsbury Park 08.14a ~ 08.18d ? [P2]   22.25a ~ 22.28d ? 413.71
26.61 Goods & Mineral Jn 08/24 ?   22/15 ? 412.14
27.32 Camden Road 08/29 ?   22/08 ? 411.43
- Camden Jn   22/00 ? 410.45
28.51 Gospel Oak 08/35 ?  
32.58 Kensal Green Jn 08/48 ?  
33.00 Willesden Junction HL 08/51 ?  
- Willesden WL Jn   21/50 ? 406.76
33.65 Acton Wells Jn 08/55 ?   21/48 ? 405.40
34.37 Acton Main Line 08/56 ?   21/44 ? 404.68
? Ealing Broadway ? ?   21.38a ~ 21.41d ? 403.33
39.22 Southall 09/04 ?   21/33 ? 400.03
41.41 Airport Jn 09/08 ?   21/28 ? 397.54
48.52 Slough 09/23 ? [P4]   21/19 ? 390.53
? Slough West Jn ? ? [DR] [DM]   ? ? ?
54.35 Maidenhead 09/29 ?   21/07 ? 384.70
61.17 Twyford 09/35 ?   20/59 ? 378.08
66.14 Reading 09.40a ~ 09.43d ? [P4]   20.49a ~ 20.53d ? [P9] 373.11

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
83.26 Didcot Parkway 10c02 ~ 10c04 ?
90.38 Wantage Road 10/10 ?
94.16 Challow 10/13 ?
96.55 Uffington 10/15 ?
107.39 Swindon 10/24 ?
124.12 Chippenham 10/39 ?
126.26 Thingley Jn 10/41 ?
134.71 Bathampton Jn 10/49 ?
137.07 Bath Spa 10.52a ~ 10.55d ?
147.66 North Somerset Jn 11/06 ?
148.42 Bristol Temple Meads 11.10a ~ 11.36d ??.?? ~ 11.36 [P3/4]
149.08 Dr Day's Jn 11/38 11/38
150.38 Narroways Hill Jn 11/41 11/40
153.05 Filton Jn 11/44 11/44
154.24 Bristol Parkway 11/47 11/46 [P3]
158.74 Westerleigh Jn 11/52 11/51
160.42 Yate 11/55 11/55
167.07 Charfield 12/01 12/03
180.32 Standish Jn 12/12 12/18
186.42 Gloucester Yard Jn 12/22 12/26
187.43 Gloucester 12.25a ~ 12.48d 12.30 ~ 12.50 [P4]
188.44 Gloucester Yard Jn 12/51 12/55
194.54 Standish Jn 12/57 13/02
202.56 Berkeley Road Jn 13/07?
(13/57 in tour booklet!)		 13/12
206.45 Sharpness Docks 13.24 ~ 13.40 13.28 ~ 13.37
[L/H track on arrival, to mp3.47]
210.34 Berkeley Road Jn 13/57 13/58
218.36 Standish Jn 14/07 14/08
218.56 Gloucester New Yard 14.18 ~ 14.31 14.17 ~ 14.33 [U/DGL]
218.76 Gloucester Yard Jn 14/36 14/36
225.06 Standish Jn 14/42 14/41
238.31 Charfield 14/53 14/52
244.76 Yate 15/04 15/00
247.20 Westerleigh 15.14 ~ 15.22 15.22 ~ 15.31 [YD1 to MP122.61]
249.44 Yate 15c34 ~ 15c36 15.51 ~ 15.52 [P1] [Incoming]
255.72 Tytherington Quarry 16.13 ~ 16.20 16.25 ~ 16.32
[to end of line, via Outgoing Line]
262.20 Yate 16/57 17/04 [Incoming] [P1]
263.68 Westerleigh Jn 17/03 17/10 [Up Charfield]
268.38 Bristol Parkway 17/15 17/16 [P2]
269.54 Filton West Jn 17/17 17/19
275.18 Hallen Marsh Jn 17/25 17/30
276.60 St Andrews Jn 17/30 17/36
277.10 Avonmouth 17*32 ~ 17*42 17.41 ~ 17.42 [P2]
282.20 Clifton Down 17/53 17/55
284.09 Narroways Hill Jn 18/00 18/02
285.39 Dr Day's Jn 18/02 18/06
286.05 Bristol Temple Meads 18.05a ~ 18.37d 18.09 ~ ??.?? [P9/10]
286.61 North Somerset Jn 18/39 ?
297.40 Bath Spa 18.51a ~ 18.56d ?
299.56 Bathampton Jn 19/01 ?
308.78 Bradford Jn 19/14 ?
313.57 Hawkeridge Jn 19/28 ?
314.44 Heywood Road Jn 19/30 ?
342.60 Bedwyn 20/09 ?
356.03 Newbury 20/24 ?
371.27 Southcote Jn 20/40 ?

Timings continue in first table.

Back to "The Railtour Files"