24th August 2024

Railway Touring Company
The Cotswold Venturer

Locos Used 47812 & steam: 35028 'Clan Line'
Stock Used 17096+99311+9507+6051+3314+3397+3278+99712+3345+3340

Route : 
1Z95 : London Victoria to Worcester Shrub Hill
1Z96 : Worcester Shrub Hill to London Victoria

Loco(s) Route
35028 (1) London Victoria - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Richmond - Twickenham - Feltham - Staines - Virginia Water - Chertsey - Byfleet & New Haw - Woking - Farnborough (Main) - Basingstoke (3)
47812 (2) Basingstoke - Bramley - Southcote Jn - Reading
35028 (1) Reading - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Kemble - Stroud - Standish Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - Abbotswood Jn - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill
35028 (1) Worcester Shrub Hill - (reverse of outward route) - Reading - Wokingham - Ascot - Virginia Water - Staines - Feltham - Hounslow - Brentford - Kew Bridge - Barnes - Clapham Junction - Longhedge Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - London Victoria

Notes:
(1) 47812 on rear.
(2) 35028 on rear.
(3) The outward leg was diverted via Basingstoke, due to reason(s) unknown.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains & OpenRail)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
London Victoria 08.15d [P2] [DCF] 08.15   22.06a [P2] 22.01
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/19 08/19   21/59½ [UCS] 21/55
Stewarts Lane Jn 08/23 [RVL] 08/20   21/56½ 21/54
Longhedge Jn 08/26 08/22   21/54½ [RVL] 21/53
Clapham Junction 08/29 [P5] [DWF] 08/29 [P5]   21*46 ~ 21*50 [P4] 21.46 ~ 21.49
Barnes 08/36 [P4] 08/34   21/40 [P1] [UWF] 21/41
Richmond 08/41 [P1] 08/39   - -
Twickenham 08/44½ [P5] 08/43   - -
Whitton Jn 08/46 09/10   - -
Kew Bridge - -   21/33 [P1] 21/32
Brentford - -   21/31½ 21/29
Hounslow - -   21/27½ [P1] 21/25
Hounslow Jn - -   21/26 21/24
Feltham Jn 08/47 09/11   21/24½ 21/23
Feltham 08/50 [P2] 09/13   21/22 [P1] 21/21
Staines 08.56a ~ 08.59d [P2] 09.20 ~ 09.24   21.11a ~ 21.14d [P1] 21.12 ~ 21.14
Virginia Water 09/08 [P2] 09/34   20/57½ [P1] 20/58
Ascot 09/17½ [P2] DIV   20/42 [P1] 20/52
Bracknell 09/25 [P2] DIV   20/36 [P1] 20/45
Wokingham 09/31 [P2] DIV   20/29 [P1] 20/37
Earley 09/38 DIV   20/23 20/32
Reading Spur Jn 09/44 DIV   20/20 20/29
Reading New Jn 09/46½ [DM] DIV   20/19 20/28
Chertsey DIV 09/38   - -
Addlestone Jn DIV 09/41   - -
Byfleet & New Haw DIV ?   - -
Woking DIV 09/54?   - -
Woking Jn DIV ?   - -
Farnborough (Main) DIV 10/03   - -
Basingstoke DIV 10.17 ~ 10.23   - -
Bramley DIV 10/29   - -
Southcote Jn DIV 10/39   - -
Oxford Road Jn DIV ?   - -
Reading 09.49a ~ 10.00d [P8] [DM] 10.45 ~ 10.53   20.14a ~ 20.17d [P8] [DM] 20.21 ~ 20.26
Reading High Level Jn 10/02 [DM] 10/55   20/12 [FVL] 20/20
Reading West Jn - -   20/11 [FVL] 20/19
Goring & Streatley 10/11 [P1] [DM] 11/03   20/02 [P4] [UR] 20/05
Didcot East Jn 10/20 11/10   19/55 [UR] 19/57
Didcot Parkway 10.21a ~ 10.24d [P1] 11.11 ~ 11.16 [P1]   19.50a ~ 19.53d [P4] [UR] 19.53 ~ 19.56
Foxhall Jn 10/25 11/17   19/48 19/43
Milton Jn 10/26½ 11/19   19w22 ~ 19w44 ? ~ 19.38
Steventon 10/28 11/21   19/19 [RL] 19/16
Wantage Road 10/32 [DR] 11/25   19/15 19/13
Challow 11*27 ~ 11*29 ? ~ 11.57   19/11 [UM] 19/10
Uffington 11/34 12/01   19/08 19/08
Swindon 11/49 [P3] 12/13 [P3]   18/56 [P1] 18/58
Rodbourne Jn 11/52½ 12/15   18/54 18/55
Kemble 12/06½ [P2] 12/26   18w18 ~ 18w38 [P1] 18.22 ~ 18.43
St Mary's LC 12/15½ 12/34   18/06 18/13
Stroud 12/21½ 12/38   18/02½ 18/08 [P1]
Standish Jn 12/30 12/44   17/57 17/59
Gloucester Yard Jn 12/39 12/52   17/50 17/53
Gloucester Sig.G339 12w42 ~ 13w09 [UDG] ?   - -
Barnwood Jn 13/11 13/19   17/49 17/52
Cheltenham Spa 13.18a ~ 13.21d [P2] 13.29 ~ 13.31   17.38a ~ 17.41d [P1] 17.41 ~ 17.46
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 13/30 [P1] 13/39   17/30 [P2] 17/31 [P2]
Abbotswood Jn 13/41 13/49   17/19 17/20
Norton Jn 13/43 14/06   17/17 17/17
Worcester Shrub Hill 13.50a [P1] 14.13 [P1]   17.10d [P1] 17.11


Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings

24/08/24 :
3Z94 : (47812 + tour stock) : Southall to Battersea Loop
3Z94 : (35028 with 47812 on rear) : Battersea Loop to Stewarts Lane Jn
3Z94 : (47812 with 35028 on rear) : Stewarts Lane Jn to London Victoria

Location Booked
Southall WCR 06.05d
Southall 06.15 ~ 06.25
Southall East Jn 06/26
West Ealing 06/28
Acton West 06/32
Acton Main Line 06/37
Acton Wells Jn 06/39
Willesden SW Sidings 06/41
Willesden SW Goods Lines 06/43
Mitre Bridge Jn 06/45
North Pole Jn 06/47
Shepherds Bush 06/49
Kensington Olympia 06/51
West Brompton 06c54 ~ 06c56
Latchmere Jn 07/00
Longhedge Jn 07*04 ~ 07*31
Stewarts Lane Jn 07/34
Battersea Loop 07L37 ~ 07L52
Stewarts Lane Jn 07.55 ~ 07.59
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/02
London Victoria 08.05a [P2]

5Z94 : (35028 with 17096) : Stewarts Lane T&RSMD to Battersea Loop (propelling)

Location Booked
Stewarts Lane T&RSMD 07.34d
Stewarts Lane Jn 07/38
Battersea Loop 07.41a

5Z94 : (35028 with 47812 on rear) : Worcester Shrub Hill to Worcester L.M.D.

Location Booked
Worcester Shrub Hill 13.55d [P1]
Worcester L.M.D. 13.58a

0Z96 : (47812) : Worcester L.M.D. - Worcester Shrub Hill - Tunnel Jn - Worcester L.M.D.

Location Booked
Worcester L.M.D. 15.43d
Worcester Shrub Hill 15.45 ~ 15.52 [P1]
Tunnel Jn 16.02 ~ 16.05
Worcester L.M.D. 16.08a

5Z95 : (35028 with 17096) : Worcester L.M.D. - Tunnel Jn - Henwick - Worcester Shrub Hill - Worcester L.M.D.
(Loco turning trip)

Location Booked
Worcester L.M.D. 15.49d
Tunnel Jn 15.51 ~ 15.54
Worcester Foregate Street 15/57 [P2]
Henwick 16.01 ~ 16.09
Worcester Foregate Street 16/13 [P1]
Worcester Shrub Hill 16.15 ~ 16.17 [P2]
Worcester Shrub Hill Sig.54 16.19 ~ 16.21
Worcester Shrub Hill 16/23 [P1]
Worcester L.M.D. 16.25a

5Z96 : (35028 with 47812 on rear) : Worcester L.M.D. to Worcester Shrub Hill

Location Booked
Worcester L.M.D. 17.03d
Worcester Shrub Hill 17.05a [P1]

5Z96 : (47812 with 35028 on rear) : London Victoria to Stewarts Lane Jn
5Z96 : (35028 with 47812 on rear) : Stewarts Lane Jn to Battersea Loop
5Z96 : (47812 + tour stock) : Battersea Loop to Acton Lane Reception Sidings

Location Booked
London Victoria 22.22d [P2]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 22/25
Stewarts Lane Jn 22.30 ~ 22.34
Battersea Loop 22L37 ~ 22L47
Stewarts Lane Jn 22/50
Longhedge Jn 22/51
Latchmere Jn 22/54
West Brompton 22c59 ~ 23c01
Kensington Olympia 23/04
Shepherds Bush 23/06
North Pole Jn 23/08
Mitre Bridge Jn 23/10
Willesden West London Jn 23/12
Acton Lane Reception Sidings 23.17a

0Z97 : (35028) : Battersea Loop - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn - Battersea Loop
(Loco turning trip)

Location Booked
Battersea Loop 22.52d
Stewarts Lane Jn 22/55
Longhedge Jn 22.57 ~ 23.06
Factory Jn 23.09 ~ 23.11
Stewarts Lane Jn 23/14
Battersea Loop 23.17a

5Z97 : (35028 with 17096) : Battersea Loop to Stewarts Lane T&RSMD

Location Booked
Battersea Loop 23.32d
Stewarts Lane Jn 23/35
Stewarts Lane T&RSMD 23.40a

25/08/24 :
5Z97 : (47812 + tour stock) : Acton Lane Reception Sidings to Southall

Location Booked
Acton Lane Reception Sidings 12.00d
Willesden West London Jn 12.03 ~ 12.07
Willesden SW Sidings 12/09
Acton Wells Jn 12/16
Acton Main Line 12/18
Acton West 12*22 ~ 12*27
West Ealing 12/30
Southall East Jn 12/34
Southall 12.36 ~ 12.49
Southall WCR 13.00a


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