5th July 2014

Statesman Rail
The Dorset Coast Statesman

Locos Used 57313 & 57314
Stock Used 17080+3231+3188+1659+3438+3312+1211+3362+3360+5991+5912

Route : 
1Z78 : Hooton to Weymouth
1Z79 : Weymouth to Hooton

Loco(s) Route
57314 (1) Hooton - Chester - Crewe - (via WCML, Trent Valley) - Nuneaton - Bedworth - Coventry - Kenilworth - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Oxford - (via Didcot station avoiding line) - Reading West Jn - Southcote Jn - Mortimer - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Winchester - Eastleigh - St Denys - Southampton Central - Redbridge - Brockenhurst - Bournemouth - Poole - Wareham - Dorchester South - Weymouth
57313 (2) Weymouth - (reverse of outward route?) - Hooton

Notes: 
(1) 57313 on rear.
(2) 57314 on rear.

Sources : Claude Andrews, Nick Bartlett & Gareth Kelly

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Hooton 06.00d 05.59   22.34a 22.19
Capenhurst 06/06½ ?   22/28 ?
Bache 06/15 06/09½   22/20 22/05
Chester North Jn 06/16 ?   22/19 ?
Chester West Jn 06/17½ ?   22/18 ?
Chester 06.19a ~ 06.22d 09.16 ~ 06.21   22.08a ~ 22.16d 21.59 ~ 22.04
Chester East Jn 06/23 ?   22/07½ ?
Beeston Castle & T.S.B. 06/37½ 06/33½   21/57½ ?
Crewe Steel Works 06/46 06/41   21/49 21/37
Crewe North Jn 06/49 ?   21/47 ?
Crewe 06.50a ~ 06.55d 069.45 ~ 06.55   21.40a ~ 21.46d 21.30½ ~ 21.34
Crewe South Jn 06/57 ?   21/39 ?
Basford Hall Jn 07/04 07/00   21/35½ 21/25½
Betley Road SB 07/09 ?   21/33½ ?
Madeley 07/14 07/10   21/31½ 21/21
Whitmore 07/20 ?   21/29 ?
Norton Bridge 07/36 07/22   21/22½ 21/12
Stafford North Jn 07/44½ ?   21/15½ ?
Stafford No.5 07/45 ?   21/15 ?
Stafford 07.46a ~ 07.52d 07.45½ ~ 07.54   21.12a ~ 21.14d 21.03 ~ 21.05
Stafford No.4 07/53 ?   21/11½ ?
Trent Valley Jn 07/53½ 07/56½   21/11 ?
Whitehouse Jn 07/58 08/00   21/08½ ?
Colwich 08/01 08/05   21/05 20/56
Rugeley North Jn 08/04 08/08   21/01 20/50
Rugeley Trent Valley 08.05a ~ 08.08d 08.09 ~ 08.10½   20.52a ~ 20.54d 20.49 (a, d or /?)
Armitage Jn 08/11 ?   20/49½ ?
Lichfield North Jn 08/15 ?   20.43 ~ 20.45 20.39 ~20.42
Lichfield Trent Valley 08/15½ ?   20/42 20/40
Tamworth 08.22a ~ 08.25d 08.24½ ~ 08.28   20.34a ~ 20.36d 20.30 ~ 20.32
Amington Jn 08/28 08/30   20/31½ 20/28
Polesworth 08/30½ ?   20/29 20/26
Atherstone 08/34½ 08/37   20/25½ 20/22½
Nuneaton 08.40a ~ 08.43d 08.45½ ~ 08.48   20.18a ~ 20.20d 20.14 ~ 20.16
Nuneaton South Jn 08/44½ ?   20/16½ ?
Chilvers Coton Jn 08/45½ 08/50   20/15 20/12
Bedworth 08.50a ~ 08.53d 08.54½ ~ 08.58   20.08a ~ 20.10d 20.06 ~ 20.07
Hawkesbury Lane 08/56 08/59   20/04½ 20/03
Three Spires Jn 08/58½ 09/04   20/02 20/00
Coundon Road LC 09/02 09/04   19/59 19/58
Coventry North Jn 09/05½ ?   19/55½ ?
Coventry 09.07a ~ 09.15d 09.08 ~ 09.15   19.51a ~ 19.54d 19.51½ ~ 19.54
Gibbet Hill Jn 09/21 09/22   19/46 19/46½
Kenilworth 09.25 ~ 09.34 09.29 ~ 09.43   19/44 19/45
Milverton Jn 09/40 09/49   19/37 19/39
Leamington Spa 09/43 09/53   19.31 ~ 19.34 19.25½ ~ 19.33
Fenny Compton 09/54 10/05   19/20 19/15
Banbury 10/01 10/12   19/12 19/08
Kings Sutton 10/04½ 10/14½   19/09 19/05
Aynho Jn 10/06 10/16   19/08 19/04
Heyford 10/12 10/21   19/02½ 18/59
Tackley 10/15½ 10/24   18/58½ 18/57½
Wolvercot Jn 10/19 10/27   18/55 18/52
Oxford North Jn 10/23½ 10/30   ? ?
Oxford 10.25 ~ 10.26 10/33   18/53 18/50
Hinksey North 10/28 10/35   18/55 18/49
Hinksey South 10/29 10/36½   18/50½ 18/48½
Kennington Jn 10/30 10/37   18/50 18/48
Radley 10/32½ 10/40   18/46½ 18/46
Culham 10/35 10/41½   18/43 18/44
Appleford 10/36 10/42   18/41½ 18/43
Didcot North Jn 10/37 10/43   18/40 18/41½
Didcot East Jn 10/38 10/44   18/39 18/40
Moreton Cutting 10/40 10/44   18/37 18/33½
Cholsey 10/45 10/48   18/33 18/26
Goring & Streatley 10/50½ 10/50   18/28½ 18/23
Pangbourne 10/56 10/53   18/24 18/20½
Tilehurst 11/00½ 10/58   18/20 18/17
Tilehurst East Jn 11/00½ 11/00   18/20 18/17
Reading West Jn 11/03 11/03   18/18 18/14½
Oxford Road Jn 11/04½ 11/07   18/13 18/09
Reading West 11/04½ ?   18.11 ~ 18.13 ?
Southcote Jn 11/06 11/09   18/09 18/07
Mortimer 11/12 11/14   18/03 18/03
Bramley 11/15½ 11/17   17/59 18/00
Basingstoke 11/23 11/23½   17/52 17/54
Worting Jn 11/27 11/27   17/49 17/51
Micheldever 11/35 11/36   17/42 17/44
Wallers Ash Loop 11/38½ 11/38   17/39½ 17/41½
Winchester 11/44 11/43½   17/34½ 17/35½
Shawford Jn 11/46 11/46   17/31 17/32
Shawford 11/47 11/47   17/30 17/30
Allbrook 11/51½ 11/51   17/24 17/24
Eastleigh East Jn 11/52½ ?   17/23 ?
Eastleigh 11.53 ~ 11.55 11/53   17.20 ~ 17.22 17.21 ~ 17.21½
Southampton Airport Parkway 11/57½ 11/56   17/17½ 17/18
Swaythling 11/58½ 11/57   17/16 17/17
St Denys 12/00 11/59   17/14 17/15
Northam Jn 12/02 12/00   17/12 17/13
Southampton Central 12/05 12/03   17/09 17/10
Millbrook 12/06 12/05   17/07½ 17/06½
Redbridge 12/08½ 12/07   17/05 17/03½
Totton 12/09½ 12/08   17/04 17/03
Ashurst New Forest 12/12½ 12/11   17/00½ 16/59½
Beaulieu Road 12/16 12/15½   16/57½ 16/58
Brockenhurst 12.22a ~ 12.25d 12.27 ~ 12.29½   16.48a ~ 16.51d 16.50 ~ 16.52
Sway 12/29½ 12/34   16/44½ 16/46
New Milton 12/33½ 12/37   16/41 16/41½
Hinton Admiral 12/37 12/39   16/38½ 16/37½
Christchurch 12/41½ 12/42   16/35 16/34
Pokesdown 12/44 12/44   16/32½ 16/32
Bournemouth 12.47a ~ 12.51d 12.47½ ~ 12.50   16.26a ~ 16.30d 1626 ~ 16.29
Branksome 12/55 12/55½   16/21 16/20½
Parkstone 12/57½ ?   16/19 16/18
Poole 13.01a ~ 13.04d 13.01 ~ 13.03   16.13a ~ 16.16d 16.12 ~ 16.14
Hamworthy 13/07 ?   16/10½ ?
Holton Heath 13/09½ ?   16/08 ?
Wareham 13/11½ 13/12   16/06 16/02½
Worgret Jn 13/12½ ?   16/04½ ?
Wool 13/17 13/18½   16/00 15/58
Moreton 13/22 13/25   15/55 15/54
Dorchester South 13/27½ 13/33   15/48½ 15/47
Dorchester Jn 13/28½ 13/34   15/47½ 15/46
Upwey 13/34 13/41   15/40 15/39
Weymouth Jn 13/37 13/42   15/36½ 15/35
Weymouth 13.38a 13.44   15.35d 15.34


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