1st December 2012

NENTA Traintours
Yorkshire's Christmas Festivities

Locos Used 47760 & 47854 'Diamond Jubilee'
Stock Used 9496+6000+5928+6115+1201+3326+3313+3350+99678+3392+3395

Route :
1Z39 : North Walsham to Skipton
1Z40 : Skipton to North Walsham

Loco(s) Route
47760 (1) North Walsham - Hoveton & Wroxham - Norwich
47854 (2) Norwich - Diss - Ipswich
47760 (1) Ipswich - Stowmarket - Bury St Edmunds - Ely - March - Peterborough - (via ECML) - Temple Hirst Jn - Hambleton South Jn - Hambleton West Jn - Gascoigne Wood Jn - Sherburn Jn - Church Fenton - Colton Jn - York
47854 (2) York - Colton Jn - Church Fenton - Micklefield - Leeds - Shipley - Keighley - Skipton
47760 (1) Skipton - Keighley - Shipley - Whitehall Jn - Engine Shed Jn - Methley Jn - Whitwood Jn - Castleford - Milford - Church Fenton - Colton Jn - York
47854 (2) York - Colton Jn - Hambleton North Jn - Temple Hirst Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Ipswich
47760 (1) Ipswich - Diss - Norwich
47854 (2) Norwich - Hoveton & Wroxham - North Walsham

Notes:
(1) 47854 on rear.
(2) 47760 on rear.
(3) There were off-train options to visit the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway or Grassington Dickensian Festivities.

Source : Mark Herriott

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Mark Herriott)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
North Walsham 04.55d ?   00.40a 00.40
Hoveton & Wroxham 05.08a ~ 05.10d 05.03 ~ 05.10   00.21a ~ 00.24d 00.24 ~ 00.28
Whitlingham Jn 05/21 05/20   00/10 00/10
Thorpe Jn 05/25 ?   00/06 ?
Norwich 05.27a ~ 05.34d 05.25 ~ 05.35   23.57a ~ 00.05d 23.56 ~ 00.06
Thorpe Jn 05/35 ?   23/56 ?
Trowse Swing Bridge Jn 05/36 ?   23/55 ?
Trowse Jn 05/37 05/38   23/54 23/52
Diss 05.55a ~ 05.57d 05.55 ~ 05.57   23.30a ~ 23.33d 23.31 ~ 23.33
Haughley Jn 06/07 06/10   23/20 23/19
Stowmarket 06/10 06/13   23/17 23/16
East Suffolk Jn 06/21 06/23   23/07 23/05
Ipswich 06.23a ~ 06.34d 06.26 ~ 06.35   22.54a ~ 23.05d 22.56 ~ 23.03
East Suffolk Jn 06/36 06/37   22/52 22/52
Stowmarket 06.47a ~ 06.50d 06.48 ~ 06.51   22.36a ~ 22.39d 22.38 ~ 22.41
Haughley Jn 06/56 06/56   22/31 22/33
Bury St Edmunds 07.11a ~ 07.14d 07.12 ~ 07.14   22.11a ~ 22.14d 22.16 ~ 22.18
Kennet 07/27 ?   21/59 ?
Chippenham Jn 07/31 07/28   21/56 22/01
Soham 07/38 07/33   21/48 21/53
Ely Dock Jn 07/52 ?   21/41 ?
Ely 07.54a ~ 07.57d 07.55 ~ 08.03   21.37a ~ 21.40d 21.42 ~ 21.45
Ely North Jn 08/00 08/06   21/34 21/39
March 08.15a ~ 08.18d 08.22 ~ 08.23   21.15a ~ 21.18d 21.22 ~ 21.23
Whittlesea 08/27 08/34   21/05 21/12
Peterborough 08.38a ~ 08.41d 08.42 ~ 08.45   20.52a ~ 20.55d 21.00 ~ 21.04
Helpston Jn 08/48 08/52   - -
Tallington Jn 08/53 08/57   20/40 20/51
Stoke Tunnel 09/09 09/10   20/27 20/38
Grantham 09/17 09/16   20/22 20/33
Claypole 09/24 09/24   20/14 20/26
Newark North Gate 09/29 09/29   20/10 20/22
Retford 09/43 09/45   19/56 20/05
Loversall Carr Jn 09/55 09/54   19/46 19/47
Doncaster 09/59 09/58 [DF]   19/42 19/35
Shaftholme Jn 10/03 10/03   19/31 19/29
Temple Hirst Jn 10/10 10/10   19/25 19/23
Hambleton South Jn 10/15 ?   - -
Hambleton West Jn 10/21 ?   - -
Gascoigne Wood Jn 10/23 10/19   - -
Sherburn Jn 10/25 ?   - -
Hambleton North Jn - -   19/20 19/19
Church Fenton 10/29 10/24 [P2]   - -
Colton Jn 10/41 10/29   19/14 19/13
York 10.48a ~ 11.01d  11.04 ~ 11.14   18.58a ~ 19.07d 19.00 ~ 19.07

 

Location Booked Actual
Colton Jn 11/07 11/20
Church Fenton 11/12 11/25 [P3]
Micklefield 11/17 11/30
Cross Gates 11/21 11/35
Neville Hill West Jn 11/25 ?
Leeds 11/32 11/42
Leeds West Jn 11/33 ?
Whitehall Jn 11/33 11/44
Armley Jn 11.36 ~ 11.46 ?
Apperley Jn 11/54 11/51
Dockfield Jn 12/00 ?
Shipley 12/02 11/57
Keighley 12.10a ~ 12.13d 12.05 ~ 12.09
Skipton 12.25a ~ 17.11d 12.21 ~ 17.09
Keighley 17.22a ~ 17.25d 17.21 ~ 17.25
Shipley 17/32 17/35
Dockfield Jn 17/33 ?
Apperley Jn 17/36 17/39
Armley Jn 17/45 17/45
Whitehall Jn 17/46 17/46
Engine Shed Jn 17.48 ~ 17.53 ? ~ 17.51
Stourton Jn 17/57 ?
Methley Jn 18/04 18/00
Whitwood Jn 18/06 ?
Castleford 18/08 18/05
Milford SB 18/15 18/15
Church Fenton 18/23 18/22
Colton Jn 18/49 18/50

Timings continue in first table.

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