From The John Debens Ticket Collection
21st April 1963
Great Western
Preservation Society
The
Thames-Side Rail Tour
| Locos Used | 6128 & 9661 |
| Stock Used | ??? |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 9661 | London Paddington - Ealing Broadway - West Ealing - Southall |
| 9661 | Southall - Brentford (GW) |
| 9661 | Brentford (GW) - Southall - West Drayton - Uxbridge Vine Street |
| 9661 | Uxbridge Vine Street - West Drayton |
| 9661 | West Drayton - Slough - Bath Road Jn - Windsor Central |
| 6128 | Windsor Central - Bath Road Jn - Slough West Jn - Maidenhead - Bourne End |
| 6128 | Bourne End - Marlow |
| 6128 | Marlow - Bourne End - Loudwater - High Wycombe |
| 6128 | High Wycombe - Denham - Greenford - West Ealing - Ealing Broadway - London Paddington |
Notes :
(1) This was the first tour organised by the Great Western Preservation Society
(since renamed Great Western Society). Advertised for a 61xx loco throughout,
the use of 9661 was met with protest and at Windsor it was replaced by 6128 for
the remainder of the trip.
From The John Debens Ticket Collection
Source : John Debens
Timings (Booked Only)
(from
John Debens)
| Location | Booked |
| Paddington | 10.15d |
| Ealing Broadway | 10/25 |
| West Ealing | 10/30 |
| Southall | 10.38a ~ 10.48d |
| Brentford | 11/05a ~ 12.25d |
| Southall | 12.40a ~ 12.50d |
| Uxbridge Vine Street | 13.15a ~ 14.00d |
| West Drayton | 14.10a ~ 14.25d |
| Slough | 14.35a ~ 14.38d |
| Windsor Central | 14.42a ~ 15.00d |
| Maidenhead | 15.18a ~ 15.21d |
| Bourne End | 15.32a ~ 15.42d |
| Marlow | 15.48a ~ 16.15d |
| High Wycombe | 16.37a ~ 16.52d |
| Denham | 17/09 |
| Greenford | 17/19 |
| West Ealing | 17/26 |
| Ealing Broadway | 17/31 |
| Paddington | 17.45a |
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