800002 North Pole IEP Depot to Swindon test train 5X60 at London Paddington

800002 departs from platform 1 of London Paddington leading 800001 with wheels squealing sounding to me not unlike a Pacer 142 going round a corner.

 

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;

North Pole Iep Depot........2049.............2113.....................24L

Ladbroke Grove.................2052............2117.....................25L

London Paddington .........2055/2103..2122/2130 3/4..27L

Ladbroke Grove.................2107..............2136....................29L

Old Oak Common East.....2108..............2137 1/4..............29L

Old Oak Common West...2108 1/2.......2137 3/4.............29L

Friars Junction....................2108 1/2.......2138....................29L

Acton West..........................2110...............2139....................29L

Hanwell Bridge Loop........2111 1/2.........2141.....................29L

Southall East Junction......2112...............2141 1/2..............29L

Southall [STL]......................2112...............2142 1/4.............30L

Southall West Junction....2112 1/2........2142 1/4.............29L

Hayes & Harlington ..........2113...............2143 1/2..............30L

Heathrow Airport Jn..........2113...............2144.....................31L

Slough [SLO].......................2118...............2147 1/2..............29L

Maidenhead [MAI].............2121...............2150 1/2.............29L

Twyford [TWY]....................2124..............2153 1/2.............29L

Kennet Bridge Junction...2128..............2156 1/2.............28L

Reading [RDG]....................2129 1/2.......2157 1/2..............28L

Reading High Level Jn.....2130..............2158....................28L

Goring & Streatley ............2134 1/2.......2205 1/2.............31L

Moreton Cutting.................2138 1/2.......2211 1/4..............32L

Didcot East Junction.........2139 1/2.......2212 1/4.............33L

Didcot Parkway [DID]........2139 1/2.......2214 3/4.............35L

Foxhall Junction.................2140..............2216 3/4............37L

Milton Junction...................2140 1/2.......2218 1/2.............38L

Steventon............................2141...............2220 1/4............39L

Wantage Road....................2143..............2223 3/4...........40L

Challow................................2145..............2226....................41L

Uffington (Oxfordshire)......2146..............2228...................42L

Swindon [SWI].....................2153..............2242...................49L

 

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