BRISTOL-WEYMOUTH-READING: THE WESSEX RAILTOUR: Engines: Class 33/2 nos 33202 & 33204 Load: 10 coaches, 363 tons tare, 390 tons full -------------------------------------------------- miles m/sec mi/hr -------------------------------------------------- (Avge) 0.00 BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS 0:00 0.80 North Somerset Jc 2:33 easy 1.64 mp 116¾ (St Annes Park) 3:39 45.8 4.60 Keynsham 6:25 64.2 7.14 mp 111¼ (Saltford) 8:49 63.5 10.48 Oldfield Park 12:06 61.0 11.50 BATH SPA 13:24 47.1 13.78 Bathampton 16:15 48.0 p.w.s 17.87 Limpley Stoke 21:34 18.70 Freshford 22:30 53.3 19.62 Avoncliffe 23:28 57.0 20.93 Bradford on Avon 24:49 53.0 22.62 Bradford W Jc 26:39 55.3 22.96 Bradford S Jc 27:16 33.1 24.17 TROWBRIDGE 28:54 44.5 27.70 Hawkeridge SB 33:13 49.1 28.25 WESTBURY 34:32 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 1.41 Fairwood Jc 2:50 4.70 Clink Road Jc 6:38 51.9 6.73 Blatbridge Jc 8:47 56.7 10.81 Witham 13:03 57.4 16.12 Bruton 18:33 57.9 19.59 Castle Cary 22:32 52.3 24.52 Sparkford 28:07 53.0 26.94 Marston Magna 30:43 55.8 31.36 YEOVIL PEN MILL 36:37 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 0.48 Yeovil S Jc 1:31 3.10 Thornford 5:29 39.6 4.23 Yetminster 7:08 41.1 6.28 Chetnole 9:31 51.6 8.25 Evershot Tunnel N 12:23 41.2 11.86 Cattistock 15:47 63.7 12.75 MAIDEN NEWTON 18:18 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 2.78 Grimston Tunnel W 4:07 3.65 Grimston 5:02 56.9 4.82 Bradford Peverell 6:08 63.8 7.67 DORCHESTER WEST 9:53 45.6 8.03 Dorchester Jc 10:54 21.2 10.46 Bincombe Tunnel N 13:53 48.9 10.93 Bincombe Tunnel S 14:21 60.4 12.30 Upwey 16:08 46.1 13.65 Radipole sigs 0* 14.41 Weymouth Jc (mp 168½) 22:38 ----- ----- 0.00 WAREHAM 0:00 2.11 Holton Heath 2:59 4.92 Hamworthy Junction 6:04 54.7 7.10 POOLE 9:19 40.2 8.38 mp 112½ 11:44 31.8 8.93 Parkstone 12:28 45.0 9.38 mp 111½ (summit) 13:05 43.8 10.63 Gas Works Jc SB 15:12 35.4 11.88 mp 109 16:54 44.1 12.87 BOURNEMOUTH CENTRAL 18:43 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 1.72 Pokesdown 3:01 3.66 CHRISTCHURCH 4:52 62.9 5.01 mp 103 6:22 54.4 6.95 Hinton Admiral 8:17 60.7 8.01 mp 100 9:30 52.3 9.45 NEW MILTON 11:08 52.9 sigs 12.45 Sway 15:32 14.24 Lymington Jc SB 17:31 54.2 15.20 BROCKENHURST 18:29 59.6 19.93 Beaulieu Road sigs 22.58 Lyndhurst Road 27:14 25.47 Totton 30:38 51.0 26.13 Redbridge 31:21 55.2 27.88 Millbrook 33:42 44.7 sigs 28.78 SOUTHAMPTON CENTRAL 36:28 easy 29.84 Northam Jc SB 39:06 easy 30.74 St Denys 41:10 32.15 Swaythling 43:13 sigs 34.44 EASTLEIGH 48:24 slow 38.30 Shawford 53:08 sigs 41.42 WINCHESTER CITY 57:21 43.59 Winchester Jc 60:03 48.2 45.62 Wallers Ash Tunnel N 62:00 62.4 47.78 Weston RR 64:06 61.7 49.90 Micheldever 66:11 61.1 51.95 mp 56 (Roundwood) 68:13 60.5 55.47 mp 52½ (Wootton) 71:35 62.7 57.72 Worting Jc 73:45 62.3 60.23 BASINGSTOKE 77:02 ----- ----- 0.00 0:00 1.50 mp 50 2:45 4.98 Bramley 6:01 63.9 8.32 Mortimer p.w.s 13.74 Southcote Jc 16:05 14.60 Reading West 17:51 sigs 15.52 READING 21:45 ----- ----- Date: Saturday 23rd April 1994 THE WESSEX RAILTOUR: SVRS ? dep: Bristol Temple Meads 10.34am arr: Weymouth Jc 12.32pm dep: Wareham 5.46pm arr: Reading 7.47pm Train ran to Weymouth Quay. A Swanage Railway (by coach, option was available. The main train returned from Weymouth, picking up the Swanage passengers at Wareham. 47574 worked Kidderminster-Bristol 47709 worked Reading-Kidderminster (via Chelten'm) -------------------------------------------------- Diesel Miscellany 2 Modern Traction Archives Page