DCB Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 I had a book from Swindon Library some years ago with a lot of detailed info on Summer Saturday loco workings on the GWR line to Devon and Cornwall. It was not the David St John Thomas book, I have a copy of that, but I can't remember the title of this other book. Can anyone suggest what it might have been? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) The Day of the Holiday Express: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Day-Holiday-Express-Richard-Woodley/dp/0711023948 It focuses on traffic movements for a specific summer Saturday in 1960 and gives loco numbers for most of the trains involved. Edited September 8, 2017 by Nick Gough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2017 If there is a particular period or date you need details of, I can check Dad's loco spotting log books. Apart from living on the Bristol & Exeter mainline, he often went down to Exeter and we had a holiday in Dawlish one summer. You can see the sort of details he recorded on these pages. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/4148-john-sutters-loco-logs-ref-bournemouth-services/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley739 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) Could be "Westen Change - Summer Saturdays in th West 1957-1995" published by RCTS, some dog eared copies still available on their website for a fiver. Tom Robertson Edited September 8, 2017 by Caley739 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) I nominate "Western Change" by Paul Chancellor, published by the RCTS. One or two entries are not convincing, such as references to trains starting from Dartmouth ... Chris EDIT - see above. Great minds think alike Edited September 8, 2017 by chrisf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley739 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Another couple of possibilties are "Operation Cornwall" and "Operation Torbay" both by W S Becket, publisher Xpress Publishing. Both detail passenger workings in Summer 1957. Tom Robertson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted September 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) Possibly "Main Lines to the West" by Simon Rocksborough-Smith, (Ian Allan, 1981, ISBN 0 7110 1117 6). It contains chapters on Summer Saturdays for both the WR and SR Routes. John Edited September 8, 2017 by Dunsignalling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) The Day of the Holiday Express: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Day-Holiday-Express-Richard-Woodley/dp/0711023948 It focuses on traffic movements for a specific summer Saturday in 1960 and gives loco numbers for most of the trains involved. That sounds very much like it. I shall look on the Swindon Library Website / Ebay etc Many thanks. Just ordered The Day of the Holiday Express from Ebay, £ 2.80 inc postage. Many thanks to all who posted suggestions. Edited September 8, 2017 by DavidCBroad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted September 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2017 Faint recollection, there was a book by O.S.Nock, "British Railways in action", with a chapter on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted September 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 8, 2017 That sounds very much like it. I shall look on the Swindon Library Website / Ebay etc Many thanks. It's very cheap on Amazon, £3:20 inc postage. I may have just purchased one at that price, too good to miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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