Back to "The Railtour Files"14th February 2009
Railtourer
The Settle & Carlisle
Thunderer
| Locos Used | 47760, 47804 & 47854 |
| Stock Used | 4973+4951+1861+99672+99676+99674+99677+99127+99671+99675+99679+99125+99371 |
Route:
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 47854 (1) | Huntingdon - Grantham (2) |
| 47760 (3) | Grantham - Doncaster - Shaftholme Jn (4) - Knottingley - Knottingley South Jn - (4) Pontefract Monkhill Goods Jn - Crofton East Jn - Turners Lane Jn - Hellifield |
| 47760 (5) | Hellifield - Carlisle |
| 47804 (6) | Carlisle - Doncaster - (7) - Retford - Huntingdon |
Notes :
(1) 47760 on rear.
(2) 47854 failed at Grantham with fire bells ringing and was shut-down. The
run-round of 47760 from the rear to the front took an hour.
(3) Plus 47854 dead-in-tow.
(4) Booked route was: Doncaster to Temple Hirst/Gascoigne Wood and thence back
to Knottingley, Crofton and Turners Lane, but the train from Shaftholme direct
to Knottingley to "save time".
(5) Plus 47854 dead-in-tow & 47804 on rear.
(6) 47760 on rear.
(7) The journey between Doncaster and Retford was enlivened by a broken down
NXEC train which necessitated wrong line working from north of Ranskill to
Retford.
Source : Steve Leader
Back to "The Railtour Files"