12th January 2006

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Blue Pullman Inaugural Excursion

Blue Pullman series.

Locos Used 47709 'Dionysos' & 47712 'Artemis'
Stock Used 9513+3392+1961+3352+3313+1657+3431+3326

Route: 1Z40 throughout

Loco(s) Route
47712 (1) London Kings Cross - Finsbury Park - Alexandra Palace - Hertford North - Stevenage - Hitchin - Huntingdon - Peterborough
47709 (2) Peterborough - Whittlesea - March - Ely - Cambridge - Royston - Hitchin - (reverse of outward route) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) 47709 on rear.
(2) 47712 on rear.
(3) Originally advertised to run via Potters Bar both ways (out: Hitchin - Cambridge - Peterborough, back: ECML) and with the tour name "The Blue Pullman Launch".


47709 is seen passing Badgeney Road, March (photo: Mark Brammer)


47709 leads past Cambridge Carriage Sidings (photo: Stewart Levett)

Sources : Robert Frise, Solomon Riley & David Clark

Timings (Booked & Actual)
 (from Robert Frise, Solomon Riley, David Clark & Richard Rooker)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 London Kings Cross 11.40d 11.41   15.51a 15.50 182.32
0.64 Belle Isle 11/42 11/42   15/49 15/49 181.48
2.41 Finsbury Park 11/44 11/45   15/45 15/46 179.71
4.78 Alexandra Palace 11/47 11/49   15/43 15/43 177.34
9.69 Gordon Hill 11/54 11/56   15/33 15/32 172.43
13.17 Cuffley 11.58a ~ 12.02d ? ~ ?   15.29a ~ 15.32d ? 169.15
19.48 Hertford North 12/12 12/09   15/17 15/20 162.64
28.16 Langley Jn 12/32 ?   15/07 ? 154.16
29.00 Stevenage 12/37 12/31   15/05 15/10 153.32
33.29 Hitchin 12/43 12/35   15/01 15/04 149.03

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
45.45 Sandy 12/53 12/49
60.25 Huntingdon 13/05 13/04
70.61 Holme LC 13/14 13/14
77.64 Peterborough 13.21a ~ 13.29d 13.26 ~ 13.33
? Peterborough East Jn 13/31 ?
83.73 Whittlesea 13/38 ?
92.58 March 13/47 13/59
106.62 Ely North Jn 14/03 14/12
108.24 Ely 14/06 14/15
108.56 Ely Dock Jn 14/07 ?
122.03 Coldham Lane Jn 14/32 ?
123.02 Cambridge 14/35 14/37
125.51 Shepreth Branch Jn 14/38 ?
136.05 Royston 14/49 14/52
146.27 Letchworth Garden City 14/58 15/00

Timings continue in first table.

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