29th June & 1st July 2002

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Royal Deeside

Locos Used 66099 & 86243

Route:
1Z89 : London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
1Z91 : Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
1Z18 : Aberdeen to Berwick-upon-Tweed
1Z19 : Berwick-upon-Tweed to London Kings Cross

Date Loco Route
29/06 86243 Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Edinburgh Waverley
29/06 66099 Edinburgh Waverley - Haymarket - Dalmeny - Inverkeithing - Kirkcaldy - Ladybank - Leuchars - Dundee - Arbroath - Montrose - Stonehaven - Aberdeen
01/07 66099 Aberdeen - (reverse of outward route) - Edinburgh Waverley
01/07 86243 Edinburgh Waverley - (via ECML) (2) - Kings Cross

Notes:
(1) Sunday was a touring day inc Balmoral, Ballater Station and Crathie church.
(2) Break taken at Berwick-upon-Tweed for visit to Bamburgh Castle.
(3) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings.

Sources : Scott Spencer, David Ross & Malcolm Newman

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Malcolm Newman)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Kings Cross 08.18d 20.32a 523.46
2.41 Finsbury Park 08/22 20/26 521.05
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/24 20/23 518.48
12.57 Potters Bar 08/34 20/15 510.69
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/41 20/05 503.21
23.73 Woolmer Green 08/50 20/02 499.53
27.45 Stevenage 08.53a ~ 08.55d 19.55a ~ 19.57d 496.01
31.74 Hitchin 09/00 19/49 491.52
44.10 Sandy 09/09 19/41 479.36
58.70 Huntingdon 09/25 19/25 464.56
69.26 Holme 09/41 19/17 454.20
76.29 Peterborough 09.48a ~ 09.50d 19.10a ~ 19.11d 447.17
84.64 Tallington 10/01 18/57 438.62
99.61 Stoke Jn 10/12 18/39 423.65
105.38 Grantham 10/17 18/32 418.08
109.56 Barkston South Jn 10/19 18/28 413.70
120.08 Newark North Gate 10/32 18/21 403.38
138.49 Retford 10/43 18/10 384.77
152.00 Loversall Carr Jn 10/52 18/02 371.46
155.77 Doncaster 10/54 17/58 367.49
160.16 Shaftholme Jn 10/57 17/53 363.30
169.16 Temple Hirst Jn 11/02 17/45 354.30
174.75 Hambleton North Jn 11/10 17/42 348.51
182.79 Colton Jn 11/17 17/37 340.47
188.40 York 11c29 ~ 11c31 17c29 ~ 17c31 335.06
190.11 Skelton Jn 11/34 17/26 333.35
198.00 Tollerton Jn 11/43 17/19 325.46
210.56 Thirsk 11/54 17/12 312.70
218.36 Northallerton 12/02 17/07 305.10
232.50 Darlington 12/14 16/59 290.76
244.57 Ferryhill South Jn 12/23 16/50 278.69
254.53 Durham 12/34 16/42 268.73
268.02 King Edward Bridge 12/46 16/21 255.44
268.56 Newcastle 12/50 16/19 254.70
270.50 Heaton South Jn 12/54 16/13 252.76
285.26 Morpeth 13/03 16/02 238.20
303.45 Alnmouth 13/15 15/50 220.01
319.13 Belford 13/25 15/40 204.33
335.56 Berwick-upon-Tweed 13/35 12.00a ~ 15.28d 187.70
345.78 Reston 13/42 11/48 177.48
351.78 Grantshouse 13/47 11/39 171.48
364.07 Dunbar 13/58 11*17 ~ 11*25 159.39
375.32 Drem 14*06 ~ 14*13 11/07 148.14
386.77 Monktonhall Jn 14/28 10/52 136.49
389.53 Portobello Jn 14/31 10/50 133.73
393.12 Edinburgh Waverley 14.37a ~ 17.43d 10L28 ~ 10L46 130.34
394.31 Haymarket 17/47 10/22 129.15
402.14 Dalmeny Jn 17/55 10/12 121.32
406.24 Inverkeithing 18/04 09*57 ~ 10*03 117.22
413.22 Burntisland 18/14 09/46 110.24
419.02 Kirkcaldy 18/22 09/35 104.44
423.74 Thornton North Jn 18/32 09/27 99.52
432.20 Ladybank 18/45 09/17 91.26
437.62 Cupar 18/51 09/09 85.64
444.00 Leuchars 18/59 09/02 79.46
449.48 Tay Bridge South 19/07 08/56 73.78
452.03 Dundee Central Jn 19/16 08/50 71.43
452.27 Dundee 19*20 ~ 19*32 08/49 71.19
453.05 Camperdown Jn 19/36 08/46 70.41
463.19 Carnoustie 19/44 08/35 60.27
469.29 Arbroath 19/55 08/39 54.17
480.63 Usan 20/06 08/20 42.63
482.78 Montrose 20/08 08/18 40.48
493.18 Laurencekirk 20/16 08/10 30.28
501.77 Carmont 20/24 ? ?
507.33 Stonehaven 20/30 07/58 16.13
523.46 Aberdeen 20.47a 07.45d 0.00


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