27th July 1986

F & W Railtours
The Coastway Crusader

Locos Used 25181, 25191, 33011, 37046, 37117, 45128, 50050 'Fearless' & 73114
Stock Used load 10

Route : 1Z36 throughout

Loco(s) Route
50050 Wolverhampton - Portobello Jn - Bescot - Perry Barr North Jn - Aston - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street
45128 Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Kings Norton - Bromsgrove - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Gloucester
45128 Gloucester - Standish Jn - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Filton Jn - Bristol Temple Meads
25181 + 25191 Bristol Temple Meads - North Somerset Jn - Bath Spa - Bathampton Jn - Trowbridge - Westbury - Warminster - Salisbury - Andover
25181 + 25191 Andover - (1) - Ludgershall
25181 + 25191 Ludgershall - Andover
25191 + 33011 Andover - Worting Jn - Basingstoke - Farnborough (Main) - Woking - Surbiton - Wimbledon - East Putney - Point Pleasant Jn - Clapham Junction - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn - Brixton - Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - Streatham South Jn - Wimbledon - Raynes Park - Epsom - Leatherhead - Dorking - Horsham - Pulborough - Ford - Barnham - Bognor Regis
73114 Bognor Regis - Barnham - Ford - Littlehampton
25191 + 33011 Littlehampton - Ford - Barnham - Chichester - Havant  - Farlington Jn - Cosham - Fareham - Botley - Eastleigh - Romsey - Dean - Salisbury
25191 + 37046 + 37117 Salisbury - Warminster - Westbury - Trowbridge - Bathampton Jn - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Temple Meads
45128 Bristol Temple Meads - Filton Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Standish Jn - Gloucester
45128 Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa - Abbotswood Jn - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Kidderminster - Stourbridge Junction - Galton Jn - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Aston - Perry Barr North Jn - Bescot - Portobello Jn - Wolverhampton

Notes :
(1) Nick Lawford comments: Between Andover and Ludgershall 25181 suffered some kind of braking trouble and was a complete immobile failure by the time it got back (25181 was withdrawn as a result - this is how it came to languish at Eastleigh : it was unmoveable). 33011 was despatched to assist and worked in multiple with 25191. At Salisbury on the return the 37s replaced the 33 : 37s were not booked, it should have been 2x25 all the way back to Bristol. LASERman adds: The brake fault on 25181 was that the handbrake had been left on, possibly from Bristol and resulted in extremely bad flats on the wheels. The replacement 33 (from Salisbury?) was deliberately marshalled inside the 25 at Andover causing a little bit of extra delay, but I seem to remember the train was about either 2 or 3 hours late by then, so that the 25 was on the end of the train for the benefit of photographers who would undoubtedly want a 25 rather than a 33 to be visible round the Southern. The 33 was removed at Salisbury so that the Western didn’t pinch it. A crew previously sent to Westbury to collect some interesting locomotives to work forward from Salisbury and returned with 2 x 37.

Sources : Nick Lawford & Rail Enthusiast mag (issue no.56), Guy Vincent  (joined/left the train at Bristol Temple Meads),
Ian Monkton (joined/left the train at Bristol Parkway) & Mike Tetlow

Photo Review


25181+25191 at Bristol Temple Meads (photo: Guy Vincent)


25191+33011 on arrival at Salisbury (photo: Guy Vincent)


From Andrew Fairholms ticket collection.


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Guy Vincent)

M.C

 Location Booked Actual
0.00 Wolverhampton 06.12d ?
1.64 Portobello Jn 06/17 ?
6.01 Bescot 06/22 ?
10.38 Perry Barr North Jn 06/26 ?
12.60 Aston 06/29 ?
14.60 Proof House Jn 06/32½ ?
15.36
0.00		 Birmingham New Street 06L35a ~ 06L50d ?
? Proof House Jn 06/55½ ?
1.77 Bordesley Jn 06/57 ?
2.33 Camp Hill 06/58 ?
7.30 Kings Norton 07/03½ ?
8.20 Barnt Green 07/10 ?
9.73 Bromsgrove 07.14a ~ 07.15d ?
12.06 Stoke Works Jn 07/18 ?
16.21 Droitwich Spa 07/24 ?
? Tunnel Jn 07/30 ?
22.00 Worcester Shrub Hill 07.31a ~ 07.33d ?
? Norton Jn 07/37 ?
25.74 Abbotswood Jn 07/38 ?
36.61 Ashchurch 07/47 ?
43.72 Cheltenham Spa 07.56a ~ 07.58d ?
? Barnwood Jn 08/14 ?
50.32 Gloucester 08.16a ~ 08.29d ?
51.33 Gloucester Yard Jn 08/31 ?
57.43 Standish Jn 08/37 ?
70.68 Charfield 08/46 ?
79.01 Westerleigh Jn 08/56 ?
83.51 Bristol Parkway 09.02a ~ 09.04d ?
84.70 Filton Jn 09/06 ?
? Stapleton Road 09/12 ?
89.40
0.00		 Bristol Temple Meads 09L16a ~ 09L38d 09.16 ~ 09.38
? North Somerset Jn 09/40 ?
11.45 Bath Spa 09.51a ~ 09.53d 09.53 ~ 09.56
13.61 Bathampton Jn 09/57 10/00
23.03 Bradford Jn 10/07 10/10
28.27 Westbury 10.16a ~ 10.18d 10.19 ~ 10.22
33.00 Warminster 10/28 10/31
50.76 Wilton Jn 10/46 10/48
52.70 Salisbury 10.50a ~ 10.51d 10.52 ~ 10.55
53.77 Tunnel Jn 10/54 10/57
70.14
0.00		 Andover 11.09a ~ 11.11d 11.13 ~ 11.14
? Andover Yard 11.14 ~ 11.35 11.15 ~ 11.38
7.26
0.00		 Ludgershall 11.50 ~ 12.08 12.06 ~ 13.02
7.26 Andover 12.25 ~ 12.26 13.25 ~ 14.33
23.24 Worting Jn 12/41 14/48
25.64 Basingstoke 12.44 ~ 12.45 14.52 ~ 14.53
49.18 Woking 13/10 15/14
61.42 Surbiton 13/21½ 15/25
70.26 Wimbledon 13/30 15/31
73.13 East Putney 13/38 15/38
73.64 Point Pleasant Jn 13/40 15/40
74.79 Clapham Junction 13.43 ~ 13.44 15.42 ~ 15.46
76.08 Longhedge Jn 13/47 15/49
76.47 Factory Jn 13/49 15/51
78.00 Brixton 13/51½ 15/54
78.62 Herne Hill 13/54½ 15/56
79.68 Tulse Hill 13/57 15/59
81.79 Streatham South Jn 14/01 16/05
85.04 Wimbledon 14.08 ~ 14.09 16.08 ~ 16.10
85.34 Wimbledon West Jn 14/11 16/12
86.36 Raynes Park 14/13 16/15
? Motspur Park 14/16 16/17
92.03 Epsom 14/24 16/24
95.67 Leatherhead 14/30 16/30
99.73 Dorking 14/36 16/34
113.36 Horsham 14/52 16/50
125.60 Pulborough 15/06 17/02
135.55 Arundel Jn 15/18 17/11
136.05 Ford 15/20 17/12
139.03 Barnham 15/23 17/16
142.49
0.00		 Bognor Regis 15L28a ~ 15L48d 17.24 ~ 17.38
3.46 Barnham 15/53 17/44
6.44 Ford 15/56 17/47
8.20
0.00		 Littlehampton 16L00a ~ 16L50d 17.52 ~ 18.17
1.56 Ford 16/53 18/21
4.54 Barnham 16/56 18/24
10.76 Chichester 17/03 18/31
19.66 Havant 17.20 ~ 17.21 18.44 ~ 18.45
22.63 Farlington Jn 17*26 ~ 17*44 18/51
23.66 Cosham 17/46 18/53
29.51 Fareham 17/55 19/00
35.00 Botley 18/03 19/07
40.37 Eastleigh 18.11 ~ 18.12 19.19 ~ 19.20
47.49 Romsey 18/26 19/32
55.12 Dean 18/39 19/40
? Salisbury South Jn 18/49 19/49
64.14 Salisbury 18.52a ~ 19.05d 19.54 ~ 20.35
66.08 Wilton Jn 19/09 20/39
84.04 Warminster 19/27 20/55
88.57 Westbury 19.36a ~ 19.38d 21.04 ~ 21.07
92.60 Trowbridge 19/45 21/13
94.01 Bradford Jn 19/47 21/16
103.23 Bathampton Jn 20/00 21/26
105.39 Bath Spa 20.04a ~ 20.06d 21.29 ~ 21.31
? North Somerset Jn 20/24 21/43
117.04
0.00		 Bristol Temple Meads 20.26a ~ 20.41d 21.44 ~ 21.57
? Dr Day's Jn 20/43 ?
4.50 Filton Jn 20/49 ?
5.69 Bristol Parkway 20.51a ~ 20.53d ?
10.39 Westerleigh Jn 20/59 ?
18.52 Charfield 21/06 ?
31.77 Standish Jn 21/15 ?
38.07 Gloucester Yard Jn 21/24 ?
39.08 Gloucester 21.26a ~ 21.39d ?
? Barnwood Jn 21/41 ?
44.48 Cheltenham Spa 21.47a ~ 21.49d ?
51.58 Ashchurch 21/57 ?
62.45 Abbotswood Jn 22/05 ?
? Norton Jn 22/06 ?
66.39 Worcester Shrub Hill 22.11a ~ 22.13d ?
? Tunnel Jn 22/15 ?
72.18 Droitwich Spa 22/20 ?
78.00 Hartlebury 22/27 ?
81.54 Kidderminster 22/32 ?
88.33 Stourbridge Junction 22.40a ~ 22.42d ?
96.57 Galton Jn 22/58½ ?
98.35 Soho South Jn 23/03½ ?
100.36
0.00		 Birmingham New Street 23.08a ~ 23.11d ?
0.56 Proof House Jn 23/14 ?
2.56 Aston 23/17 ?
4.78 Perry Barr North Jn 23/20 ?
9.35 Bescot 23/25 ?
13.52 Portobello Jn 23/30 ?
15.36 Wolverhampton 23.35a ?

Mileages from tour brochure.

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