11th December 2010

UK Railtours
The Grassington Dickensian Festival

Locos Used at least 67022 & 67023
Stock Used 9x mixed mark 1/2's

Route :
1Z48 : Guildford to Skipton
1Z50 : Skipton to Guildford

Loco(s) Route
67023 (1) Guildford - Woking - Byfleet & New Haw - Addlestone Jn - Virginia Water - Staines - Feltham - Twickenham - Richmond - Barnes - Clapham Junction - Kensington Olympia - Mitre Bridge Jn - Willesden Junction HL - Gospel Oak - Camden Road - Camden Road Jn - Copenhagen Jn - (via ECML) - Doncaster - Adwick - Hare Park Jn - Crofton West Jn - Calder Bridge Jn - Turners Lane Jn - Altofts Jn - Methley Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Whitehall Jn - Shipley - Keighley - Skipton
67022 (2) Skipton - (reverse of outward route) - Crofton West Jn (3) - Pontefract Monkhill - Knottingley West Jn - Shaftholme Jn - (3) Doncaster - (reverse of outward route) - Guildford

Notes :
(1) 67022 on rear.
(2) 67023 on rear.
(3) Booked route on the return was the reverse of outward, however due to a power failure at Doncaster and a queue of trains from Hare Park Jn to Doncaster the train was re-routed.
(4) Some sources reported the outward leg as 1Z49 though this is believed to be in error.

Sources : Nick Bartlett, Gordon Lacy & Dave Lodwick

Photo Review


67023 led 67022 north of Claypole on the outward leg (photos: Gordon Lacy)


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Nick Bartlett)

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Guildford 06.15d 23.56a
Woking 06.25a ~ 06.27d 23.44a ~ 23.46d
Byfleet & New Haw 06/30 23/40
Addlestone Jn 06/32 23/37
Virginia Water 06/39 23/28
Staines 06.47a ~ 06.49d 23.17a ~ 23.18d
Feltham 06/53 23/11
Feltham Jn 06/55 23/09
Whitton Jn 06/57 23/08
Twickenham 07/03 23/06
St Margarets 07/04 ?
Richmond 07/06 23/01
Barnes 07/09 22/55
Clapham Junction 07.15a ~ 07.17d 22.47a ~ 22.49d
Latchmere Jn 07/20 22/43
Kensington Olympia 07.26a ~ 07.28d 22.33a ~ 22.35d
North Pole Jn 07/34 22/28
Mitre Bridge Jn 07/41 22/27
Willesden Junction HL 07/48 22/24
Kensal Green Jn 07/51 22/22
Gospel Oak 08/02 22/12
Camden Road 08/07 22/01
Camden Road Jn 08/09 22/00
York Way Jn 08/11 21/51
Copenhagen Jn 08/15 21/44
Holloway Jn 08/17 21/40
Finsbury Park 08.20a ~ 08.22d 21.35a ~ 21.37d
Alexandra Palace 08/30 21/29
Potters Bar 08.42a ~ 08.44d 21.15a ~ 21.19d
Welwyn Garden City 08/52 21/04
Woolmer Green Jn 08/55 21/00
Stevenage 08.58a ~ 09.00d 20.54a ~ 20.56d
Hitchin 09/05 20/50
Sandy 09/14 20/39
Huntingdon 09/24 20/26
Connington South Jn - 20/17
Holme LC 09/34 -
Peterborough 09/42 20/10
Helpston Jn 09/48 -
Tallington 09/53 20/04
Stoke Tunnel 10.09 ~ 10.11 19/54
Grantham 10/17 19/49
Claypole 10/24 19/42
Newark Northgate 10/28 19/38
Retford 10/42 19/24
Loversall Carr Jn 10/54 19/15
Doncaster 10.59 ~ 11.01 19.08 ~ 19.10
Adwick 11/06 19/03
Hare Park Jn 11/19 18/52
Crofton West Jn 11/39 18/49
Calder Bridge Jn 11/41 18/47
Turners Lane Jn 11/45 18/44
Altofts Jn 11/49 18/40
Methley Jn 11/50 18/38
Stourton Jn 12/01 18/31
Engine Shed Jn 12/03 18/22
Whitehall Jn 12.09 ~ 12.16 18.03 ~ 18.17
Armley Jn 12/18 18/01
Apperley Jn 12/24 17/54
Shipley 12/31 17/49
Keighley 12/39 17/38
Skipton 12.54a 17.25d


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