Malcolm Smith's

TRAIN  WORKING  NOTES

 

BRITISH RAIL

- Exeter to Brighton -

 

This was a Saturday Only service between Exeter and Brighton with one train each way. The trains were hauled by class 33 locomotives, usually in pairs. According to the carriage Working Notice of 1980-81, the stock comprised an 8 RMB set which in the summertime was augmented with three additional TSO's and a BSK.

 
References to these workings can be found in :-

Passenger Timetables:  1980-1981;
Working Timetables:  1980-1981;
Carriage Working Notices:  1980-1981
Photo album:  Numerous
Observations:  2/12/78;  9/12/78;  23/8/80;  30/8/80;
Books:  BR Blue No.1 : Southampton and the New Forest - pages 4; 27-28;
:  Locomotive Profile : Class 33 'Cromptons' - page 60
:  Profile of the Class 50's - plate 50;
:  Rail 6 Portfolios : The Cromptons - pages 42; 37;
:  Southern Rails in the 1980's - page 79
:  The Power of the 33's - plates 1; 129; 132; 133; 135; 136; 198;
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