16th July 2005

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Bluebirds on Tour

Locos Used 73204, 73206, 66715 & 87012
Stock Used 21246+4998+4991+4956+4999+5002+5005+1680+3141+3147+3120+3097+21269

Route:
1Z93 : Victoria to Willesden Junction
1Z94 : Willesden Junction to Victoria

Loco(s) Route
66715 London Victoria - Stewarts Lane Jn - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Ascot - Reading General - Didcot Parkway - Oxford - Tyseley - Birmingham New Street - Wolverhampton - Stafford
87012 (1) Stafford - (via WCML) - Wembley Central - (slow to fast via underpass) - Willesden Junction (Up Low Level Goods)
73204 + 73206 (1) Willesden Junction (Up Low Level Goods) - Longhedge Jn - Brixton - Tonbridge - Maidstoen West - Strood - Hoo Jn - Dartford - Lewisham - Stewarts Lane Jn - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) 66715 on rear.
(2) Tour was originally advertised to run from Clapham Junction via Acton Wells Jn, West Ruislip, High Wycombe, Banbury & Tyseley to Bescot Yard but this was changed following the tunnel collapse at Gerrards Cross. Late notified engineering works meant a routing via Dudley Port rather than Bescot. After Stafford the train was advertised to run Stone, Kidsgrove, Crewe (reverse) and Stafford but there was no time to do this as the path onto the SR had to be maintained.


87012 heads through Berkhamsted (photo: Janet Cottrell)


...whilst 66715 brings up the rear (photo: Janet Cottrell)

Sources : Janet Cottrell, Charlie Baldwin, Jon Condell & Michael Proudfoot

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from various including Jon Condell & Janet Cottrell)

Location Booked Actual
London Victoria 08.25d 08.25 [P2]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/28 ?
Stewarts Lane Jn 08/31 ?
Longhedge Jn 08/34 ?
Clapham Junction 08/38 08/42
Barnes 08/47 08/47
Richmond 08/51 08/51
Twickenham 08/55 08/53
Feltham Jn 09/00 ?
Feltham 09/02 08/57
Staines 09/12 09/02
Virginia Water 09/19 09/10
Ascot 09/26 09/17
Wokingham 09/35 09/32
Earley 09/42 ?
Reading Spur Jn 09/47 09/43
Reading New Jn 09*49a ~ 10*00d ?
Reading 10/01 09/57
Reading West Jn 10/03 ?
Didcot East Jn 10/29 ?
Didcot Parkway 10/31 10/17
Didcot North Jn 10/39 10/19
Kennington Jn 10/47 ?
Oxford 10/50 10/28
Wolvecot Jn 10/53 10/31
Heyford 11/01 10/38
Aynho Jn 11/06 10/43
Banbury 11/13 10/47
Fenny Compton 11/20 10/55
Leamington Spa 11/30 11/05
Hatton 11/38 11/12
Dorridge 11/44 11/19
Tyseley 11/57 11/29
Small Heath South Jn 11/58 11/30
Bordesley Jn 11/59 11/33
St. Andrews Jn 12/06 11/40
Proof House Jn 12/10 11/44
Birmingham New Street 12.13a ~ 12.16d 11.46 ~ 12.15
Soho South Jn 12/21 12/20
Galton Jn 12/23 12/22
Dudley Port 12/27 12/26
Wolverhampton 12/35 12/33
Wolverhampton North Jn 12/37 12/35
Bushbury Jn 12/39 12/37
Stafford No.4 12/54 ?
Stafford 12L56a ~ 13L18d 12.50a - 13.18d [P6]
Whitehouse Jn 13/24 13/21
Colwich Jn 13/27 13/25
Armitage Jn 13/32 13/30
Lichfield Trent Valley LL 13/36 13/35
Tamworth (Low Level) 13/41 13/40
Nuneaton 13/52 13/51
Rugby Trent Valley Jn 14/05 14/03
Rugby 14/07 14/06
Hillmorton Jn 14/09 14/08
Long Buckby 14/19 14/17
Northampton 14/35 14/37
Hanslope Jn 14/45 14/46
Milton Keynes Central 14/53 14/53
Bletchley 14/58 14/58
Ledburn Jn 15/08 15/12
Tring 15/14 15/13
Bourne End 15/19 15/19
Watford Junction 15/28 15/30
Harrow & Wealdstone 15/35 15/35
Wembley Central 15/40 15/39
Willesden West London Jn 15/42 15/44
Mitre Bridge Jn 15L45a ~ 16L23d 15.47 ~ 16.20
North Pole Jn 16/25 16/23
Kensington Olympia 16/28 16/25
Latchmere Jn 16/34 16/31
Longhedge Jn 16/37 ?
Factory Jn 16/42 ?
Voltaire Road Jn 16/43 16/43
Shepherds Lane Jn 16/44 ?
Brixton 16/45 16/45
Herne Hill 16/46 16/47
Beckenham Junction 16/51 16/53
Shortlands Jn 16/53 16/54
Bickley Jn 17/00 16/59
Petts Wood Jn 17/02 17/01
Orpington 17/20 17/16
Sevenoaks 17/30 17/25
Tonbridge 17/40 17/33
Paddock Wood 17/49 17/40
Wateringbury 17/56 ?
East Farleigh 18/00 ?
Maidstone West 18/17 18.14a ~ 18.17d
Cuxton 18/28 ?
Strood 18/37 18/36
Hoo Jn 18/44 18/43
Gravesend 18/53 18/51
Dartford 19/09 19/10
Dartford Jn 19/10 ?
Crayford Creek Jn 19/13 ?
Barnehurst 19/16 19/19
Eltham 19/23 19/26
Blackheath 19/28 ?
Lewisham 19/34 19/32
Nunhead 19/37 19/38
Crofton Road Jn 19/40 19/40
Denmark Hill 19/41 ?
Voltaire Road Jn 19/44 19/45
Factory Jn 19/44 19/46
Stewarts Lane Jn 19/47 ?
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 19/52 ?
London Victoria 19.55a 19.55


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