Trip notices and shunting duties - 1976
Schedules for the trips that visited or passed through Wednesbury in autumn 1976 can be found below. Shunting duties are also listed. All times are SX unless otherwise noted.
Diagrammed for a Class 25 | |||
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Train | Location | Arrive | Depart |
0T06 | Bescot HS | 06:00 MO (shunting locos for T05 and T51 attached) | |
0T06 | Wednesbury | 06:30 MO | 06:35 MO (after detaching Wednesbury shunt locos) |
0T06 | Great Bridge | 06:40 MO | |
0T06 | Stabled at Great Bridge 06:40 Monday to 05:30 Saturday. Shunt at Great Bridge, Cashmore's and Dudley FLT as required. Assist trains at Great Bridge and Wednesbury as required (i.e. banking loco). |
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0Z00 | Dudley | 05:20 SO (after assisting 4M51 Glasgow-Dudley FLT if required) | |
0Z00 | Bescot HS | 05:45 SO |
Diagrammed for a Class 25 | |||
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Train | Location | Arrive | Depart |
0T20 | Wolverhampton HS | 06:00 | |
Bescot Up Yard | 06:20 | ||
9T20 | Bescot Up Yard | 06:45 | |
9T20 | Wednesbury | 07:05 | 07:25 |
Wolverhampton Steel Terminal | 07:45 | ||
8T20 | Wolverhampton Steel Terminal | 08:25 | |
8T20 | Wednesbury | 08:45 | 09:35 |
Bescot Up Yard | 09:50 | ||
9T20 | Bescot Up Yard | 10:20 | |
8T20 | Wednesbury | 10:35 | 10:55 |
Wolverhampton Steel Terminal | 11:10 | ||
8T20 | Wolverhampton Steel Terminal | 11:40 | |
0T20 | Wednesbury | 12:00 | 12:20 |
Wolverhampton HS | 12:45 | ||
0T20 | Wolverhampton HS | 14:00 | |
8T20 | Wednesbury | 14:25 | 14:55 |
Bescot Down Yard | 15:15 | ||
0T20 | Bescot Down Yard | 15:25 | |
0T20 | Wednesbury | 15:40 | |
Wolverhampton Steel Terminal | 16:00 | ||
8T20 | Wolverhampton Steel Terminal | 16:30 | |
Wednesbury | 16:50 | ||
8T20 | Wednesbury | 18:00 | |
Wolverhampton Steel Terminal | 18:20 | ||
8T20 | Wolverhampton Steel Terminal | 19:04 | |
8T20 | Wednesbury | 19:24 | |
Bescot Up Yard | 19:45 | ||
0Z00 | Bescot Down Yard | 20:15 | |
Wolverhampton HS | 20:45 | ||
Entries shown in italics are passing times. Trains shown in red were booked to run via Priestfield. The others, by implication, were booked to run via Princes End. |
Diagrammed for a Class 25 | |||
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Train | Location | Arrive | Depart |
8T25 | Bescot Down Local Yard | 06:54 | |
8T25 | Heath Town Sidings | 07RR17 | 07RR19 (sic) |
Wednesfield Road | 07:27 | ||
8T25 | Wednesfield Road | 07PR55 | |
8T26 | Wolverhampton | 08PR00 | 08:05 |
8T25 | Spring Vale | 08:17 | 08:22 |
8T25 | Bloomfield SSW | 08:30 | 09:05 |
8T25 | Wednesbury | 09:20 | |
Bescot Down Yard | 09:35 | ||
8T25 | Bescot Down Yard | 10:30 | |
8T25 | Littleton Colliery Sidings | 11RR15 | 11RR30 |
8T25 | Four Ashes | 11:38 | 12:00 |
Bescot Down Yard | 12:40 | ||
8T25 | Bescot Up Yard | 13:20 | |
8T25 | Soho DED | 13:45 | 14:15 |
Bescot Down Yard | 14:50 | ||
0T25 | Bescot Down Yard | 15:00 | |
8T25 | Birchills Power Station | 15:15 | 15:45 |
8T25 | Walsall Midland Yard | 16:00 | 16:30 |
Bescot Down Yard | 16:45 | ||
Entries shown in italics are passing times. Footnotes state that the 06:54 from Bescot conveys traffic for Ductile Steel at Wednesfield, and that the 07:55 from Wednesfield Road should convey traffic for the South Staffs Wagon Works only. The same trip would have taken repaired wagons back to Bescot. Another footnote states that during inclement weather the Wednesfield Road pilot engine should draw the train back from Wednesfield Road to Wolverhampton High Level, as opposed to the normal propelling move. |
Diagrammed for a Class 25 | |||
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Train | Location | Arrive | Depart |
0T26 | Bescot HS | 06:40 | |
8T26 | Bescot Up Yard | 06:50 | 07:10 |
8T26 | Bloomfield Jct | 07:35 | |
Spring Vale | 07:45 | ||
8T26 | Spring Vale | 08:10 | |
8T26 | Bloomfield Jct | 08:20 | |
Bescot Up Yard | 08:45 | ||
8T26 | Bescot Up Yard | 09:50 | |
8T26 | Bloomfield Jct | 10:15 | 10:31 |
Spring Vale | 10:43 | ||
8T26 | Spring Vale | 11:10 | |
8T26 | Bloomfield Jct | 11:20 | |
Bescot Up Yard | 11:45 | ||
8T26 | Bescot Up Yard | 12:10 | |
8T26 | Witton Loop | 12RR28 | 12RR38 |
S.P.D. Sidings (Perry Barr) | 12:45 | ||
8T26 | S.P.D. Sidings (Perry Barr) | 13PR05 | |
8T26 | Perry Barr South Jct | 13PR10 | 13:12 |
Bescot Down Yard | 13:30 | ||
Entries shown in italics are passing times. The loco off this trip is shown to work 6G50 Workington - Kingswinford Jct from Walsall Brook Sidings (dep 14:19). |
Diagrammed for a Class 25 | |||
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Train | Location | Arrive | Depart |
9T29 | Bescot Down Local | 05:55 | |
9T29 | Wednesbury | 06:10 | |
9T29 | Great Bridge | 06:20 | 06:45 |
9T29 | Round Oak | 07:15 | 07:35 |
Brierley Hill | 07:45 | ||
9T29 | Brierley Hill | 08:35 | |
9T29 | Round Oak | 08:45 | 09:05 |
9T29 | Great Bridge | 09:25 | 09:50 |
9T29 | Wednesbury | 10:00 | |
Bescot Up Yard | 10:15 | ||
8T29 | Bescot Up Yard | 10:47 | |
Langley Green | 11:20 | ||
8T29 | Langley Green | 11:50 | |
Bescot Down Yard | 12:20 | ||
9T29 | Bescot Down Local | 13:30 | |
9T29 | Great Bridge | 13:55 | 14:20 |
9T29 | Round Oak | 14:50 | 15:10 |
Brierley Hill | 15:20 | ||
9T29 | Brierley Hill | 16:20 | |
9T29 | Great Bridge | 16:50 | 17:20 |
Bescot Down Yard | 17:50 | ||
0T29 | Bescot Down Yard | 18:00 | |
Wednesbury | 18:20 | ||
9T29 | Wednesbury | 18:50 | |
Bescot Down Yard | 19:05 | ||
Entries shown in italics are passing times. |
Diagrammed for a pair of Class 20s | |||
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Train | Location | Arrive | Depart |
0T30 | Bescot HS | 06:00 | |
Work coal traffic and empties between Littleton, West Cannock and Lea Hall collieries and Birchills/Ocker Hill power stations as required. | |||
Bescot HS | 12:30 | ||
0T30 | Bescot HS | 14:30 MO | |
Round Oak | 15:00 MO | ||
0T30 | Bescot HS | 12:40 TWTHO | |
7T30 | Heath Town | 13:00 TWTHO | 13:30 TWTHO |
7T30 | Pleck Jct | 13RR47 TWTHO | 13RR57 TWTHO |
Round Oak | 14:30 TWTHO | ||
7T30 | Round Oak | 15:30 MTWO | |
7T30 | Pleck Jct | 15RR55 MTWO | 16RR05 MTWO |
7T30 | Heath Town | 16:22 MTWO | 16PR24 MTWO |
0Z00 | Wednesfield | 16PR34 MTWO | 16:55 MTWO |
Bescot HS | 17:20 | ||
0Z00 | Round Oak | 14:50 THO | |
Bescot HS | 15:15 THO | ||
The afternoon work consisted of three loaded trains from Round Oak to Wednesfield (MTWO) and three empty trains going the other way (TWTHO). No doubt the Wednesfield Road pilot loco would have tripped the empties from Wednesfield to Heath Town. |
Diagrammed for a Class 25 | |||
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Train | Location | Arrive | Depart |
0T32 | Bescot HS | 07:30 | |
8T32 | Bescot Down Yard | 07:40 | 08:10 |
Bescot D.E.S. (Norton Jct) | 08:30 | ||
Shunt Norton Jct yard as required. | |||
8T32 | Bescot D.E.S. (Norton Jct) | 13:20 | |
Bescot Down Yard | 13:40 | ||
8T32 | Bescot Down Yard | 14:10 | |
Bescot D.E.S. (Norton Jct) | 14:30 | ||
8T32 | Bescot D.E.S. (Norton Jct) | 15:40 | |
Duddeston C & W | 16:20 | ||
8T32 | Duddeston C & W | 17:15 | |
Bescot Down Yard | 17:36 | ||
0T32 | Bescot Down Yard | 18:20 (engine and brake-van) | |
Walsall Goods Yard | 18:30 | ||
8T32 | Walsall Goods Yard | 19:00 (COV ABs for 4S38 Bristol - Glasgow) | |
Bescot Down Storage Sdgs | 19:17 | ||
8T32 | Bescot Down Storage Sdgs | 19:30 (engine and brake-van) | |
Walsall Goods Yard | 19:37 | ||
8T32 | Walsall Goods Yard | 20:30 | |
Bescot Up Reception | 20:40 | ||
0Z00 | Bescot Up Reception | 20:50 | |
Bescot H.S. | 21:00 |
Diagrammed for a Class 25 | |||
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Train | Location | Arrive | Depart |
0T37 | Bescot HS | 07:30 MSX | |
Wolverhampton | 08:03 MSX | ||
0T37 | Wolverhampton H.S. | 07:56 MSO | |
Wolverhampton | 08:03 MSO | ||
Works as required by D.C.E. | |||
0Z00 | Wolverhampton | 15:10 | |
Wolverhampton H.S. | 15:20 |
Diagrammed for a Class 25 | |||
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Train | Location | Arrive | Depart |
0T57 | Stourbridge Jct HS | 05:35 MO | |
0T57 | Stourbridge Jct Yard | 05:55 MO | 06:20 MO |
Kingswinford Jct | 06:30 MO | ||
0T57 | Stourbridge Jct HS | 05:35 MSX | |
0T57 | Kingswinford Jct | 05:45 MSX | |
Trips between Kingswinford Jct and Pensnett as required. | |||
9T57 | Brierley Hill | 18:30 | |
9T57 | Great Bridge | 19:00 | 19:30 |
9T57 | Wednesbury | 19:37 | 20:10 |
Bescot Down Yard | 20:25 | ||
8T57 | Bescot Up Yard | 21:45 | |
8T57 | Galton Jct | 22:11 | |
Kidderminster | 22:57 | ||
0Z00 | Kidderminster | 23:07 | |
Stourbridge Jct HS | 23:17 | ||
The loco off this trip was shown to work T60 the next day, Fridays excepted. |
Diagrammed for a Class 25 | |||
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Train | Location | Arrive | Depart |
0T58 | Stourbridge Jct HS | 06:30 | |
0T58 | Kidderminster | 06:40 | |
9T58 | Kidderminster | 07:10 | |
9T58 | Brierley Hill | 07:35 | 08:05 |
9T58 | Round Oak | 08:15 | 08:45 |
9T58 | Great Bridge | 09:05 | 09:35 |
9T58 | Wednesbury | 09:45 | |
Bescot Down Yard | 10:00 | ||
9T58 | Bescot Down Local | 11:05 | |
9T58 | Wednesbury | 11:20 | |
9T58 | Great Bridge | 11:30 | 11:55 |
9T58 | Dudley Stop Board | 12:14 | 12PB19 |
9T58 | Round Oak | 12:25 | 12:50 |
Brierley Hill | 13:00 | ||
0T58 | Brierley Hill | 13:10 | |
0T58 | Stourbridge Jct | 13L20 | 13L22 |
Brierley Hill | 13:30 | ||
9T58 | Brierley Hill | 14:00 | |
9T58 | Round Oak | 14:10 | 14:40 |
9T58 | Great Bridge | 15:00 | 15:30 |
9T58 | Wednesbury | 15:40 | |
Bescot Down Yard | 15:55 | ||
0T58 | Bescot Down Yard | 16:05 | |
9T58 | Wednesbury | 16:20 | 17:20 |
9T58 | Great Bridge | 17:30 | 18:00 |
9T58 | Dudley Stop Board | 18:19 | 18PB24 |
9T58 | Brierley Hill | 18:35 | 19:15 |
9T58 | Stourbridge Jct | 19PB25 | 19:35 |
0Z00 | Kidderminster | 19:52 | 20:00 |
Stourbridge Jct | 20:10 | ||
Entries shown in italics are passing times. |
Diagrammed for a Class 25 | |||
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Train | Location | Arrive | Depart |
0T69 | Stourbridge Jct HS | 17:20 | |
8T69 | Kingswinford Jct | 17:30 | 18:00 |
8T69 | Bescot Down Yard | 18:40 | |
0Z00 | Bescot Down Yard | 18:40 | |
Stourbridge Jct HS | 19:45 | ||
0T69 | Stourbridge Jct | 17:20 | |
8T69 | Kingswinford Jct | 17:30 | 18:00 |
8T69 | Walsall | 18:40 | |
8T69 | Washwood Heath No 1 | 19:22 | 19PR24 |
Washwood Heath Up Yard | 19PR30 | ||
0Z00 | Washwood Heath Up Yard | 19:50 | |
0Z00 | Ryecroft Jct | 20:15 | |
Stourbridge Jct HS | 20:45 | ||
Entries shown in italics are passing times. Two alternative trips here, conveying empty coal hoppers to either Bescot or Washwood Heath, then returning light engine. |
Diagrammed for Class 08s | ||
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Bescot had an allocation of 27 Class 08s in late 1976. They were 08005 08019 08025 08041 08083 08177 08294
08327 08356 08466 08474 08585 08588 08590 08613 08614 08672 08673 08674 08700 08765 08783 08788 08809 08827 08841 and 08901. This table lists the duties in 1976. There are 19 of them. |
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Location | Number of pilots | Comments |
Bescot Yard | 6 | The individual duties were... T01 Up Hump T02 Up Yard, South End T03 Down Hump T04 Up Yard/Transfer pilot T07 Down Yard, North End T08 Down Local Sidings All operated continuously from 06:00 Monday to 05:30 Saturday, with the exception of T01, T04 and T08 which by this date had no afternoon shift and didn't operate between 13:30 and 22:05. 08294 and 08327 were usually employed as the Up and Down Hump pilots for much of the 1970s (they had radio-telephones fitted I believe). These 08s had taken over the hump duties from a pair of Class 11s, namely 12056 and 12087. |
Wednesbury | 2 | T05 and T51. Operated from 06:30 to 21:10 (SX). Usually returned to Bescot at weekends. |
Walsall | 1 | T16. Operated from 06:10 to 21:50 (SX). Usually returned to Bescot at weekends. |
Spring Vale (Bilston steelworks) | 1 | T09. Operated from 06:35 to 21:40 (SX). |
Wednesfield Road Goods depot | 1 | T45. Operated 07:00-17:00 (SX). Trips to Oxley, Spring Vale, Ductile and Wolverhampton Steel Terminal as required. |
Wolverhampton High Level | 1 | T46. Operated 01:00-09:00 (MO), 19:00-11:25 (SX) and 23:00-06:00 (Sat night). This loco basically worked nights and weekday mornings. Trips to Wolverhampton Low Level as required. |
Wolverhampton Steel Terminal | 1 | T47. Booked for a dual-braked loco. Operated 06:30-21:45 (SX). Trips to Priestfield Esso as required. |
Wellington | 1 | T48. Operated 06:00 to 18:30 (SX). Trips to Oakengates as required. Outstabled at weekends. |
Oxley Carriage Sidings | 1 | T49. Operated 22:00 Sunday to 14:00 (following) Sunday. Required a dual-braked and waterproofed loco (08765, 08841 or 08901). |
Wolverhampton Low Level Parcels Depot | 1 | T50. Operated 06:30 Monday to 13:20 Saturday, but there was no afternoon shift and it didn't operate 13:35-19:00 (SX). Booked to stable at Wolverhampton Holding Sidings. |
Brierley Hill | 1 | T54. Operated 06:20 Monday to 05:20 Saturday. Stabled at Stourbridge over the weekend. |
Round Oak | 1 | T55. Operated 07:15 - 16:00 (SX). Stabled at Stourbridge over the weekend. |
Kidderminster | 1 | T59. Operated 06:30-11:40 and 14:00-19:45 (SX). Stabled at Stourbridge over the weekend. |
For simplicity I've omitted periods of an hour or less when pilot duties were booked to be inoperative, typically shift-changes. Among the small number of duties lost in the previous couple of years were those at Norton Jct, Langley Green and Oldbury Goods yard (on which site the car park at Sandwell & Dudley railway station now stands). |