BLUE PULLMAN – TECHNICAL DETAILS
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BLUE PULLMAN DIAGRAMS 1961
1962 FULL WEST MIDLANDS BLUE PULLMAN DIAGRAM
BLUE PULLMAN DIAGRAMS 1968 -1969
Power Units -2 xNBL/MAN L12V18/21BS -2 x 1,000 bhp (742 kW)
Starters
WESTERN REGION
STAFFORD ROAD DEPOT (84A) (WOLVERHAMPTON’S FORMER GWR STEAM SHED, CLOSED IN 1963).
Circuit No. 1(Monday to Friday)
Power at Rail 2 x 733 h.p.(2 x 547kW)
French Fried Scampi–Tartare
Diagram 1 06.40 Swansea High Street –London Paddington (arr. 10.15) 16.55 London Paddington –Swansea High Street (arr. 20.40) Diagram 2 08.15 Bristol Temple Meads –London Paddington (arr.10.10) 12.45 London Paddington –Bristol Temple Meads (arr.14.45) 15.15 Bristol Temple Meads –London Paddington (arr.17.15) 17.45 London Paddington –Bristol Temple Meads (arr.19.40)
Mondays to Fridays
08.20 Bristol Temple Meads -Paddington 10.45 Paddington –Bristol Temple Meads 13.15 Bristol Temple Meads -Paddington 17.40 Paddington –Bristol Temple Meads Forms 1
Frontviewofa power car after being outshopped at the Metropolitan Cammel WorksinBirmingham.
AUTHOR’SCOLLECTION
Maximum Tractive Effort -45,000lb (x2) -200.2 kN x 2
RainbowTrout –Amandine
Diagram 3 07.00 Wolverhampton –London Paddington (arr. 09.35) 10.10 London Paddington –Birmingham New Street (arr.12.05) 13.00 Birmingham New Street –London Paddington (arr.14.55) 16.50 London Paddington –Wolverhampton (arr. 19.20) LONDON MIDLAND REGION Diagram 1 08.50 Manchester Central-StPancras (arr.12.03) 12.45 St Pancras -Leicester (arr.14.10) 14.33 Leicester -St Pancras (arr.16.00) 18.10 St Pancras -Manchester Central(arr.21.21)
06.42 Cannock Road Sidings –Wolverhampton Low Level(arr.06.50) 07.00 Wolverhampton Low Level –Paddington (arr. 09.30) 10.00 Paddington –Birmingham Snow Hill (arr.12.05) 1.00 Birmingham Snow Hill –Paddington (arr.14.55) 16.50 Paddington –Wolverhampton Low Level (arr. 19.25) 19.30 Wolverhampton Low Level –Cannock Road FP (arr.19.30) 20.35 Cannock Road FP –Cannock Road Sidings (arr. 20.40)
Circuit No. 2(Monday to Friday)
Continuous Tractive Effort -25,000lb (x2) -111.2 kN x2
LobsterMayonnaise
08.20 Bristol Temple Meads -Paddington 12.15 Paddington –Oxford 16.15 Oxford -Paddington 17.40 Paddington –Bristol Temple Meads Forms 2
LAST year saw the 60th anniversary of the entry into service of the Blue Pullman luxury trains, adistinctive fleet of diesel electric multiple units introduced by British Railways tocounter the growing competitive threat of the motor car and domestic air travel.
Main Generators -GEC WT.882
Mains
Circuit No. 3(Monday to Friday)
The ordering, funding, design and building of the Blue Pullman sets was a complex process with a number of official bodies and manufacturers involved. The ownership of the sets was shared between the British Transport Commission (BTC) and the Pullman Company, with different sections of the trains owned by each body, or shared, and staff employed by separate companies.