11th July 1981

B.L.S.
Morris Man Tour

DMU Used L416 (51353+59505+51395)

Route :

DMU Route
as listed London Paddington - (via Greenford loop) - Southall Goods Yard
as listed Southall Goods Yard - Brentford Branch (entrance to GLC rubbish transfer station) (1)
as listed Brentford Branch - Southall Goods Yard - Southall West - Reading - Reading Central Goods (Coley Branch) (2)
as listed Reading Central Goods - (via Oxford Road curve & Didcot avoiding line) - Radley
as listed Radley - Abingdon
as listed Abingdon - Radley - Oxford
as listed Oxford - Morris Cowley (3)
as listed Morris Cowley - Kennington Jn
as listed Kennington Jn - Didcot (4)
as listed Didcot - Milton Distribution Centre
as listed Milton Distribution Centre - Didcot
as listed Didcot - Didcot Power Station MGR coal loop (5) - Foxhall Jn - Didcot
as listed Didcot - Didcot North Jn (6)
as listed Didcot North Jn - Foxhall Jn - Swindon
as listed Swindon - Highworth Branch British Leyland, Pressed Steel Siding (7)
as listed Highworth Branch British Leyland, Pressed Steel Siding - Swindon
as listed Swindon - (via GWML) - London Paddington

Notes :
(1a) Don Kennedy mentions that there was a special film show provided inside the rubbish transfer building.
(1b) Almost to the entrance to GLC Rubbish Transfer Station.
(2) Almost to 'End of Line'.
(3) Just short of final crossover before buffer stop.
(4) Was booked direct to Foxhall, not via stataion.
(5) Clockwise around inner (coal) loop.
(6) Was booked direct to Foxhall, not via North Jn (compensating for earlier omission of curve).
(7) End of Line.

Sources : Andy Pullar, Don Kennedy & Kevin Driscoll

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Kevin Driscoll)

M.C Location Booked (Actual)
0.00 London Paddington 09.48d
3.14 Old Oak Common West 09/54
7.10 Greenford East Jn 10/00
7.35 Greenford South Jn 10/01
8.73 Drayton Green 10/06
9.41 Hanwell 10/08
11.19 Southall Goods Yard 10.13 ~ 10.23
14.09 Brentford 10.38 ~ 10.45
16.79 Southall Goods Yard 11.00 ~ 11.05
? Southall West Jn 11/09
26.29 Slough 11/20
32.12 Maidenhead 11/27
38.74 Twyford 11/34
43.71 Reading 11.41a ~ 11.47d (??.?? ~ 11.47)
45.45 Coley Branch Jn 11/52
46.50 Reading Central 12.00 ~ 12.06
47.55 Coley Branch Jn 12/16
49.01 Reading West Jn 12/21
64.70 Didcot East Jn 12/44
65.69 Didcot North Jn 12/46
70.30 Radley 12.52 ~ 12.56
72.74 Abingdon 13.07 ~ 13.14
75.38 Radley 13.25 ~ 13.27
80.44 Oxford 13.35a ~ 14.35d
83.77 Kennington Jn 14.40 ~ 14.41
87.27 Morris Cowley 14.53 ~ 15.00
90.57 Kennington Jn 15.12 ~ 15.20
97.71 Didcot North Jn 15/29
98.40 Didcot (4) rev
99.05 Foxhall Jn 15/31
100.05 Milton Distribution Centre 15.45 ~ 15.55
101.05 Foxhall Jn 16/06
101.50 Didcot 16.08 ~ 16.13
102.15 Foxhall Jn ??
? Didcot Power Station ??
104.35 Foxhall Jn 16/38
105.00 Didcot 16.40 ~ 16.51
105.49 Didcot North Jn (6) rev
106.23 Foxhall Jn ??
116.36 Challow 17/03
129.61 Swindon 17.17 ~ 17.22
130.52 Highworth Jn 17/25
131.52 Pressed Steel Siding 17.30 ~ 17.53
132.52 Highworth Jn 17/58
133.43 Swindon 18.01 ~ 18.08
146.68 Challow 18/24
157.46 Didcot 18.34a ~ 18.36d
174.58 Reading 18.54a ~ 18.57d (18.54 ~ ??.??)
179.55 Twyford 19/03
186.37 Maidenhead 19/09
192.20 Slough 19/15
210.51 London Paddington 19.42a


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