22nd March 1970

L.C.G.B. / G.W.S.
Didcot & Hereford Joint Rail Tour

Locos Used No.2, 1047 'Western Lord' & Steam: 6000 'King George V'

Route :

Loco(s) Route
1047 London Paddington - (via GWML) - Didcot - Swindon - Kemble - Gloucester Central - Chepstow - Severn Tunnel Junction - Maindee North Jn - Abergavenny - Hereford - Brecon Curve
No.2 + 1047 Brecon Curve - Moorfields
No.2 + 1047 (1) Moorfields - Bulmers Siding
6000 (1) Bulmers Siding - Moorfields
6000 Moorfields - Brecon Curve
1047 Brecon Curve - Hereford Barrs Court
1047 Hereford  Barrs Court - Worcester Shrub Hill - Oxford - London Paddington

Notes :
(1) Loco(s) propelling.


From Andrew Fairholm's ticket collection.

Source : Terry Jackson

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Terry Jackson)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Paddington 09.15d
1.20 Westbourne Park 09/18
6.41 West Ealing ??/??
9.06 Southall 09/26
18.36 Slough 09/34½
24.19 Maidenhead  09/39
31.01 Twyford 09/44½
35.78 Reading 09.50a ~ 09.52d
52.68 Didcot East Jn ??/??
53.10 Didcot 10.13a ~ 11.55d
63.30 Challow 12/10
77.23 Swindon Jn 12c23a ~ 12c28d
77.63 Loco Yard 12/30
90.77 Kemble 12/42
102.13 Stroud 12/56
106.55 Standish Jn 13/02
112.00 Tuffley Jn 13/10
113.03 Gloucester Yard 13/12
113.55 Horton Road Jn 13/14
114.09 Gloucester Central 13/15
113.36 Lydney Jn 13/36
141.35 Chepstow 13/44
148.61 Severn Tunnel Junction 13/52
157.74 Maindee East Jn 14c03a ~ 14c05d
158.25 Maindee North Jn 14/07
166.31 Llantarnam Jn 14/16
170.36 Pontypool Road 14/24
179.72 Abergavenny Monmouth Road  14/35
191.31 Pontrilas 14/50
203.70 Hereford Barrs Court 15c05a ~ 15c13d
204.24 Brecon Curve 15/16
205.06 Barton Jn 15/21
205.33 Moorfields 15.26a ~ 15.32d
205.58 Bulmers Sidings 15.35a ~ 17.40d
206.03 Moorfields 17.43a ~ 17.48d
206.30 Barton Jn 17/53
207.12 Brecon Curve 17/58
207.46 Hereford Barrs Court 18.01a ~ 18.06d
209.23 Shelwick Jn 18/11
221.25 Ledbury 18/23
227.22 Malvern Wells 18/31
228.28 Great Malvern 18/32
236.22 Worcester Foregate Street 18/39
236.74 Worcester Shrub Hill 18c42a ~ 18c45d
240.08 Norton Jn 18/50
250.59 Evesham 18/58
225.52 Honeybourne 19/02½
265.53 Moreton-in-Marsh 19/13½
272.55 Kingham 19/23
277.01 Ascott-under-Wychwood 19/26
291.02 Wolvercot Jn 19/38½
293.74 Oxford 19c45a ~ 19c50d
303.40 Didcot North Jn 20/04
304.36 Didcot East Jn 20/05
321.26 Reading 20.2oa ~ 20.22d
326.23 Twyford 20/28½
333.05 Maidenhead 20/33½
338.68 Slough 20/37½
348.18 Southall 20/44
356.04 Westbourne Park 20/52
357.24 Paddington 20/55


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