8586 Stirling – Edinburgh Aug 65

Thanks to Jim Burton for this hugely rare Vlayton class 1 working from 1965. Jim says “There can’t be many of these about!!!”

Apologies for lack of detail – timing done on ordinary wrist-watch.

DATE :- August 11 1965

TRAIN :- 9.05 p.m. STIRLING-EDINBURGH WAVERLEY

LOCOMOTIVE :-D8586 (64B)

LOAD :- 5 vehicles, 167 toms tare

DIST SCHED ACTUAL SPEED

0.00 STIRLING 0 0 00 –

1.51 POLMAISE 3 09 48

4.03 PLEAN 6 38 46

5.84 ALLOA JUNCTION 9 8 40 56

8.08 LARBERT 12 11 51 –

0 0 00 –

0.72 LARBERT JUNCTION 1 1 57 37

1.73 CAMELON 3 23 35

2.30 SWING BRIDGE EAST 4 24 31

2.85 FALKIRK GRAHAMSTON 6 5 36 –

0.00 0 0 00 –

(1)

3.23 POLMONT 8 8 12 –

0.00 0 0 00 –

2.50 MANUEL 4 12 58

4.72 LINLITHGOW 6 7 03 *31

P.W.S *20

9.70 WINCHBURGH JUNC. 11 15 59 57

13.76 BATHGATE JUNCTION 16 20 09 60

14 65 QUEENSFERRY JUNC. 21 00 57

18.97 SAUGHTON JUNCTION 25 36 59

19.73 BALGREEN HALT 26 23 53

SIGS *15

21.08 HAYMARKET 26.5 28 30 –

0.00 0 0 00 –

SIG.STOP

3 00)

4 45) *0

1.18 WAVERLEY (PLAT. 20) 4 7 43 –

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