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UK Train & Locomotive Observations 1955..Page 4 of 6 |
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| Note: All of the information below is taken from books written up in 1955 from the original notebooks. The source documentation no longer exists. So no checking of data has been possible. Punctuality information is based on the Western Region 1955 Summer timetable, with estimates and assumptions made where necessary. I have never possessed any Western Region Working timetables. . And minutes early or minutes late for non stopping services must be treated as approximate only. | ||
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| BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET- DAWLISH WARREN: Saturday 9th July 1955: | |||
| 7.30-12.20pm..Hauled by 45265 from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads on the 6.35am Walsall to Kingswear. At Birmingham 46134 had arrived on an overnight service from Edinburgh, 45592 was on a relief 7.15am Birmingham to Euston, and 44966 was on the 7.40am to Bournemouth West. 45265 was 7 late into Bristol, where 6933 arrived 10.08am on the 6.55am Paignton to Bradford. The Black 5 gave way to a Hall on the Kingswear Service, and the load was increased to 12. Bristol departure was 8 late. Arrival at Exeter was 13 minutes late. 4084 was seen at Taunton. Hauled by 1009 from Exeter St Davids to Dawlish Warren on the 6.40am Leicester to Paignton. | |||
| EXETER ST DAVIDS: Saturday 9th July 1955: 12.20pm-1.05pm: | |||
| Southbound: | |||
| 12.21pm | 34031 left on 10.30am Ilfracombe-Waterloo (ACE)..5 late | ||
| 12.28/12.34pm | 4920 called on Wolverhampton-Paignton ..11/13 late | ||
| 12.33/12.37pm | 34003 called on Torrington-Waterloo (ACE) (7)..2/4 late | ||
| 12.37/12.45pm | 4037 called on 8.50am Paddington-Paignton (12)..5/9 late | ||
| 12.41/12.51pm | 34021 called on 11.00am Plymouth-Brighton (10)..4 early/4 late | ||
| 12.44/12.55pm | 1000 called on 7.30am Paddington-Bristol-Paignton (10)..3/11 late | ||
| 12.51pm | 6021 passed on 9.30am Paddington-Newquay | ||
| 12.58/1.05pm | 1009 called on 6.40am Leicester-Paignton (7)..8/6 late | ||
| Northbound: | |||
| 12.24pm | 6004 passed on 11.30am Torquay-Paddington | ||
| 12.31/12.41pm | 34049 called on 8.35am Waterloo-Ilfracombe..4 late | ||
| 12.32pm | 6019 passed on 9.14am Truro-Paddington (12)..1 late | ||
| 12.40pm | 7004 passed on the Torbay Express (13)..R time | ||
| 12.44pm | 4945 departed on 12.44pm Exeter-Taunton..R time | ||
| 12.59/1.06pm | 5041 called on 12.15pm Newton Abbot-Paddington..2 late/R time | ||
| DAWLISH WARREN: Saturday 9th July 1955: 1.25pm-5.00pm: | |||
| Westbound | |||
| 2.32pm | 5093 passed on 11.00am Paddington-Penzance (14)..9 late | ||
| 2.43pm | 5001 passed on 9.05am Swansea-Kingswear (12) (706)..14 late | ||
| 2.51pm | 70017 passed on 11.05am Paddington-Penzance (14)..2 late | ||
| 3.26pm | 4904 passed on 9.25am Wolverhampton-Paignton (14)..39 late | ||
| 3.33pm | 5011 passed on 8.17am Carmarthen-Penzance (13) (708)..24 late | ||
| 3.42pm | 6912 passed on 8.06pm Sheffield-Kingswear (11) (438)..18 late | ||
| 3.49pm | 5008 pased on 10.35am Wolverhampton-Paignton (9) (827)..5 early | ||
| 4.01pm | 5024 passed on the 12.00pm Torbay Express (13) (146)..41 late | ||
| 4.05pm | 5974 passed on 7.43am Nottingham-Plymouth (12)..68 late | ||
| 4.17pm | 7033 passed on 8.00am Manchester-Penzance (13)..5 late | ||
| 4.26pm | 5079 passed on 1.45pm Bristol-Penzance/Newquay (11) (440)..42 late | ||
| 4.33pm | 4965 passed on 12.05pm Paddington-Plymouth (12) (147)..29 late | ||
| 4.45pm | 6977 passed on 9.05am Birkenhead-Plymouth (12) (384)..11 late | ||
| 4.52pm | 5059 passed on ? Liverpool-Paignton & Penzance (12)..28 late | ||
| Eastbound: | |||
| 1.28pm | 6000 passed on 10.00am Newquay-Paddington (638) | ||
| 1.47pm | 6025 passed on the Cornish Riviera Express (635) | ||
| 1.55pm | 5053 passed on 12.30pm Paignton-Manchester (594) | ||
| 2.24pm | 6986 & 6946 passed on Additional Paignton-Cardiff | ||
| 2.39pm | 7316 passed Light engine | ||
| 2.44pm | 6959 passed on 1.55pm Paignton-Wolverhampton (567) | ||
| 3.25pm | 6811 passed on 11.10am Penzance-Wolverhampton (675) The Cornishman | ||
| 3.31pm | 7027 passed on 2.40pm Paignton-Paddington (12) (545) | ||
| 3.48pm | 4958 passed on 2.50pm Paignton-Wolverhampton (9) (587)..6 late | ||
| 4.06pm | 6994 passed on 3.05pm Paignton-Wolverhampton (12) (587)..5 late | ||
| 4.12pm | 6013 passed on 12.30pm Newquay-Paddington (12) (645) | ||
| 4.23/4.25pm | 34069 called on 2.30pm Plymouth-Exeter St Davids (4)..1 late | ||
| 5.02pm | 70021 passed on 12.00pm Penzance-Manchester (13) (665)..4 late | ||
| DAWLISH WARREN: Sunday 10th July 1955: | |||
| The following trains were noted during the day: 4075 on a down Manchester to Plymouth at 10.13. 6996 on the 9.00am Taunton to Newton Abbot, 5008 on the 8.45am Pymouth to Manchester, 82009 on the 10.10am Newton Abbot to Exeter, 5053 on the down Devonian, 2866 on a down Feight, 6010 on the 3.30pm from Paddington, and 6322 on an evening up local, comprising SR coaches. (This was a day on the beach) | |||
| DAWLISH & NEWTON ABBOT AREAS: Monday 11th July 1955: | |||
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At
Dawlish, 5053 passed 11.24am on the 7.55am Camborne to Bristol (12)
and 82034 left 11.35am on the 11.10am Exeter to Kinsgwear
(6).
At Aller Junction, the down Torbay Express passed at 3.37pm, with 7004, and at 3.40pm, 4406 followed on a 21 wagon freight. At 3.41pm 5011 headed for Plymouth on Empty stock. Later, 1427 passed heading for Newton Abbot returning from Brixham branch duty. |
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| STARCROSS and NEWTON POPPLEFORD: Tuesday 12th July 1955: | |||
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At
Starcross, 1028 passed at 12.39pm on the 7.55am Penzance to Swansea, and
in the evening, 4136 passed on an up Van train at 8.21pm.
At Newton Poppleford, 82019 was noted at 7.43pm on an Exmouth to Tipton St Johns working. |
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| EXETER to PLYMOUTH (WR) & RETURN (SR): Wednesday 13th July 1955: | |||
| 12.30-12.50pm..At Exeter St Davids, a down Southern Freight passed at 12.32pm behind 2-6-2T no 82017. 5028 called 12.38/12.41 on the up Torbay Express, and at 12.35pm, 2826 left Riverside yard on a down Freight. The Plymouth to Brighton service called 12.42/12.48pm with 34069. At 12.50pm, 1015 arrived on the 7.55am Penzance to Swansea (TC Paignton to Cardiff). 6019 arrived 13 late at 12.46pm on the 9.30am Paddington to Newquay (8) | |||
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12.50-2.15pm..Hauled
by 6019 from Exeter St Davids to Plymouth North Road on the 9.30am
Paddington to Newquay. The locomotive succeeded in acheiving the
impossible. It dropped time with a mere 8 coach load on both the Exeter
to Newton Abbot and Newton Abbot to Plymouth schedules, of 28 and 52
minutes respectively, both generous. 14 mph at Dainton, and 19 mph on
Rattery! Truly appalling , without doubt my most abysmal King
experience.
6873 was seen at Dawlish Warren on the 11.15am Plymouth to Taunton, 70021 was at Newton Abbot on the 12.15pm from Kingswear, the Torbay line portion of the Cornishman. In the yards were 6934, 4098, and 5079. 5196 was the Dainton banker. 6010 was on the 12.05pm Plymouth (TC Newquay) to Paddington, 20 mins late. 7010 was seen at Plympton on the 11.00am Penzance to Paddington. Outside Laira shed were 7809, 7031, 5058, 1012, and 6003, and 3186 and 8719 were in Tavistock Junction yards. 6824 took over the 9.30am from Paddinton. |
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2.15-4.35pm..Hauled
by 34049 Plymouth North Road to Exeter St Davids on the 2.15pm Plymouth
Friary to Waterloo through coaches. With load 3 to Okehampton, and 4
beyond, there was no interest in the running. Back at Exeter, 70022 was
seen on the 9.00am Manchester to Plymouth, 4.08pm. The 3.15pm Heathfield
branch train had 1451, 34038 called 4.12/4.18pm on the Brighton to
Plymouth service. The 2.20pm Ilfracombe portion of the Waterloo service
called 4.17/4.22pm with 34059, and 34062 was on the 3 coach 4.21pm Exeter
Central to Torrington.
At Exeter Central (after a trip "up the hill" behind 34059), 35010 took over the 4.30pm to Waterloo, which included the "Three Plovers" Tavern car. 34003 arrived light at Exeter Central to work the 1.00pm from Waterloo, which arrived at 4.38pm, 3 early, behind 34056 (Tavern Car the "Jolly Tar"). 31610 departed on the 4.35pm Salisbury and Portsmouth slow, and 31833 was in the freight yard. 30044 shunted the dining portion off the 1.00pm from Waterloo. |
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4.35-8.15pm..Hauled by M7 0-4-4T no 30676 Exeter
Central to Exmouth, and then by 82019 (BR 2-6-2T) from Exmouth to Tipton
St Johns.
A change of train to a service from Sidmouth with another M7, no 30023,
for the short run onwards to Sidmouth Junction. Here, 35017 called on the
5.53pm Exeter Central to Waterloo. And to complete an M7 trio, I
then caught a stopper from Honiton for the run back to Exeter Central. The
loco was 30671.
At Exeter Central were 34015, 34060, 82011, 82017, 30044, 30671, and a solitary O2 0-4-4T, no 30193. At Exeter St Davids, 1451 arrived from Heathfield at 7.31pm, 6814 arrived 7.33pm on the 6.20pm from Taunton. An up Freight arrived in he Riverside yard at 7.37pm with 6951. N class 31831 called 7.39/7.48pm on a Freight from Padstow, attaching a pilot, 32124, and a banker, 32135. 5067 arrived 7.49pm on the 6.07pm Plymouth to Bristol, and 34035 arrived 7.53pm on a Plymouth Friary to Feltham Freight. I returned to Dawlish Warren with 70021 on the 11.55am Manchester to Plymouth (still sporting a Cornishman headboard from an earlier working) |
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| DAWLISH WARREN: Thursday 14th July 1955: 3.10pm-6.15pm: | |||
| Westbound: | |||
| 3.18pm | 5028 passed on the 12.00pm Torbay Express (10) (146)..4 late | ||
| 3.34pm | 5058 passed on 11.30am Paddington-Penzance (12) (144)..9 late | ||
| 3.42pm | 1014 passed on 11.10am Swansea to Penzance (9) 3 late | ||
| 3.56pm | 7820 passed on Freight (47+b) | ||
| 4.25pm | 70022 passed on 9.00am Manchester to Plymouth (12)..6 late | ||
| 4.33pm | 5920 passed on Freight (Iron Ore empties) | ||
| 4.46/4.47pm | 7813 called on 4.15pm Exeter to Newton Abbot (5)..7 late | ||
| Eastbound: | |||
| 3.13pm | 4086 passed on 11.00am Penzance to Paddington (7)..2 late | ||
| 3.50/3.51pm | 6900 called on 1.50pm Kingswear-Weston (4)..R time | ||
| 4.00pm | 2875 passed on Up Freight | ||
| 4.23/4.24pm | 34069 called on 2.15pm Plymouth to Exeter St Davids (5)..R time | ||
| 4.55pm | 4970 & 70020 passed on 12.00pm Penzance to Manchester (6+5v)..4 early | ||
| 5.09pm | 5351 passed on Vans (3v) | ||
| 5.32pm | 6010 passed on 1.20pm Penzance to Paddington (12)..10 late | ||
| 6.03pm | 7031 passed on an Ocean Liner Express (11) | ||
| 5.58/6.09pm | 70017 called on 4.33pm Kingswear to Exeter St Davids (5)..9/19 late | ||
| 6.13/6.14pm | 34002 called on 4.32pm Plymouth to Exeter St Davids (5)..R time | ||
| DAWLISH WARREN: Friday 15th July 1955: 11.30am-3.55pm: | |||
| Westbound: | |||
| 11.30/11.31am | 5066 called on 1.10am Exeter to Kingswear (5+3v)..3 late | ||
| 11.37am | 73028 passed on Vans & Milk (2m+1v+b | ||
| 11.46am | 6008 passed Light Engine (Loco failed on 10.30am Paddington 13/7/55) | ||
| 12.00/12.01pm | 34069 called on 11.35am Exeter to Kingswear (6)..1 late | ||
| 12.10pm | 2839 passed on Freight | ||
| 12.19pm | Unidentified 93xx passed on Freight (46+b) | ||
| 12.33pm | 6867 & 5919 passed on 7.30am Paddington to Paignton (8+2v)..1 late | ||
| 1.06pm | 4086 & 6907 passed on 9.30am Paddington to Newquay (8)..14 late | ||
| 1.21/1.30pm | Unidentified Hall 49xx called on 1.00pm Exeter to Newton Abbot (?) | ||
| 1.27pm | 6013 passed on the Cornish Riviera Express (10)..3 early | ||
| Gap | |||
| 3.15pm | 7004 passed on the Torbay Express (10)..1 late | ||
| 3.32pm | 5044 passed on 11.30am Paddington to Penzance (11)..6 late | ||
| 3.39pm | 5948 & 5011 passed on 11.10am Swansea to Penzance (11)..6 late | ||
| Eastbound: | |||
| 11.36am | 6829 passed on 7.55am Camborne to Brstol (11)..13 late | ||
| 11.58am | 4088 passed on 7.30am Penzance to Manchester (13)..16 late | ||
| 12.14pm | 5053 passed on 11.05am Paignton to York (10)..9 late | ||
| 12.26pm | 5028 passed on the Torbay Express (10)..5 late | ||
| 12.36pm | 1015 passed on 7.55am Penzance to Swansea (9)..3 late | ||
| 12.47pm | 6825 passed on Freight (28+b) | ||
| 12.59/1.01pm | 6821 called on 11.15am Plymouth to Taunton (6)..1 late | ||
| 1.04/1.07pm | 4988 called Light Engine (platform road) | ||
| 1.24pm | 6026 passed on 10.00am Newquay to Paddington (11)..14 late | ||
| 1.35pm | 6004 passed on the Cornish Riviera Express (12)..1 late | ||
| Gap | |||
| 2.39/2.40pm | 82034 called on 1.10pm Kingswear to Exeter (6+g) | ||
| 3.05pm | Unidentified Castle passed on 1.50pm Kingswear to Paddington (8)..3 late | ||
| 3.12pm | 6017 passed on 11.00am Penzance to Paddington (11)..R time | ||
| 3.50/3.52pm | 5027 called on 1.50pm Kinswear to Exeter (4)..1 late | ||
| DAWLISH WARREN: Saturday 16th July 1955: 11.25am-4.05pm: | |||
| Westbound: | |||
| 11.29am | 7910 passed on 7.00am Paddington to Kingswear (13)..49 late | ||
| 11.35am | Unidentified Hall passed on 7.40am Paddington to Paignton (?)..34 late | ||
| 11.42am | 5921 passed on 8.10am Newport to Paignton (12) (703)..31 late | ||
| 11.47am | 5986 passed on 7.00am Birmingham S Hill to Penzance (12) (810)..27 late | ||
| 12.03pm | 1015 & 6998 passed on 8.05am Cardiff to Kingswear (13)..(704) 28 late | ||
| 12.11pm | 5060 passed on 8.10am Paddington to Paignton (14)..(110) 18 late | ||
| 12.16pm | 70020 passed on 7.25am Ealing Broawday to Penzance (8)..30 late | ||
| 12.30pm | 6017 passed on 8.25am Paddington to Penzance (14)..(114) 14 late | ||
| 12.33pm | 6990 passed on 7.30am Birmingham Moor St to Paignton (9)..(812) 19 late | ||
| 12.40pm | 6827 passed on Relief to Walsall to Kingswear (7) (428) | ||
| 12.51pm | 70017 passed on 8.50am Paddington to Paignton (14)..(117) 5 late | ||
| 1.00pm | 5923 passed on 6.35am Walsall to Kingswear (11)..(430) 37 late | ||
| 1.07pm | 6942 passed on 6.55am Wolverhampton to Paignton (815) (12)..33 late | ||
| 1.13pm | 7024 passed on 9.30am Paddington to Newquay (13) (122)..R time | ||
| 1.21pm | 5096 passed on 7.30am Paddington to Kingswear (10) (107)..17 late | ||
| 1.33/1.38pm | 4949 & 4080 called on 6.40am Leicester to Paignton (10)..(433) 18 late | ||
| 1.45pm | 5918 passed on 9.40am Paddington to Paignton (12) (125)..26 late | ||
| 1.51pm | 5082 passed on 10.20am Paddington to Kingswear (11)..(128) 16 late | ||
| 2.05pm | 6004 passed on the Cornish Riviera Express (14)..(130) 19 late | ||
| 2.10pm | 6000 passed on 10.35am Paddington to Penzance (14)..(131) 18 late | ||
| 2.37pm | 6330 passed on Relief to Swansea to Kingswear (706) (11) | ||
| 2.42pm | 70018 passed on ? 10.40am Paddington to ? Paignton (14) | ||
| 2.48pm | 6837 passed on 9.05am Swansea to Kingswear (13)..(705) 19 late | ||
| 2.53pm | 1012 passed on 11.05am Paddington to Penzance (13)..(140) 4 late | ||
| 3.00pm | 5003 passed on 9.10am Wolverhampton to Paignton (8)..(855) 15 late | ||
| 3.06pm | 4701 passed on 7.43am Nottingham to Plymouth (13)..8 late | ||
| 3.15pm | 6903 passed on ? Wolverhampton to Penzance (13)..(435) 49 late | ||
| 3.21pm | 70022 passed on ? Carmarthen to Penzance (14)..13 late | ||
| 3.35pm | 5028 passed on the Torbay Express (13)..R time | ||
| 3.49pm | 5071 passed on 8.06am Sheffield to Kingswear (11)..(438) 22 late | ||
| 3.54pm | 5031 passed on ? Wolverhampton to Paignton (?)..1 late | ||
| Eastbound | |||
| 11.25am | 5087 passed on 7.50am Newquay to Manchester (13) (273)..3 late | ||
| 11.43am | 5970 passed on 8.10am Newquay to Newcastle (12) (573) | ||
| 11.49am | 5924 passed on 10.55am Paignton to Nottingham (10) (573)..3 late | ||
| 11.55am | 6821 passed on 7.30am Penzance to Wolverhampton (11) (672)..5 late | ||
| 12.00pm | 5990 passed on 11.30am Torquay to Paddingtton (11) (525)..R time | ||
| 12.10pm | 6027 passed on 8.15am Perranporth to Paddington (12) (610) | ||
| 12.23pm | 7027 passed on 8.35am Falmouth to Paddington (12) (615)..5 late | ||
| 12.30pm | 7004 passed on the Torbay Express (13) (520)..R time | ||
| 12.46pm | 5006 passed on 12.15pm Newton Abbot to Paddington (13) (529)..4 late | ||
| 12.53pm | 70023 passed on 11.15am Plymouth to Paddington (14) (620)..3 late | ||
| 12.59pm | 4955 passed on 12.05pm Paignton to Cardiff (10)..7 late | ||
| 1.04pm | 70021 passed on 8.20am Penzance to Paddington (12) (625)..2 late | ||
| 1.10pm | 6026 passed on 9.20am St Ives to Paddington (12) (630)..4 late | ||
| 1.30pm | 7033 passed on 10.00am Newquay to Paddington (15) (638) | ||
| 1.41pm | 5967 passed on 12.30pm Paignton to Manchester (11) (594)..7 late | ||
| 1.47pm | 6010 passed on the Cornish Riviera Express (14) | ||
| 1.59/2.03pm | 4098 called on the 12.15pm Kingswear to Wolverhampton (11) ..11 late | ||
| 2.11pm | 6951 passed on 1.30pm Paignton to Paddington (12) (530) | ||
| 2.18pm | 5094 passed on 10.05am Penzance to Liverpool (10+v) (285)..3 late | ||
| 2.24pm | 5985 passed on 1.55pm Torquay to Paddington (13) (540) R time | ||
| 2.29pm | 1009 passed on 11.00am Newquay to York (12) (685)..13 late | ||
| 2.36pm | 5098 & ?Hall passed on 1.55pm Paignton to Wolverhampton (13)..1 late | ||
| 2.49pm | 7010 passed on 10.20am Penzance to Cardiff (12)..10 late | ||
| 3.08pm | 4090 passed on 1.35pm Newquay to Wolverhampton (12) | ||
| 3.23pm | 5073 passed on 1.40pm Kingswear to Paddington (12) (535)..22 late | ||
| 3.28pm | 1028 passed on 2.25pm Paignton to Sheffield (12) (583)..21 late | ||
| 3.33pm | 6964 passed on 10.35am Penzance to Wolverhampton (11) (675) | ||
| 3.41pm | 1005 passed. Details not known (14) | ||
| 3.47pm | Unidentified King passed on 12.30pm Newquay to Paddington (11) (640) | ||
| 3.54pm | 1000 passed on 2.55pm Paignton to Wolverhampton (9) (577)..9 late | ||
| 4.09pm | 6021 passed on 11.50am Penzance to Paddington (12) (645) | ||