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RETRO PASSENGER

SUMMER SATURDAY LOCO-HAULED
PAIGNTON 1984

Departures Destination Traction
08.55 1A37 Paddington 50
09.10 1E33 Newcastle 45/0
09.24 1M08 Birmingham NS 50
09.45 1A42 Paddington 50
10.00 1M86 Liverpool LS 45/0
10.20 1S84 Glasgow C 47
10.45 1A46 Paddington 47
11.28 1M22 Manchester 45/0
11.45 1A52 Paddington 50
12.56 1A59 Paddington 50
13.55 1A65 Paddington 47
14.10 1B36 Swansea 47
14.50 1A70 Paddington 50
15.04 1M28 Nottingham 45/1
15.35 1A78 Oxford 50
16.08 1M65 Liverpool 47
16.45 1E32 Leeds 45/1
17.45 1A82 Paddington 50
19.12 2C51 Newton Abbot 50
19.35 1S39 Bristol/Glasgow C 50
20.15 2C53 Newton Abbot 50 6

Arrivals Origin Traction 6: TORQUAY: ‘Hymek’ No. D7043
06.22 1V47 23.30FOManchester P45/0 thrashes out of TorquayonSeptember 7,
06.41 1V56 22.37FOBradford 50 1963 with the 13.00 Paignton-Sheffield.
07.16 1V57 22.35FONewcastle 45/0 Note the station's centreroad, which was
08.11 1V58 22.20FOGlasgow C 47 used forbanking engines untiltheywere
09.36 1V60 23.25FOGlasgow C 45/0 done awaywith to save time and trains
09.46 2C09 09.30 Newton Abbot 47 were restricted to what the main loco
10.44 1C12 07.00 Oxford 50 could haul up the stiff climbs. JSWhiteley
11.37 1C18 08.36 Cardiff C 47 7: TORQUAY: Thesouthend of Torquay
11.52 1C17 08.00 Paddington 50 stationonJuly29, 1982 with TheGrand
12.52 1C24 09.15 Paddington 47 Hotel in thebackgroundasNo. 50038
13.30 1V67 07.59 Nottingham 45/1 gets settoleave on thefinalstretch to
14.02 1C31 10.18 Paddington 50 Paignton with an unknownworking.
14.14 1V71 08.20 Liverpool LS 47 7 8: TORQUAY: ‘Peak’ No. 45028 arrives
14.57 1C35 11.15 Paddington 50 into TorquayonJuly22, 1978 at the
15.24 1V80 08.21 BradfordI 45/1 start of its journeynorth with the12.45
15.52 1C39 12.18 Paddington 50 Paignton-Birmingham. Therehas always
16.52 1C43 13.18 Paddington 50 been afine garden displayatthis station,
17.42 1V86 13.44 Birmingham NS 50 as can be seen behind the loco, including
18.01 1C47 14.15 Paddington 50 thepalm trees that help givethe area its
19.06 1V88 13.11 Manchester P 50 ‘English Riviera’ tag.
Ben Brooksbank/CreativeCommons
❮ with overnight arrivals from Glasgow,Newcastle,Bradfordand 9: TORQUAY: Looking north at
Manchester(see table above). These were turned around and Torquay, with the centreroad long gone,
formed the first departures of the daybacknorth before the on September 23, 2000 as Virgin’s
daytime trains beganarriving. Therewereseven trains from and to No. 47807 arrives with the 09.16
Paddington, withothers from thelikes of Liverpool, Manchester, 8 Manchester-Paignton.
Bradfordand Nottingham.
In 1987 therailway around Newton Abbot wasresignalled and ❯

SUMMER SATURDAY LOCO-HAULED
PAIGNTON 2002

Departures Destination Traction
09.00 1S66 Edinburgh XC 47
10.04 1E33 Newcastle XC47
12.10 1M40 Liverpool LS XC 47
13.03 1M31 Manchester XC 47
15.08 1M38 Preston XC 47
15.40 1A78 Paddington GW 47
16.17 1M25 Manchester P XC47
18.45 1M39 Derby XC47

Arrivals Origin Traction
1V26 23.30FOManchester P XC47
1C03 07.00 Bristol TM XC 47
1V35 06.05 Derby XC47
1V37 06.00 Preston XC 47
1V43 08.05 Liverpool LS XC 47
1C23 10.33 Paddington GW 47
1V45 09.16 Manchester P XC47
1V50 08.40 Glasgow C XC47 9
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