nicktamarensis Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Hello, I have a c.1964 photograph of a Hymek passing Reading on a westbound parcels service with code '3C07' showing in the indicator panel. Does anyone know which service this is please? Many thanks. Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted December 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2017 Hello Nick The Passenger Train Working Book for Paddington from 10 September 1962 shows 3C07 as Paddington to Plymouth via Bristol train. Brian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 There is this on Flickr, taken by Pobrien of this parish, which confirms Brians post https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/15887140826/in/photolist-qcTKvJ-qcTKpG-92x2k8-qcTKt9-qcTKuS-qcTKxh-qcTKx7/ cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) 1.30pm Paddington to Plymouth parcels and parcel post. Time and details as of winter 63/64 timetable. Edited December 21, 2017 by TheSignalEngineer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) In those days the 3C07 was a regular for test and crew training runs on the newly delivered Hydraulics, there are quite a few published shots of shiny new Westerns, Warships and Hymeks working it. Edited December 21, 2017 by Rugd1022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2017 In those days the 3C07 was a regular for test and crew training runs on the newly delivered Hydraulics, there are quite a few published shots of shiny new Westerns, Warships and Hymeks working it.And the BRCW Lion if I remember correctly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicktamarensis Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 Many thanks chaps for all the info. Much appreciated. Cheers, Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pobrien Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Another photo of 3C07 about to leave Bristol Temple Meads https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/5268223585 Patrick 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2017 In those days the 3C07 was a regular for test and crew training runs on the newly delivered Hydraulics, there are quite a few published shots of shiny new Westerns, Warships and Hymeks working it. It was a Swindon out & back working although the manning might not have been entirely Swindon men. The loco on trial came up from Swindon in the morning (possibly a Cheltenham train?) and then worked back down with 3C07 in the afternoon coming off at Swindon - great way to see that latest ex-works diesel hydraulic and always know to the spotters at Reading as 'the three o'clock parcels'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Yes I'd say it started off on an up Cheltenham Mike, I think we've discussed it before in another thread somewhere. There's a wonderful shot of D1000 resplendent in Desert Sand having its headcode wound up to show '3C07' in the parcels platform at Paddington ready for a run back to Swindon in December '61, one of several official shots taken that day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 D1003 at Swindon immediately after having worked 3C07 down from Paddington in March 1962... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 That second photo is Maybach heaven - thanks Nidge! David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2017 Yes I'd say it started off on an up Cheltenham Mike, I think we've discussed it before in another thread somewhere. There's a wonderful shot of D1000 resplendent in Desert Sand having its headcode wound up to show '3C07' in the parcels platform at Paddington ready for a run back to Swindon in December '61, one of several official shots taken that day. I well remember the day, a rather murky one, when I positioned myself at Twyford in order to attempt to get a pic of D1000 which was reported as being on the train that week (its first week out of Swindon). Definitely a 'thousand' on the train but alas - in my view at that time - the wrong sort as the number did not have a 'D' prefix. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 (edited) Apologies for the awful scans Mike, but here's D1000 passing Didcot on 3C07... And D1002 on 24th March 1962... Edited December 24, 2017 by Rugd1022 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 It was a Swindon out & back working although the manning might not have been entirely Swindon men. The loco on trial came up from Swindon in the morning (possibly a Cheltenham train?) and then worked back down with 3C07 in the afternoon coming off at Swindon - great way to see that latest ex-works diesel hydraulic and always know to the spotters at Reading as 'the three o'clock parcels'. The train was the 7.50 am Taunton to Paddington which attached a Cheltenham portion and a fresh loco at Swindon. We spotters at Acton Main Line used to rely on it to learn the name of the latest Warship. Chris 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicktamarensis Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 The train was the 7.50 am Taunton to Paddington which attached a Cheltenham portion and a fresh loco at Swindon. We spotters at Acton Main Line used to rely on it to learn the name of the latest Warship. Chris Hi Chris, So it wasn't a Paddington - Plymouth service mentioned earlier in this thread? Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 9, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2018 Hi Chris, So it wasn't a Paddington - Plymouth service mentioned earlier in this thread? Nick. If I've got it right, the Up train was a bit of a complex one. It ran from Taunton as a Class 2 as far as Weston-s-m then became 1A30 to Paddington. The 8.50? Cheltenham to Swindon Class 2 arrived just before it. That was attached to the Taunton train together with a new loco and that went to Paddington. The loco then worked back on 3C07. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicktamarensis Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 If I've got it right, the Up train was a bit of a complex one. It ran from Taunton as a Class 2 as far as Weston-s-m then became 1A30 to Paddington. The 8.50? Cheltenham to Swindon Class 2 arrived just before it. That was attached to the Taunton train together with a new loco and that went to Paddington. The loco then worked back on 3C07. Ah, that's it. Thanks very much. My photo is of a down train passing Reading - so I assume it's on its way to Plymouth via Bristol? Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 That is correct, and a very long way it was too. In the summer 1961 timetable, according to the carriage working programme, it left Paddington at 2 pm and was due into Plymouth at 1.50 am the next day. It called at Reading to attach and detach vans, at Didcot to detach vans, at Swindon to detach van and attach empty milk tanks, at Bristol to attach and detach vans, and at Taunton and Newton Abbot to detach vans. No doubt it also called at other centres to handle traffic not entailing the attachment and detachment of vans. It is at times like this that a sight of a contemporary WTT would come in very handy. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicktamarensis Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 That is correct, and a very long way it was too. In the summer 1961 timetable, according to the carriage working programme, it left Paddington at 2 pm and was due into Plymouth at 1.50 am the next day. It called at Reading to attach and detach vans, at Didcot to detach vans, at Swindon to detach van and attach empty milk tanks, at Bristol to attach and detach vans, and at Taunton and Newton Abbot to detach vans. No doubt it also called at other centres to handle traffic not entailing the attachment and detachment of vans. It is at times like this that a sight of a contemporary WTT would come in very handy. Chris Thanks very much for this extra info Chris. That was quite a job! Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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