10th July 2004

Very Special Trains
Norwich, The Broads or Bure Valley Railway & Blickling Hall

Locos Used 47145, 47709 & 86215

Route:
1Z47 : Poole to Norwich
1Z48 : Norwich to Poole

Loco(s) Route
47709 (1) Poole - Bournemouth - Southampton Central - St Denys - Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - Bramley - Reading - Slough - Acton Main Line - Acton Wells Jn - Willesden Junction HL - Gospel Oak - Camden Road - Channelsea Jn - Stratford - (vie GEML) - Norwich
86215 (2) Norwich - (vie GEML) - London Liverpool Street
47145 (3) London Liverpool Street - Channelsea Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Poole

Notes :
(1) 47145 on rear.
(2) 47709 & 47145 on rear.
(3) 47709 on rear. 47709 had been failed whilst at Norwich (reported to be on account that the train was connected to the ETS shore supply with 47709 also connected, blowing the electrics.
(4) Train diverted to Liverpool Street to allow passengers to get home using service trains (train was around 2 hours late).

Sources : various including Simon Pedley

Timings (Booked & Actual)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Poole 06.25d 06.25   23.45a 01.34
Branksome 06/32 06/32   23/39 01/29
Bournemouth 06.36a ~ 06.40d 06.37 ~ 06.39   23.30a ~ 23.34d 01.21 ~ 01.23
Brockenhurst 06.55a ~ 06.57d 06.56 ~ 06.58   23.12a ~ 23.14d 00.53 ~ 00.55
Redbridge 07/08 07/10   22/59 00/42
Southampton 07.13a ~ 07.15d 07.13 ~ 07.20   22.53a ~ 22.55d 00.35 ~ 00.38
Northam Jn 07/17 ?   22/50 ?
St Denys 07/25 07/25   22/48 00/32
Southampton Parkway 07.28a ~ 07.30d 07.27 ~ 07.30   22.43a ~ 22.45d 00.25 ~ 00.29
Eastleigh 07.33a ~ 07.34d 07.33 ~ 07.35   22.28a ~ 22.39d 00.20 ~ 00.23
Shawford 07/39 ?   22/22 ?
Winchester 07.43a ~ 07.45d 07.44 ~ 07.46   22.17a ~ 22.19d 00.10 ~ 00.12
Worting Jn 08/01 08/04   22/01 23/57
Basingstoke 08.04a ~ 08.09d 08.06 ~ 08.09   21.55a ~ 21.57d 23.51 ~ 23.53
Bramley 08/16 08/18   21/47 23/45
Southcote Jn 08/32 08/28   21/39 23/35
Reading 08/36 08/34   21/36 23/30
Twyford 08/42 08/41   21/28 23/20
Maidenhead 08/50 08/46   21/21 23/14
Slough 08/57 08/51   21/10 23/07
Airport Jn 09/05 08/59   21/03 22/49
Southall 09/10 09/01   21/01 22/46
West Ealing 09/17 ?   - -
Acton West 09/21 09/07   20/54 22/28
Acton Main Line 09/27 ?   20/52 ?
Acton Wells Jn 09/39 09/31   20/45 22/22
Willesden Junction HL 09/42 09/37   20/43 22/20
Kensal Green Jn 09/43 09/39   20/41 22/28
Gospel Oak 09.54a ~ 09.55d 09.52 ~ 09.55   20.30a ~ 20.31d 22.12 ~ 22.13
Camden Road 09/59 09/58   20/24 22/10
Camden Road East Jn 10/01 ?   20/23 ?
Dalston Jn 10/15 10/05   20/12 22/04
Channelsea Jn 10/26 ?   20/05 ?
Stratford 10/29 10/29   20/02 21/27
Forest Gate Jn 10/32 10/31   19/59 21/24
Ilford 10/34 10/34   19/57 21/22
Gidea Park 10/40 10/40   19/50 21/15
Shenfield 10/48 10/47   19/42 21/08
Ingatestone DPL 10*51a ~ 10*56d ?   - -
Chelmsford 11/04 11/02   19/28 20/59
Witham 11/12 11/08   19.11a ~ 19.17d 20/52
Marks Tey 11/18 11/14   19/02 20/46
Colchester 11/24 11/19   18/56 20/42
Manningtree 11/31 11/28   18/45 20/36
Halifax Jn 11/38 ?   18/35 ?
Ipswich 11/41 12/10   18/33 20/26
East Suffolk Jn 11/43 ?   18/28 ?
Haughley Jn 11/57 ?   18/17 ?
Diss 12/08 12/37   18/10 19/58
Trowse Jn 12/31 12/58   17/53 19/42
Swing Bridge Jn 12/32 ?   17/52 ?
Norwich 12.34a 13.00   17.50d 19.39


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