9th May 2015

UK Railtours
The English Bulldog

Locos Used 67003 & 67026 'Diamond Jubilee'
Stock Used 5292+4927+1832+3110+1691+3120+3069+3123+1651+3068+3097+35469

Route :
1Z82 : London Waterloo to Worcester Shrub Hill
1Z84 : Worcester Shrub Hill to London Waterloo

Loco(s) Route
67026 (2) London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Richmond - Twickenham - Feltham - Staines - Ascot - Wokingham - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Oxford - Hanborough - Charlbury - Ascott-under-Wychwood - Moreton-in-Marsh - Evesham - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill
67003 (3) Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Yate - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Filton Abbey Wood - Dr Day's Jn - North Somerset Jn - Bath Spa - Bathampton Jn - Trowbridge - Hawkeridge Jn - Heywood Road Jn - Newbury - Southcote Jn - Reading - (reverse of outward route) - Feltham - Hounslow - Brentford - Barnes - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) Tour postponed from 30/01/15; this tour marked the 50th anniversary year of the funeral train that carried Sir Winston Churchill's coffin from London Waterloo to Hanborough on 30/01/1965.
(2) 67003 on rear.
(3) 67026 on rear.
(4) Off tour options; visit to Edward Elgar's birthplace, or a visit to the Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway, with G.W.R. 2-8-0 2807, 2-6-2T 5542 and DMU in operation. 

Source : Doug Lindsay (on the tour throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from David Lodwick & Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
London Waterloo 08.30d [P19] [WSL] 08.30 [P19]   21.42a [P19] 21.33
Vauxhall 08/34½ [P3] [WSL] 08/36 [P3]   21/38½ 21/30
Nine Elms Jn 08/36 [WL] 08/37   21/37½ [RVL] 21/28
Queenstown Road 08/37 [P3] [WSL] 08/38 [P3]   21/36½ [RVL] ?
Clapham Junction 08.39a ~ 08.42d [P6] [DS] 08.40 ~ 08.43 [P6] [DS]   21.32a ~ 21.35d [P3] [UW] 21.19 ~ 21.24
Barnes 08/47 [P4] 08/48 [P4]   21/23 [P1] [US] 21/13
Richmond 08/51 [P1] 08/50 [P1]   - -
Twickenham 08/55 [P5] 08/53   - -
Whitton Jn 09/00 08/58   - -
Brentford - -   21/13 [P1] 21/06
Hounslow - -   21/05 [P1] 21/02
Feltham Jn 09/01 08/59   20/59 21/00
Feltham 09/03 [P2] 09/02 [P2]   20/57 [P1] 20/57
Staines 09.10a ~ 09.12d [P2] 09.10 ~ 09.12 [P2]   20.48a ~ 20.51d [P1] 20.48 ~ 20.52
Egham 09/16 [P2] 09/17 [P2]   20/42½ 20/37
Virginia Water 09/19½ [P2] 09/19 [P2]   20/37 [P1] 20/34
Sunningdale 09/24½ [P2] 09/24 [P2]   20/32 20/31
Ascot 09/26½ [P2] 09/26 [P2]   20/29 [P1] 20/28
Wokingham 09/34 [P2] 09/38 [P2]   20/21 [P1] 20/17
Earley 09/39 [P1] 09/43 [P1]   20/15 [P2] 20/12
Spur Jn 09/46 09/46   20*09 ~ 20*12 20/09?
Southern Jn 09/48 09/47   - -
New Jn - -   20/06 20/05
Reading 09/50 [P14] 09/48 [P14]   19.49a ~ 20.04d [P8] 19.52 ~ 20.03

 

Location Booked Actual
Reading West Jn 09/52 [DR] 09/50
Didcot East Jn 10/11½ [DR] 10/12
Didcot Parkway 10c13 ~ 10c15 [P3] 10.13 ~ 10.16
Didcot North Jn 10/17 10/19
Kennington Jn 10/24 10/26
Oxford 10/28 10/29
Wolvercote Jn 10/31 10/32
Hanborough 10.37a ~ 10.52d ?
Charlbury 10/59 [P1] ?
Ascott-under-Wychwood 11/02 [P1] 11/02
Moreton-in-Marsh 11/13 [P1] 11/13
Honeybourne 11/22 [P1] ?
Evesham 11.29a ~ 11.34d 11.28 ~ 11.33
Norton Jn 11/46 11/45
Worcester Shrub Hill 11.55a [P1] ~ 16.53d [P1] 11.53 [P1] ~ 16.53 [P1]
Norton Jn 16/59 16/59
Abbotswood Jn 17/01 17/00
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 17/09 17/10
Cheltenham Spa 17.16a ~ 17.18d [P1] 17.15 ~ 17.19
Barnwood Jn 17/24 17/24
Gloucester Yard Jn 17/25 17/25
Standish Jn 17/30½ 17/32
Cam & Dursley 17/33½ 17/36
Charfield 17/38 17/41
Yate 17/43 17/46
Westerleigh Jn 17/45 17/48
Bristol Parkway 17/50 [P2] 17/53
Filton Abbey Wood 17/53 17/54
Narroways Hill Jn 17/57½ 17/56
Dr Day's Jn 18/00 17/58
North Somerset Jn 18/06 18/05
Bath Spa 18/18 [P2] 18/17
Bathampton Jn 18/24 18/21
Bradford Jn 18/34 18/34
Trowbridge 18/36 18/36
Hawkeridge Jn 18/41 18/42
Heywood Road Jn 18/45 18/44
Lavington 18/52 18/50
Woodborough 19/00 18/56
Bedwyn 19/11 19/06
Newbury 19.24a ~ 19.26d 19.18 ~ 19.20
Southcote Jn 19/45 19/45

Timings continue in first table.

Associated Workings on the Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway

Passengers were conveyed by bus from Evesham to Toddington, and returned from Cheltenham Racecourse to Cheltenham.

G.W.R. 2-8-0 2807, 2-6-2T 5542 and DMU were reported in operation. 

Location Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked
Laverton - 12.18d - 13.23d - 14.37d 15.43d  
Toddington 12.20d 12.28a ~ 12.45d 13.30d 13.33a ~ 13.55d 14.40d 14.47a ~ 15.05d 15.53a 15.55d
Winchcombe 12.30a ~ 12.31d 12.55a 13.40a ~ 13.41d 14.05a 14.50a ~ 14.51d 15.15a   16.05a ~ 16.06d
Cheltenham Racecourse 12.54a - 14.04a - 15.14a -   16.29a

 

Location Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked Booked
Cheltenham Racecourse - - 13.15a - 14.25d - 15.35d
Winchcombe - 13.00d 13.38a ~ 13.42d 14.15d 14.48a ~ 14.52d 15.20d 15.58a
Toddington 12.06d 13.10a ~ 13.11d 13.52a 14.25a ~ 14.26d 15.02a 15.30a ~ 15.31d -
Laverton 12.16a 13.21a - 14.36a - 15.41a -


Associated E.C.S. Moves

5Z81 : (67003 with 67026 on rear) : Eastleigh T&RSMD to London Waterloo
5Z85 : (67026 with 67003 on rear) : London Waterloo to Eastleigh T&RSMD

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Eastleigh T&RSMD 05.11d 23.53a
Eastleigh 05.21 ~ 05.27 23.38 ~ 23.43
Winchester 05/37 23/15
Worting Jn 05/51 23/00
Basingstoke 05/57 22/54
Farnborough Main 06/20 22/39
Woking 06/38 22/30
Byfleet & New Haw 06/43 22/27
Addlestone Jn 06/46 -
Virginia Water 07/04 -
Staines 07/14 -
Feltham 07/19 -
Hounslow 07/22 -
Brentford 07/28 -
Barnes 07/38 -
Hampton Court Jn - 22/21
Surbiton - 22/19
Wimbledon - 22/15
Clapham Junction 07/47 22/09
London Waterloo 08.06a [P19] 22.00d [P19]

5Z82 : (67026 with 67003 on rear) : Worcester Shrub Hill to Worcester LMD
5Z84 : (67003 with 67026 on rear) : Worcester LMD to Worcester Shrub Hill

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Worcester Shrub Hill 12.05d [P1] 16.45a [P1]
Worcester LMD 12.08a 16.42d


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