1st - 4th September 2009

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The Winton Train

Locos Used at least steam: 60163 'Tornado', DRG 01.1075, DB 41.018, DB 41.360, CD 486.007 & ˇSR 498.022

Route :

Date Headcode Loco(s) Route
01/09 ? 486.007 + 498.022 Prague Hln - Furth-im-Wald - Nürnberg
02/09 ? 41.018 Nürnberg - Wiesbaden (2) - Linz-am-Rhein
02/09 ? 41.018 + 41.360 Linz-am-Rhein - Cologne
03/09 ? 41.018 + 41.360 Cologne - Emmerich-am-Rhein
03/09 ? 01.1075 Emmerich-am-Rhein - Arnhem - Rotterdam - Hook van Holland
03/09-04/09 - Ferry 'Stena Britannica' Hook van Holland - Harwich International
04/09 1Z70 60163 Harwich International - Mistley - Manningtree - (via GEML) - London Liverpool Street

Notes :
(1) Route confirmation required. This train was run as a tribute to Sir Nicholas Winton who, between March and September 1939, organised eight trains to transport a total of 699 mainly Jewish Czech refugee children from Czechoslovakia to Britain. This train carried some of those original children and was met at Liverpool Street by Sir Nicholas Winton himself.
(2) Reported that booked route was via Frankfurt-am-Main, but train was diverted.
(3) The following steam locomotives are understood to have been used;
486.007 & 498.022 in Czech Republic
41.018 & 41.360 in Germany
01.1075 in The Netherlands

Sources : various including Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Nick Bartlett)

4th September (day 4)

Location Booked
Harwich International 09.12d
Mistley 09/25
Manningtree 09/30
Colchester 09/42
Marke Tey 09/46
Witham 09/53
Chelmsford 10/01
Shenfield 10/11
Gidea Park 10/17
Ilford 10/23
Forest Gate Jn 10/25
Stratford 10/27
Bow Jn 10/29
Bethnal Green 10/33
Liverpool Street 10.37a [P10]


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