Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Kevin Driscoll, John Broderick, Alan Osborn & Dick Franklin)
23rd March 1974
Main Line Steam Trust Ltd
Great Central 75th Anniversary Railtour
| Locos Used | 25066 & 25070 & steam : 4 'Robert Nelson' |
| Stock Used | 10 coaches (on BR) ?? coaches (on MLST) |
Route : 1Z80 throughout
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 25066 + 25070 | London Marylebone - Neasden Jn - South Ruislip - High Wycombe - Princes Risborough - Aylesbury - Claydon LNE Jn - (via Bletchley Flyover) - Denbigh Hall South Jn - Hanslope Jn - Northampton - Lamport - Market Harborough - Leicester - Loughborough |
| 4 | Loughborough Central - Quorn & Woodhouse |
| 4 | Quorn & Woodhouse - Loughborough Central |
| 25066 + 25070 | Loughborough - Leicester - (via Nuneaton Flyover) - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Tyseley - Leamington Spa - Bicester - Princes Risborough - High Wycombe - London Marylebone |
Sources : Kevin Driscoll (on outward leg only), John
Broderick & Dick Franklin
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Kevin Driscoll, John Broderick, Alan Osborn & Dick Franklin)
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Marylebone | 09.15d | 09.18 | 20.20a | 20.35 | |
| Neasden South Jn | 09/22 | ? | 20/12 | ? | |
| Neasden | ? | 09/25½ | ? | 20/26 | |
| Northolt Jn | 09/30 | ? | 20/03 | ? | |
| West Ruislip | ? | 09/39½ | ? | 20/12½ | |
| Denham | ? | 09/43½ | ? | 20/10½ | |
| Gerrards Cross | ? | 09/46 | ? | 20/09 | |
| Beaconsfield | ? | 09/51 | ? | 20/08½ | |
| High Wycombe | ??.??a ~ 09.50d | 09.59 ~ 10.00 | 19.45a ~ ??.??d | 19.52½ ~ 19.56 | |
| Princes Risborough | ? | 10.12½ ~ 10.13 | ? | 19/41½ |
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Aylesbury | 10c19 ~ 10c21 | 10.27 ~ 10.29½ |
| Quainton Road | ? | 10/41½ |
| Claydon LNE Jn | 10.39 ~ 10.40 | 10/53 |
| Verney Jn | ? | 11/00 |
| Swanbourne | ? | 11/07 |
| Bletchley (foot of flyover) | 11c11 ~ 11c13 | 11.21 ~ 11.25½ |
| Denbigh Hall South Jn | 11/16 [SL] | ? |
| Wolverton | ? | 11/36 |
| Hanslope Jn | 11/26 | ? |
| Northampton | 11c35 ~ 11c37 | 11.49½ ~ 11.51½ |
| Lamport | 11/59 | ? |
| Market Harborough | 12/23 | 12/30 |
| Kibworth | 12/29 | 12/30 |
| Wigston South Jn | ? | 12/46½ |
| Knighton South Jn | 12/39 | 12/48 |
| Leicester | 12/46 | 12/51 |
| Syston South Jn | 12/52 | 12/58 |
| Syston North Jn | ? | 11/59 |
| Loughborough (Midland) | 12.59a | 13.06 |
| Loughborough (Central) | 14.00d | 14.22d |
| Quorn & Woodhouse | ? | 14.42 ~ 14.50 (?14.57d?) |
| Loughborough (Central) | ??.??a | 15.06 |
| Loughborough (Midland) | 17.00d | 17.00 |
| Syston North Jn | ? | 17/08½ |
| Syston South Jn | 17/09 | 17/09 |
| Leicester | 17c16 ~ 17c18 | 17.14½ ~ 17.18 |
| Wigston North Jn | 17/24 | 17/22½ |
| Narborough | 17/29 | ? |
| Hinckley | 17/36 | ? |
| Midland Jn | 17/39 | ? |
| Abbey Jn | 17/42 | 17/41½ |
| Whitacre Jn | 18/03 | ? |
| Water Orton | 18/10 | 18/00 |
| Landor Street Jn | 18/18 | ? |
| St Andrews Jn | 18/20 | ? |
| Bordesley Jn | 18/22 | ? |
| Tyseley | 18/26 | 18/13½ |
| Acocks Green | ? | 18/15 |
| Solihull | ? | 18/20½ |
| Knowle & Dorridge | 18/33 | 18/26 |
| Lapworth | ? | 18/28½ |
| Hatton | 18/38 | 18/33 |
| Warwick | ? | 18/38 |
| Leamington Spa | 18/45 | 18/40½ |
| Fenny Compton | ? | 18/53 |
| Banbury | 19c05 ~ 19c06 | 19.00 ~ 19.01½ |
| Aynho Jn | 19/10 | 19.12 ~ 19.19 |
| Ardley | 19/15 | ? |
| Bicester | ? | 19/27 |
Timings continue in first table.
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