Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Kevin Driscoll & Dick Franklin)
20th October 1979
Monmouthshire Railway
Society
(in association with Bute Town Railway Society Ltd)
Deep Duffryn Diddler
| DMU Used | ??? |
| Locos & Stock Used | NCB Steam No.8 (? & 'Llantarnam Abbey' ?) (3) |
| Stock Used | 19x MDV open wagons |
Route :
| Traction | Route |
| DMU | Newport - Cardiff Central - Radyr Quarry Jn - Radyr - Pontypridd - Abercynon - Mountain Ash (1) |
| NCB 8 (3) | Mountain Ash - Colliery Screens |
| NCB 8 (3) | Colliery Screens - South on NCB line towards Penrhiwceiber |
| NCB 8 (3) | NCB line, South of Mountain Ash - Mountain Ash Colliery Yard - North on ex-Vale of Neath line - Aberaman (2) |
| NCB 8 (3) | Aberaman - Mountain Ash (1) |
| DMU | Mountain Ash - Aberdare |
| DMU | Aberdare - Abercymboi - Abercynon - Pontypridd |
| DMU | Pontypridd - Porth - Maerdy (BR Limit) |
| DMU | Maerdy - Porth - Pontypridd - Taffs Well |
| DMU | Taffs Well - Nantgarw |
| DMU | Nantgarw - Radyr Quarry Jn - Cardiff Queen Street - Cardiff Bute Road |
| DMU | Cardiff Bute Road - Cardiff Queen Street |
| DMU | Cardiff Queen Street - Cardiff Central |
| DMU | Cardiff Central - Newport |
Notes :
(1) The DMU & NCB
train with open wagons used adjacent platforms at Mountain Ash.
(2) Beyond former overbridge, almost to points for connecting line from Taff
Vale Railway.
(3) Dick Franklin's notes state that 'Llantarnam Abbey' (0-6-0ST) was attached
to the rear of the train - was the train topped-n-tailed throughout on the NCB
system?
Sources : Kevin Driscoll, Gary Thornton &
Dick Franklin
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Kevin Driscoll &
Dick Franklin)
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Newport | 10.00d | 10.00½ |
| Cardiff Central | 10.17a ~ 10.20d | 10.16 ~ 10.20 |
| Radyr Quarry Jn | 10/33 | 10/30½ |
| Radyr | 10/36 | 10.36 ~ 10.39 |
| Pontypridd | 10/51 | 10.56 ~ 11.00½ |
| Abercynon SB | 11.00 ~ 11.01 | 11.09 ~ 11.09 |
| Mountain Ash | 11.13a ~ ??.??d | 11.19 ~ ??.?? |
| Colliery Screens | rev | |
| South on NCB line towards Penrhiwceiber | rev | |
| Mountain Ash Colliery Yard | pass | |
| North on ex-Vale of Neath line | ? | |
| Aberaman | rev | |
| Mountain Ash | 13.00a ~ 13.40d | ??.?? ~ 13.38 |
| Aberdare | 14p05a ~ 14p25d | 13.49½ ~ 14.24½ |
| Abercymboi SB | 14.34 ~ 14.35 | 14.33½ ~ 14.33½ |
| Abercynon SB | 14.54 ~ 14.55 | 14.47 ~ 14.47½ |
| Pontypridd | 15.04 ~ 15.10 | 15.08½ ~ 15.14 |
| Porth | 15t19 ~ 15t20 | 15/22½ |
| Maerdy (BR Limit) | 15p45a ~ 15p55d | 15.41½ ~ 15.59½ |
| Porth | 16t20 ~ 16t21 | 16.22½ ~ 16.23 |
| Pontypridd | 16.29 ~ 16.33 | 16/31 |
| Taffs Well | 16.45 ~ 16.51 | 16.46 ~ 16.50 |
| Nantgarw | 17.07 ~ 17.13 | 17.00 ~ 17.13 |
| Radyr Quarry Jn | ? | ? |
| Cardiff Queen Street | 17.41a ~ 17.42d | 17.49 ~ ??.?? |
| Cardiff Bute Road | 17.44a ~ 17.57d | ? |
| Cardiff Queen Street | 18.00a ~ 18.06d | ? |
| Cardiff Central | 18.09a ~ 18.17d | ? |
| Newport | 18.35a | ? |
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