31st January 2019

The Looe Brush 
Railtour Timings

Karl Hewlett writes:- The timings for 'The Looe Brush Railtour' are now in the system.  I am surprised this tour is running to Looe, or shall I say running with a pair of class 47's even in top and tail mode. Moorswater is Route Availability (RA), of 7, class 70's are RA7 as are class 47's, that part is fine but I always thought the Looe branch was banned to class 47's being only a RA5? Any input on this is welcome.  I certainly can't find any images of them on the Looe branch so could be a first, detailed timings are:

1Z47 Bristol Temple Meads To Moorswater Tarmac Colas Via Highbridge Loop And Exeter New Yard
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U53047/2019/02/03/advanced
1Z48 Moorswater Tarmac Colas To Bristol Temple Meads Via Looe, Buckfastleigh, Heywood Road Junction and Bath
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U53048/2019/02/03/advanced

   Regards, Karl (Friends Of Penmere Station).        Many thanks Karl

 Peter Murnaghan writes:- 
As the tour is being run for the Branch Line Society, I would expect that it will operate right to the end of the line at Moorswater, in the Tarmac Lafarge site.  If it is a long train, it might well block the level crossing, so, if you are planning to go and see it there, make sure you are on the right side of the tracks before the train appears !
And as the link line at Liskeard is not approved for passenger use, BLS passengers on the train will have to disembark at Platform 2, and walk over the bridge to the Looe platform 3 to rejoin the train, just as previous railtours have done here.  And the same in the reverse direction.I hope the sun shines !
Best wishes, Peter.  Many thanks Peter.

        Sunday 3rd February 2019   The Looe Brush railtour
 
0810 Bristol Temple Meads to Liskeard, Moorswater and Looe.
West Coast Railways charter train, with two Brush Type 4 Class 47s, top and tail.
 
Timings between Plymouth and Liskeard
 
Source - Realtime Trains.     
 
Plymouth [PLY]  4  1120 1125
 
St Budeaux Jn. pass 1130
 
Saltash [STS] 1  pass 1134
 
St Germans [SGM] 1pass 1140

Liskeard Sig Dm260 pass1146
 
Liskeard [LSK] 1 pass 1151
 
Liskeard Sig 9 1152 1157
 
Liskeard [LSK] 2  1200  1204

Liskeard Ground Frame 1210 1214

Liskeard [LSK] 3 1216 1221
 
Coombe No. 1 G.F. 1230 1232
 
Coombe Junction Halt [COE] 1234  1236
 
Moorswater Tarmac Colas 1246  12.55
 
Coombe No. 1 G.F. 1307  1309
 
Looe [LOO]  1330  1430
 
Coombe No. 1 G.F.  1450 1454
 
Liskeard [LSK] 3  1500  1504

Liskeard Ground Frame  1508  1512

Liskeard [LSK] 2  1517  1525

Menheniot Sig Um259 pass 1535
 
St Germans [SGM]  2 pass 1539
 
Saltash [STS] 2 pass 1544
 
St Budeaux Jn. pass 1548
 
Plymouth [PLY] 8 1554 1707

Memories of the past.
Pilning
Roger Geach

Here is 56053 on the Exeter to Cardiff Tidal scrap at Pining on  Saturday 25th September1993. The wires would spoil this picture now.

Note the brake van which was required at Exeter City Basin I think.

                 Best regards, Roger    Many thanks Roger.

56053 Exeter Tidal scrap at Pilning Saturday 25th September 1993 Copyright Roger Geach