10th November 1979

F & W Railtours
The Yorkie

Locos Used 25057, 25058 & 47012
Stock Used Booked for load 10, formed: SO+SO+SO+SO+RUB+SO+SO+SO+FK+BFK

Route : 1Z45 throughout

Loco(s) Route
25057 + 25058 Plymouth – Totnes - Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids - Cogload Jn - Uphill Jn - Worle Jn - Bristol Temple Meads - Stapleton Road - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Standish Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill – Droitwich Spa - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - King's Norton – Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street – Aston – Bescot – Wolverhampton – Stafford – Stoke-on-Trent – Macclesfield – Stockport – Ashton Moss – Brewery Sidings – Rochdale – Hebden Bridge – Wakefield Kirkgate – Normanton – Church Fenton - York
25057 + 25058 York – Pontefract Baghill – Rotherham Masborough – Sheffield – Chesterfield – Derby - Burton-on-Trent - Tamworth - Water Orton - Birmingham New Street – Selly Oak - Bromsgrove – Stoke Works Jn - (via Spetchley) - Abbotswood Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads (1)
47012 Bristol Temple Meads (reverse of outward route) - Plymouth

Notes :
(1) The use of 37240 somewhere in this trip has been suggested however Stephen Murray confirms according to his notes it was not. 25057+25058 were removed at Bristol Temple Meads (believed due to being low on fuel) and 47012 substituted for the remainder of the journey to Plymouth.


Norman Preedy's ticket

Sources : various including Andy Pullar (travelled Worcester to York only),
Andrew Young/Norman Preedy & Stephen Murray
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Stephen Murray)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Plymouth 05.30d ?   00.05a ? 724.58
16.23 Brent 05/51 ?   23/42 ? 708.35
23.72 Totnes 05/59 ?   23/31 ? 700.66
31.69 Newton Abbot 06.12a ~ 06.15d ?   23.15a ~ 23.18d ? 692.69
41.41 Dawlish Warren 06/26 ?   23/02 ? 683.17
52.03 Exeter St Davids 06.37a ~ 06.40d ??.?? ~ 06.40   22.48a ~ 22.50d 22.48 ~ ??.?? 672.55
71.75 Whiteball Tunnel 07/00 06/59   22/25 22/35 652.63
82.63 Taunton 07.10a ~ 07.12d 07.11   22.10a ~ 22.12d 22.28 641.75
94.28 Bridgwater 07/22 07/22   21/57 22/18 630.30
? Worle Jn 07/34 07/35   21/45 22/00 ?
127.44 Bristol Temple Meads 07.52a ~ 07.56d 07.52 ~ 08.02   21.20a ~ 21.25d 21L34 ~ 21L45 597.14
133.31 Bristol Parkway 08.12a ~ 08.13d 08.12 ~ 08.13   21.06a ~ 21.07d 21.18 ~ 21.22 591.27
138.01 Westerleigh Jn 08/19 08/20   21/01 21/12 586.57
146.35 Charfield 08/27 08/27   20/52 20/58 578.23
160.39 Standish Jn 08/36 08/36   20/42 20/48 564.19
166.45 Gloucester Yard Jn 08/42 08/46   20/35 20/41 558.13
172.75 Cheltenham Spa 08.50a ~ 08.51d 09.00 ~ 09.03   20.26a ~ 20.28d 20.28 ~ 20.35 551.63
180.52 Ashchurch 08/58 09/10   20/20 20/30 544.06
190.73 Abbotswood Jn 09/06 09/19   20/13 20/28 533.65
194.69 Worcester Shrub Hill 09.13a ~ 09.15d 09.26 ~ 09.28  
200.50 Droitwich Spa 09/25 09/34  
204.54 Stoke Works Jn 09/33 09/40   20/02 20/21 521.48
206.67 Bromsgrove 09/39 09/43   20/03 20/20 519.35
209.40 Blackwell 09/46 09/48   20/01 20/10 516.62
215.25 King's Norton 09/55 09/58   19/54 19/58 510.77
220.52 Birmingham New Street 10.07a ~ 10.15d 10.05 ~ 10.16   19.37a ~ 19.42d 19.40 ~ 19.4? 505.50

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
223.39 Aston 10/22 10/22
230.07 Bescot 10/35 10/35
236.27 Wolverhampton 10/51 10/51
249.44 Stafford 11/08 11/08
254.75 Norton Bridge 11/13 11/13
265.57 Stoke-on-Trent 11.27 ~ 11.29 11/27
? Kidsgrove 11/40 11/41
285.62 Macclesfield 11/54 11/53
297.61 Stockport 12.09 ~ 12.11 12.13 ~ 12.22
301.63 Denton Jn 12/19 12/40
303.53 Aston Moss South Jn 12/24½ 12/46
308.20 Brewery Sidings 12/39 12/56
308.63 Thorpes Bridge Jn 12/42 12/59
317.12 Rochdale 12/55 13/03
325.52 Todmorden 13/04 13/08
330.13 Hebden Bridge 13/09 13/18
335.13 Sowerby Bridge 13/16 13/29
? Heaton Lodge Jn 13/30 13/43
? Thornhill Midland Jn 13/37 13/48
352.00 Horbury Jn 13/45 13/50
354.23 Wakefield Kirkgate 13.50 ~ 13.52 13/55
357.30 Normanton 14/01 14/00
364.68 Burton Salmon Jn 14/10 14/10
370.63 Church Fenton 14/16 14/16
381.42 York 14.30a ~ 17.00d 14.32 ~ 17.09
392.11 Church Fenton 17/13 17/21
398.06 Burton Salmon Jn 17/19 17/27
402.52 Pontefract Baghill 17/25 17/30
409.50 Moorthorpe 17/35 17/52
416.30 Wath Road Jn 17/46 18/00
? Aldwarke Jn's 17/50 18/05
422.20 Rotherham 17/54 18/15
427.61 Sheffield 18.07 ~ 18.09 18.25 ~ 18.2?
? Dore 18/16 18/39
440.01 Chesterfield 18/23 18/45
444.19 Clay Cross Jn 18/29 18/50
464.15 Derby 18.50½ ~ 18.52 18.5? ~ 18.5?
468.79 Stenson Jn 18/59 19/00
475.15 Burton-on-Trent 19/04 19/10
480.60 Wichnor Jn 19/09½ 19/14
488.07 Tamworth 19/15½ 19/18
497.61 Water Orton 19/23 19/25

Timings continue in first table.

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