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MILEPOST 25¾ - January 2005 MILEPOST 25¾ - January 2005 The Journal of The Railway Performance Society Honorary President: Peter Semmens MA CChem FRSC MBCS MCIT Commitee: CHAIRMAN Nigel Smedley 40 Ferrers Way, Darley Abbey, Derby DE22 2BA. e-mail: [email protected] VICE CHAIRMAN Chris Taylor 11 Fenay Drive, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield HD8 OAB. And Meetings e-mail; [email protected] tel; 01484 307069 SECRETARY Frank Collins 10 Collett Way, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2XR e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 01373 466408 TREASURER Peter Smith 28 Downsview Ave, Storrington, West Sussex RH20 4PS (and Membership) e-mail: [email protected] EDITOR David Ashley 92 Lawrence Drive, Ickenham, Uxbridge, Middx, UB10 8RW e-mail: [email protected], Tel 01895 675178 Distance Chart Editor John Bull 37 Heathfield Road, Basingstoke, Hants RG22 4PA e-mail;[email protected] Fastest Times Editor David Sage 93 Salisbury Road, Burton, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 7JR e-mail: [email protected] tel; 01202 249717 Committee Members:- Archivist & Librarian Lee Allsopp 2 Gainsborough, North Lake, Bracknell RG12 7WL e-mail: [email protected] tel; 01344 648644 Sales & Distribution Bruce Nathan 7 Salamanca, Crowthorne, Berks, RG45 6AP e-mail [email protected], tel 01344 776656 Publicity Vacancy Non-committee officials:- Topical points Martin Robertson 23 Brownside Rd, Cambuslang, Glasgow, G72 0NL e-mail: [email protected] Directors of RPS Rail Performance Consultants Ltd.:- Frank Collins (chairman), Martin Barrett (secretary), Nigel Smedley. CONTENTS Page Notices 220 News Alert 226 Return to North Berwick Martin Barrett 227 Fastest Times M D Robertson 231 Birmingham-Coventry Corridor David Adams 239 Hills – What Hills? Frank Collins 249 Class 67 Local Hauled with Virgin Trains Jon Littlewood 253 Milepost Mystery Chris Taylor 259 From 5 to 8 K R Phillips & Ray Townsin 260 My Steam Blue Ribands Ben Stone 264 The Long & Short of It Alan Varley 272 Yet more 37’s Chris Taylor 278 Letters 285 Enclosures (where subscribed): Distance charts, Cd-roms, Renewal form, Questionnaire Copyright The Railway Performance Society Ltd, registered in England & Wales No. 04488089 The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the RPS, the Editors or any of their advisers. Whilst efforts are made to ensure accuracy, the Editor his advisers and the RPS accept no responsibility for any loss or damage arising from any inaccuracies howsoever caused. Readers are asked to note that the RPS encourages contributions from all members, and articles may appear that are interesting in content, but occasionally may not be to the standard of the rest of the publication. Material sent to the Editors, whether commissioned or freely submitted is provided entirely at the contributors own risk; neither the Editor nor the RPS can be held responsible for any loss or damage howsoever caused. Published by The Railway Performance Society Limited, 92 Lawrence Drive, Ickenham, Uxbridge, Middx, UB10 8RW Printed by Prontaprint Harrow, 7 Central Parade, Station Rd., Harrow, Middx, HA1 2TW. Milepost 25 ¾ - 218 - January 2005 Foreword from the Chairman A very happy New Year, and prosperous 2005 to all members. Since the last magazine we have seen a few notable events on the UK railway scene: The devastating level crossing crash at Ufton, Berkshire, and the first change of National Rail Timetable in December - in accordance with European standards. I don’t think it would be a good idea to get too embroiled in the political debate about safety but purely from a performance point of view it is good to see that the reaction to what was a tragic incident has been measured. For instance, there has been no demand for or any suggestion of compulsory speed restrictions being placed on all automatic half barrier crossings for instance: Surely a good thing for passengers, the industry and performance scholars. Common sense suggests that anyone determined to kill themselves, no matter what facet of life they chose as the conduit, will succeed. On a more positive side, the recent authorisation of the Trent Valley quadrupling scheme from Tamworth-Armitage on the West Coast really is a notable event. It is certainly the first main line railway widening scheme in my lifetime. Talking to Bill Hemstock at the December Crewe Meeting, the last such example goes back to 1960/61 when the London Underground quadrupled the Metropolitan line between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Watford South Junction. The last true ‘main line’ example was the section between Swanley-Bickley and the Newington loops in 1957 as part of the North Kent electrification. Staggering! Let us hope that the same treatment for the hopelessly congested West Midlands corridor Coventry- Wolverhampton follows. The December timetable change, in particular the South West Trains and Anglia revamp, have provoked much adverse comment in the press with some journeys now slower than they were in steam days. The SWT changes are aimed at improving the company’s rather indifferent punctuality performance. We wish them well in their quest. On the downside one can’t help think that an opportunity has been missed. I think it is generally agreed that the practice of defensive driving is one of the main causes of loss of time against schedule on suburban stopping services. It seems a pity that a thorough re-evaluation of this technique has gone into the ‘too difficult tray’ rather than acceding to the demands of introducing sometimes unjustifiable extra time within time-honoured schedules. Finally, to the changes in Anglia, or more correctly ‘one’ InterCity. The timetable sees effectively the end of the Norwich express except for a couple of peak hour workings. Under the new guise, the XX00 service calls at Stratford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, Stowmarket and Diss whilst the XX30 calls at Shenfield, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich and Diss. Schedules are generally inflated by around 9 minutes to compensate. Why all the Norwich services have to call at Manningtree when there is an hourly Liverpool St- Harwich service plus a new XX38 to either Lowestoft or Peterborough which could also call is completely beyond me. Progress?: There are already too many journeys in the UK where rail is comfortably beaten by road and is therefore uncompetitive. Let’s not make any more. Nigel Smedley Chairman SOCIETY NOTICES Milepost 25 ¾ - 219 - January 2005 PUBLICATION OF MILEPOST Milepost is published in April, July, October, and January. If you have not received your copy by the end of the month of publication it may have gone astray. Requests for replacements of missing or defective copies should be directed please to BRUCE NATHAN and not to the Editor. REPRESENTING THE SOCIETY The RPS is always keen to be represented at special media-type occasions. However, we do ask that anyone wishing to do this should do so with the express agreement of the Committee. Should the opportunity arise for any member or in exceptional circumstances, friend of a member, to do this please can contact be made with the Secretary (either by telephone or e-mail) setting out the circumstances of the occasion. Please give us at least one week in advance of the occasion. SUBMITTING ARTICLES Submissions may be sent as attachments to an email or by post as documents on a CD or diskette or as a printed document. If sending a diskette or CD, please enclose a hard copy of the article; this helps if file(s) are unreadable for any reason. Please send all submissions to the editor whose contact details are in the inside front cover of Milepost. The editor will normally acknowledge email submissions within a few days, and always within 3 weeks. If sending by post and you wish to have a receipt, please enclose an SAE for reply. If you wish any material/CD/diskette to be returned, please clearly state this. Milepost 23 ¾ gave detailed guidelines for submissions. The editor is happy to supply these, on request by email or by post. Please note that page margins are critical: one inch or 2.54cm top, bottom, left and right. FASTEST TIMES Please send all contributions to David Sage. Please note new e-mail address: [email protected] This is with the following exceptions: John Heaton for Voyagers, 180s, Pendolinos and 222s. Bill Long for DB material. Please, where practicable, also copy claims and logs to Lee Allsopp, for the Society database, and to Martin Robertson for material for the Fastest Times articles. In general the closing date for submissions will be the third week of the month preceding publication. David Sage January 2005 HISTORIC FASTEST TIMES Any corrections, new records, or offers of routes for the 2005 issue should be sent to me at [email protected], or by post to 24 Walmesley Road, Eccleston, St. Helens, Lancs., WA10 5JT. Contributions for GWR main line steam records would be especially welcome for Milepost 25 ¾ - 220 - January 2005 inclusion in the steam sections of future issues. All the available data, including many routes not included in the printed version, can be viewed on the internet. View the index at web address www.bevanprice.freeuk.com/rps45581hft.htm. You will need the free Adobe pdf file viewer on your computer. Bevan Price DISTANCE CHARTS UK Distance Charts Included with this edition of Milepost is release 37 of the UK Distance Charts, continuing with the philosophy of reviewing existing charts at the same time as adding new charts. Choosing which chart to work on and release next is based upon several factors - age of existing chart, known changes, availability of information to build the chart, likely use of the chart, requests from members for particular charts, etc. If you have a need for a particular chart that isn't currently available then just let me know and I will try to accommodate.
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