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 |