Many thanks to Jim Burton for his Stirling – Perth timing logs spanning 1962-1981 with a great variety of steam and diesel power, many A4’s! Jim. Stirling – Perth is around 33 miles through lush green country alongside the Ochil mountains, climbs are from Stirling to Dunblane and then up to Blackford summit, a nice piece of railway with some fast running too!
Fast run to Perth coming? 47712 passes under Stirling semaphores with the 1925 Queen St – Aberdeen on June 22nd 1986.
LOCO. SCHED. ACTUAL DATE MAX LOAD SERVICE
47032 30.5 29. 45 130880 85 8 1335 QSt-Adeen
47045 33.5 30. 26 280778 89 7
1135 QSt-Adeen
60026 37 30. 32 150565 91 7
1730 BSt-Adeen
40112 33.5 31 06 220378 89 7 1135 QSt-Adeen
PWS *40 before Auchterarder
47273 33.5 31. 23 180778 90 8 1735 QSt-Adeen
signals *21 before Cornton
60019 37 31 34 080565 86 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
D260 37 31. 38 210569 88 8 1810 SUN QSt-Adeen
60024 36 31. 49 110865 85 6 1730 BSt-Adeen
PWS *20 before Bridge of Allan
40074 33.5 31. 50 200578 86 8 1335 QSt-Adeen
47053 34 32. 03 030480 ?? 7 1535 QSt-Adeen
PWS *20 at Greenloaning
47427 30.5 32. 37. 070860 92.5 8
1335 QSt-Adeen
signal stop 7. 45-8. 52 at Dunblane
60024 35 32. 42 150766 80 6 0825 BSt-Adeen
26025} 33.5 32. 50 310778 75 8 1310 QST-Iness
26045}
40112 33.5 32. 53 210378 82. 8 1335 QST-Adeen
PWS *40 before Aucterarder
60019 36 33. 14 170665 81 6 1730 BSt-Adeen
26042} 36 33. 21 050677 ?? 4 2255 Wav-Iness
26026}
60007 37 33. 25 200265 82 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
60034 36 33. 32 201065 77 6 1730 BSt-Adeen
60007 37 33. 42 050665 81 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
signals *40 before Hilton Junction
D5355 36 33. 46 280566 81 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
60019 36 33. 51 021265 85. 6 1730 BSt-Adeen
60019 36 33. 57. 131065 83. 6 1730 BSt-Adeen
PWS *30 at Auchterarder
D6101 36 34. 05 020666 79. 6 1730 BSt-Adeen
60007 37 34. 06 110665 82. 8 1730 BSt-Adeen
60007 36 34. 07. 061065 82 6 1730 BSt-Adeen
PWS *20 after Forteviot
D6101 36 34. 08 130166 77. 6 1730 BSt-Adeen
PWS *30 before Dunning
60009 37 34. 21 240465 80 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
60006 37 34. 22 171264 80 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
PWS *20 before Bridge of Allan
40060 35.5 34. 44 010480 79 7 1335 QSt-Adeen.
signals *22 before Cornton PWS *20 at Greenloaning
60009 36 34. 46 231065 76 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
60031 37 34. 50 010665 71 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
60019 35 34. 55 180666 78. 6 0825 BSt-Adeen
60019 36 34. 56 161065 74 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
26019} 36.5 35. 25 050875 76 8 1315 QSt-Iness
26021}
60009 37 35. 44 220465 80. 8 1730 BSt-Adeen
60007 37 35. 51 230165 82 8 1730 BSt-Adeen
PWS *20 after Hilton Junction
60094 36 36. 10 010962 74 7 0825 BSt-Adeen
40062 32.5 36. 19 120881 78 7 0935 QSt-Adeen signals *4 before Auchterarder signals *40 for level crossing before Dunning
73152 37 36. 25 270265 78 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
60009 36 36. 31 181165 86 6 1730 BSt-Adeen
signals *5 before Hilton Junction
60019 37 36. 42 250565 74 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
60009 37 36. 56 110265 78 7 1730 BSt-Adeen
PWS *20 after Hilton Junction
60019 36 37. 16 091065 82 8 1730 BSt-Adeen
PWS *20 after Forteviot
60034 35 37. 36. 180766 76 6 0825 BSt-Adeen *25 after Hilton Junction signals *5 on signals approach to Perth
60009 36 37. 43 110265 78 6 1730 BSt-Adeen signals *5 at Cornton
40166 33.5 37. 51 230378 80. 8
1335 QSt-Adeen signals *30 at Blackford PWS *40 before Auchterarder signals *23 on approach to Perth
D5346 34 37. 56 110769 77 8 1010 QSt-Adeen PWS *40 before Auchterarder
60019 36 38. 03 301065 78 6 1730 BSt-Adeen signal stop 3..48-4. 21 at Cornton
D5114 38 38. 04 050366 72 7 1315 BSt-Iness
60006 37 38. 36 160165 80 7 1730 BSt-Adeen PWS *20 before Bridge of Allan
60009 36. 38. 58 060865 84 8 1730 BSt-Adeen PWS *10 before Bridge of Allan
D5351 36 38. 58. 131265 77 7 1730 BSt-Adeen PWS *20 before Dunning
D263 37 39. 08 030869 83. 8 1810 Su QSt-Adeen signal stop 19. 30-20. 52 at Blackford
73150 38 40. 11 080864 79 8 1215 SO BSt-Adeen
60009 37 40. 37 130365 77 7 1730 BSt-Adeen PWS *20 before Greenloaning
25065} 36 41. 40 4 240777 48 4 2255 Wav – Inv
25062 }
signals *40 before Cornton , signals *20 before Dunblane, signal stop 11. 20-11. 45 after Dunblane , signal stop 12. 34-12.37 after Dunblane
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MILEAGE : 33.05 to Platform 7 i.e.all Buchanan Street-Aberdeens and anything bound for Inverness
33.01 to Platform 2 i.e. all Queen Street-Aberdeens
NB 1 – speed limit in Scotland at the time of all steam runs +D5351;D6101; D5114 – 75 mph!!
NB 2 – the above takes no account of whether departure from Stirling was to time or not!!
Fast run to Perth beckoning, Dave Spencer captures 40161 arriving at Stirling with the 0740 Glasgow QS – Aberdeen on September 9th 1980.
Thanks again to Jim for this quality information from a long lost era.
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