1st November 2003

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Cracoe Jack

Locos Used 56049, 56133 & 90040
Stock USed 17015+3114+3127+1696+3124+5007+5023+4986+1832+5027+5482+6311

Route:
1Z50 : Kings Cross to Rylstone to Skipton
1Z51 : Skipton to Kings Cross

Loco(s) Route
90040 London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Loversall Carr Jn - line adjacent to Doncaster RMT
56049 (2) line adjacent to Doncaster RMT - Doncaster - Adwick - Hare Park Jn - Oakenshaw Jn - Turners Lane Jn - Altofts Jn - Methley Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Whitehall Jn - Shipley - Keighley - Skipton - Skipton Middle Jn
56133 (1) Skipton Middle Jn - Rylstone
56049 (2) Rylstone - Skipton Middle Jn
56133 (1) Skipton Middle Jn - Skipton
56133 + 56049 Skipton - (reverse of outward route) - Methley Jn - Castleford - Milford Jn - Gasciogne Wood Jn - Hambleton West Jn - Selby West Jn - Selby Canal Jn - Temple Hirst Jn - Doncaster
90040 Doncaster - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) 56049 on rear.
(2) 56133 on rear.

Sources : various including Daniel Bound, Alan Sheppard & John Clifford

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Daniel Bound & Alan Sheppard)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Kings Cross 08.18d 08.18   21.05a 20.55 155.77
0.55 Belle Isle 08/20 08/20   21/02 20/53 155.2
2.41 Finsbury Park 08/22 08/22   20/58 20/50 153.36
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/24 08/24   20/56 20/48 150.79
12.57 Potters Bar 08.30a ~ 08.34d 08.30 ~ 08.34   20.48a ~ 20.50d 20.40 ~ 20.42 143.20
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/41 08/40   20/42 20/35 135.52
21.20 Digswell Jn 08/47 08/41   - - -
23.73 Woolmer Green Jn 08/49 08/44   20/40 20/33 132.04
27.45 Stevenage 08.53a ~ 08.55d 08.47 ~ 08.55   20.32a ~ 20.35d 20.28 ~ 20.29 128.32
31.74 Hitchin 09/00 09/00   20/26 20/21 124.03
44.10 Sandy 09/09 09/09   20/18 20/11 111.67
58.70 Huntingdon 09/25 09/22   20/09 20/03 97.07
- Connington South - -   20/03 19/57 88.74
69.26 Holme LC 09/32 09/30   - - -
76.29 Peterborough 09.38a ~ 09.40d 09.37 ~ 09.40   19.54a ~ 19.56d 19.49 ~ 19.51 79.48
81.56 Helpston Jn 09/47 09/50   - - -
84.64 Tallington Jn 09/54 09/53   19/47 19/41 71.13
99.61 Stoke Tunnel 10/08 10/12   19/38 19/33 56.16
105.38 Grantham 10/22 10/18   19/34 19/30 50.39
109.56 Barkston South Jn 10/25 10/21   19/31 19/27 46.21
120.08 Newark Northgate 10/31 10/30   19/24 19/22 35.69
138.49 Retford 10/43 10/42   19/13 19/11 17.28
152.00 Loversall Carr Jn 10/52 10/52   19/04 19/01 3.77

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
153.35 Doncaster Decoy South Jn 10/55 10.54a ~ 10.55d
153.53
0.00		 Doncaster RMT (sig S249) 10L59a ~ 11L21d 10.58 ~ 11.21
1.24 Doncaster 11.26a ~ 11.28d 11.28 ~ 11.31
5.19 Adwick 11/34 11/36
6.12 Adwick Jn 11/35 11/37
11.21 South Kirkby Jn 11/42 11/41
17.20 Hare Park Jn 11/48 11/48
18.49 Crofton West Jn 11/51 11/51
19.61 Calder Bridge Jn 11/54 11/55
20.31 Turners Lane Jn 11/56 11/57
23.53 Altofts Jn 12/02 12/02
25.10 Methley Jn 12/04 12/04
32.73 Engine Shed Jn 12/16 12/11
33.25 Whitehall Jn 12/17 12/13
- Armley Jn 12/18 12/15
39.50 Apperley Jn 12/24 12/22
43.16 Shipley Dockfield Jn 12/29 12/28
43.42 Shipley 12/31 12/29
49.57 Keighley 12.38a ~ 12.40d 12.36 ~ 12.39
58.72 Skipton 12.52a ~ 12.54d 12.53 ~ 12.59
59.08
0.00		 Skipton Middle Jn 12.57a ~ 13.07d 13.02 ~ 13.07
9.09
0.00		 Rylstone 13.52a ~ 14.07d 13.48 ~ 13.59
9.09
0.00		 Skipton Middle Jn 14.45a ~ 14.55d 14.45 ~ 14.51
0.16
0.00		 Skipton 15.00a ~ 16.43d 14.54 ~ 16.43
9.15 Keighley 16.55a ~ 16.57d 16.56 ~ 16.58
15.30 Shipley 17/05 17/05
15.56 Shipley Dockfield Jn 17/06 17/06
19.22 Apperley Jn 17/10 17/09
- Armley Jn 17/17 17/15
25.47 Whitehall Jn 17/18 17/16
25.79 Engine Shed Jn 17/31 17/17
33.62 Methley Jn 17/42 17/30
34.73 Whitwood Jn 17/44 17/33
35.78 Castleford 17/49 17/38
41.70 Milford Jn 17/55 17/48
43.28 Gascoigne Wood Jn 17/58 17/52
46.21 Hambleton East Jn 18/02 17/55
49.19 Selby West Jn 18/05 18/01
49.51 Selby Canal Jn 18/07 18/03
54.14 Temple Hirst Jn 18/12 18/10
63.14 Shaftholme Jn 18/19 18/17
67.33
0.00		 Doncaster 18L24a ~ 18L43d 18.28 ~ 18.48

Timings continue in first table.

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