20th-22nd August 1983

F + W Railtours
The Scots Streaker

Locos Used 20011, 20069, 20102, 20213, 37105, 37269, 37289, 47070 & 47076

Route :

Date Loco(s) Route
20/08 47076 Plymouth – Exeter – Taunton – Bristol Temple Meads
21/08 37269 + 37289 Bristol Temple Meads – Bristol Parkway – Gloucester
21/08 37269 + 37289 Gloucester – Cheltenham – Worcester Shrub Hill – Bromsgrove – King’s Norton – Camp Hill – Birmingham New St. – Soho South Jn – Perry Barr North Jn – Bescot – Walsall – Hednesford – Rugeley – Stafford – Crewe – Sandbach – Wilmslow – Manchester Piccadilly – Oxford Road – Eccles – Parkside Jn – Golborne Jn – Wigan North Western – Preston – Carlisle – Dumfries – Kilmarnock – Ayr
21/08 20011 + 20213 Ayr – Kilmarnock
21/08 37269 + 37289 Kilmarnock – Barrhead – Muirhouse Central Jn – Glasgow Central
21/08 20069 + 20102 Glasgow Central – Paisley Gilmour Street – Gourock (1)
21/08 20069 + 20102 Gourock – Paisley Gilmour Street – Shields Jn – Bellgrove – Mossend Yard – Mossend  East Jn – Wishaw Central – Carstairs
21/08 37105 + 37289 Carstairs – Carlisle – Preston – Crewe – Stafford – Wolverhampton – Birmingham New Street – (reverse of outward route) - Gloucester
21/08 37105 + 37279 Gloucester - Bristol Parkway - Bristol Temple Meads
22/08 47070 Bristol Temple Meads - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Plymouth

Notes :
(1) 08443 was used to release the stock. After releasing the class 20s the stock was propelled back into the station by the 08 but did not quite stop in time, resulting in a collision with the buffers. This caused some minor injuries amongst those who had managed to remain on board for the shunt manoeuvre.


37105 & 37289 on the return leg at Crewe (photo: Ian Jordan)

Sources : Ian Monkton (joined/left the train at Taunton) & Chris Wall

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Paul Griffin)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Plymouth 23.00d ? ?
6.65 Brent 23/11 ? ?
16.15 Hemerdon 23/21 ? ?
23.12 Totnes 23.30a ~ 23.31d ? ?
31.69 Newton Abbot 23.45a ~ 23.47d ? ?
41.41 Dawlish Warren 23/58 ? ?
52.03 Exeter St Davids 00.10a ~ 00.12d ? ?
71.75 Whiteball SB 00/31 ? ?
82.63 Taunton 00.43a ~ 00.45d ? ?
94.28 Bridgwater 00/56 ? ?
110.64 Worle Jn 01/09 ? ?
127.39 Bristol Temple Meads 01L28a ~ 01L47d ? ?
132.09 Filton Jn 01/56 ? ?
133.28 Bristol Parkway 01.58a ~ 02.00d ? ?
137.78 Westerleigh Jn 02/06 ? ?
146.11 Charfield 02/14 ? ?
159.36 Standish Jn 02/23 ? ?
166.47 Gloucester 02.35a ~ 02.50d ? ?
173.07 Cheltenham Spa 02.58a ~ 03.00d ? ?
180.18 Ashchurch 03/08 ? ?
191.05 Abbotswood Jn 03/16 ? ?
194.79 Worcester Shrub Hill 03.23a ~ 03.25d ? ?
200.58 Droitwich Spa 03/32 ? ?
204.73 Stoke Works Jn 03/38 ? ?
207.06 Bromsgrove 03/41 ? ?
210.49 Barnt Green 03/48 ? ?
215.39 King's Norton 04/03 23/20 944.23
219.36 Camp Hill 04/08 23/15 940.26
221.18 Birmingham New Street 04.16a ~ 04.20d 23.04a ~ 23.07d 936.73
224.75 Soho South Jn 04/25 22/57 934.67

(sheet 3 of the timings has gone missing - Barnt Green back to Plymouth!)

M.C Location Booked
227.66 Perry Barr North Jn 04/31
232.23 Bescot 04/36
233.77 Walsall 04/40
234.45 Ryecroft Jn 04/42
243.57 Hednesford 05/05
249.17 Rugeley 05/15
254.26 Nilford Jn 05/21
258.38 Stafford 05/31
263.67 Norton Bridge 05/35
274.69 Madeley 05/44
282.77 Crewe 06c00a ~ 06c02d
287.45 Sandbach 06/10
300.16 Alderley Edge 06/22
301.60 Wilmslow 06/24
309.55 Mauldeth Road 06/35
311.12 Slade Lane Jn 06/36
313.31 Manchester Piccadilly 06.41a ~ 06.43d
313.74 Oxford Road 06/45
314.33 Castlefield Jn 06/46
314.74 Ordsall Lane Jn 06/48
317.53 Eccles 06/55
328.56 Parkside Jn 07/07
329.07 Lowton Jn 07/09
329.34 Golborne Jn 07/10
335.28 Wigan North Western 07/18
345.02 Euxton Jn 07/34
350.38 Preston 07c39a ~ 07c41d
371.36 Lancaster 08/08
377.12 Carnforth South Jn 08/13
390.44 Oxenholme 08/31
403.57 Tebay 08/49
422.56 Penrith 09/20
440.45 Carlisle 09L40a ~ 09L52d
449.22 Gretna Jn 10/04
458.15 Annan 10/25
473.56 Dumfries 10/39
477.04 Holywood 10/43
487.57 Thornhill 10/54
503.04 Kirkonnel 11/09
510.40 New Cumnock 11/16
522.33 Nauchline 11/27
529.65 Hurlford 11/37
531.56 Kilmarnock 11p40a ~ 11p56d
539.53 Barassie Jn 12/10
544.16 Prestwick 12/15
546.15 Newton-on-Ayr 12.18a ~ 12.22d
547.31 Ayr 12.30a ~ 13.18d
548.47 Newton-on-Ayr 13.21a ~ 13.23d
550.46 Prestwick 13/26
555.09 Barassie Jn 13/31
563.06 Kilmarnock 13.44a ~ 13.54d
573.14 Lugton 14/05
579.68 Barrhead 14/11
583.47 Busby Jn 14/18
585.61 Muirhouse Central Jn 14/22
587.24 Glasgow Central 14L26a ~ 14L36d
588.75 Shields Jn 14/40
593.37 Arkleston Jn 14/45
594.42 Paisley Gilmour Street 14/47
608.07 Weymss Bay Jn 15/03
613.37 Gourock 15.13a ~ 16.10d
618.67 Weymss Bay Jn 16/20
632.32 Paisley Gilmour Street 16/34
633.37 Arkleston Jn 16/36
637.79 Shields Jn 16/41
640.34 High Street Jn 16.51a ~ 16.53d
640.52 Bellgrove 16.54a ~ 16.55d
649.67 Whifflet South Jn 17/14
651.58 Mossend Yard 17.16a ~ 17.30d
652.11 Mossend North Jn 17/32
652.46 Mossend East Jn 17/33
653.43 Holytown Jn 17/34
656.60 Wishaw Central 17.40a ~ 17.42d
659.02 Law Jn 17/46
667.03 Lanark Jn 17/53
669.38 Carstairs 17L58a ~ 18L05d
685.21 Abington 18/19
703.51 Beattock 18/34
717.22 Lockerbie 18/44
734.31 Gretna Jn 19/01
743.08 Carlisle 19L12a ~ 19L22d
760.77 Penrith 19/48
779.76 Tebay 20/10
793.09 Oxenholme 20/20
806.41 Carnforth South Jn 20/29
812.17 Lancaster 20/33
833.15 Preston 20c57a ~ 21c00d
838.51 Euxton Jn 21/08
848.25 Wigan North Western 21/17
854.19 Golborne Jn 21/22
859.71 Warrington Bank Quay 21/27
867.55 Weaver Jn 21/33
876.55 Winsford 21/40
884.14 Crewe 21.53a ~ 21.56d
892.22 Madeley 22/05
903.24 Norton Bridge 22/14
908.53 Stafford 22/19
922.30 Bushbury Jn 22/34
924.04 Wolverhampton 22/37
929.44 Dudley Port 22/49
933.09 Galton Jn 22/52

Timings continue in first table.

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