10th June 2000

Hertfordshire Railtours
The Sword & Pen

Locos Used 66027 + 66096
MOD shunters 274 (Thomas Hill 322V:1987) + 278 (Thomas Hill 333V:1988)
Stock Used 3124+1658+3127+3123+3114+1696+17023+4925+5023+4986+5037+5007+5027

Route :
1Z41 : London Finsbury Park to Stratford-upon-Avon
1Z42 : Stratford-upon-Avon to London Finsbury Park

Loco(s) Route
66027 Finsbury Park - Freight Terminal Jn - Camden Road - Gospel Oak - Kensal Green Jn - Willesden Junction High Level - Acton Wells Jn - Ealing Broadway - Slough - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Oxford - Wolvecot Jn - Aynho Jn - Banbury - Fenny Compton - Kineton Exchange Sidings (Burton Dassett Platform)
274 (1) Burton Dassett - (via stop boards 6, 7, 9, 14, 13 & 12) - stop board 11
278 (2) stop board 11 - (via stop boards 13 & 15) (5) - stop board 16
274 (1) stop board 16 - (via stop boards 15, 14, 9, 7 & 6) - Buron Dassett
66096 (3) Burton Dassett - Fenny Compton Exchange Sidings - Fenny Compton Down Main
66027 (4) Fenny Compton - Leamington Spa - Hatton - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon [P1]
66096 Stratford-upon-Avon [P2] - Bearley Jn - Hatton - Leamington Spa - Fenny Compton - Banbury - Aynho Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Finsbury Park

Notes:
(1) 278 on rear.
(2) 274 on rear.
(3) 66027 on rear.
(4) 66096 on rear.
(5) This curve was a bonus, as it had always been assumed that the curve was too tight for Mk1 stock.
(6) Confirmation required on where 66096 joined train (or if it was on from the start), and if or when 66027 left train.

Source : Alan Sheppard

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Finsbury Park [P1] 07.15d 07.17d   21.19a 21.40a 260.52
0.59 Holloway South Jn 07/18 07.22 ~ 07.23   21/17 21/36 259.54
1.57 Freight Terminal Jn 07/21 07/26   21/15 21/35 258.75
2.11 Camden Road East Jn 07/32 07/29   21/13 21/32 258.41
2.36 Camden Road Jn 07/34 07/31   21/12 21/31 258.16
3.47 Gospel Oak 07/39 07/36   21/08 21/28 257.05
7.54 Kensal Green Jn 07/47 07/43   21/01 21/21 252.78
7.76 Willesden Junction HL 07/49 07/45   21/00 21/20 252.56
8.61 Acton Wells Jn 07/52 07/48   20/50 21/18 251.71
9.33 Acton Main Line 07/55 07/52   20/45 21/16 251.19
10.30 Acton West 07/57 07/55   20/43 ? 250.22
10.68 Ealing Broadway 07.59a ~ 08.00d 07.55 ~ 08.00   20.39a ~ 20.41 21.00 ~ 21.11 249.64
14.18 Southall 08/05 08/05   20/34 ? 246.34
16.37 Heathrow Airport Jn 08/07 08/06   20/32 ? 244.15
23.48 Slough 08.20a ~ 08.21d 08.21 ~ 08.23   20.21a ~ 20.24d 20.43 ~ 20.45 237.04
29.31 Maidenhead 08/28 ?   20/16 ? 231.21
36.13 Twyford 08/34 ?   20/10 ? 224.39
41.10 Reading General 08.42a ~ 08.44d 08.42 ~ 08.49   20.01a ~ 20.04d 20.23 ~ 20.25 219.42
57.78 Didcot East Jn 09/12 09/07   19/44 20/02 202.54
58.22 Didcot Parkway 09.14a ~ 09.16d 09.10 ~ 09.16   19.39a ~ 19.42d 20.00 ~ 20.02 202.30
59.06 Didcot North Jn 09/19 09/19   19/32 19/57 201.46
68.53 Oxford 09/28 09/27   19/20 ? 191.79
71.44 Wolvercot Jn 09/31 ?   19/11 ? 189.08
80.33 Heyford 09/39 ?   18/58 ? 180.19
86.24 Aynho Jn 09/45 09/42   18/52 ? 174.28
91.28 Banbury 09*52 ~ 10*05 09.49 ~ 10.03   18/46 18.56 ~ 19.26 169.24
100.08 Fenny Compton 10.18 ~ 10.23 10.18 ~ 10.36   18/38 ? 160.44
103.69 Kineton Ex. Sdgs. 10.43a ~ 14.40d See Below  
107.50 Fenny Compton 14.55 ~ 15.00 14.57 ~ 15.22  
118.79 Leamington Spa 15/11 15/36   18/24 ? 149.15
124.68 Hatton 15/20 15/47   18/15 18/22 143.26
125.22 Hatton West Jn 15/22 15/48   18/13 18.18 ~ 18.20 142.72
130.26 Bearley Jn 15/29 15/55   18/05 18/06 137.68
134.07 Stratford-upon-Avon 15.40a ~ 16.06 [P1]   ~ 17.55d 17.56 [P2] 134.07

 

Location actual
Fenny Compton Exchange Sidings 10op18 ~ 10op36
Burton Dasset Platform 10Lp52a ~ 13Lp11d
stop board 9 13/20
stop board 14 13/22
stop board 13 13/24
stop board 12 13/35
Edge Hill stop board 11 13.36 ~ 13.38
stop board 12 13/40
stop board 13 (5) 13/53
stop board 15 (5) 13/54
Edge Hill stop board 16 13.57 ~ 14.01
stop board 15 14/05
stop board 14 14/08
stop board 9 14/09
Burton Dassett Platform 14.17a ~ 14.39d
Fenny Compton Exchange Sidings 14op57 ~ 15op08
Fenny Compton Down Main 15.20 ~ 15.22


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