28th December 2013

UK Railtours
The Road to Hull

Locos Used 60020, 67005 'Queen's Messenger' & 92015
Stock Used

5341+4927+5292+1832+3120+3069+3097+1691+3066+3119+35469

Route :
1Z50 : London Kings Cross to Deepcar
1Z51 : Deepcar to Hull
1Z52 : Hull to London Kings Cross

Loco(s) Route
92015 (1) London Kings Cross - Potters Bar - Stevenage - Peterborough - Grantham - Newark North Gate - Retford
60020 (1) Retford - Thrumpton West Jn - Worksop - Shireoaks - Brancliffe East Jn - Woodhouse Jn - Woodburn Jn - Deepcar [NR Boundary]
67005 (2) Deepcar [NR Boundary] - Woodburn Jn - Woodhouse Jn - Brancliffe East Jn - Worksop [Up Dep. No.1]
60020 (1) Worksop [Up Dep. No.1] - Brancliffe East Jn - Maltby Colliery SB - Firbeck Jn - St Catherine's Jn - Kirk Sandall Jn - Hatfield & Stainforth - Thorne Jn - Goole - Gilberdyke - Brough - Hull
67005 (2) Hull - Brough - Gilberdyke - Goole - Thorne Jn - Hatfield & Stainforth - Doncaster [TWG2] - Bridge Jn - Doncaster Royal Mail Terminal
92015 (1) Doncaster Royal Mail Terminal - Decoy South Jn - Loversall Carr Jn - Retford - (reverse of outward route) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) 67005 on rear.
(2) 60020 on rear.

Source : David Lodwick & Nick Bartlett (both on the tour throughout).

Photo Review


92015 waiting to leave Kings Cross (photo: Nick Bartlett)


60020 departing Retford (photo: Roger Geach)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from David Lodwick & Nick Bartlett)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 London Kings Cross 08.18d [P7] 08.18 [P7]   21.24a [P2] 21.56 [P6] 450.39
? Belle Isle 08/20 [FL1] 08/20 [FL1]   21/21 [FL1] 21/54 [FL1] ?
2.41 Finsbury Park 08/22 [P5] [DF] 08/22 [P5] [DF]   21/17 [P4] [UF] 21/51 [P4]  447.78
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/24 [DF] 08/24 [DF]   21/14 [UF] 21/49 [UF] 445.41
? New Barnet 08/29 [P4] [DS] 08/27 [P3] [DF]   ? ? ?
12.57 Potters Bar 08.33a ~ 08.36d [P4] [DS] 08.32 ~ 08.35 [DF-DS] [P4]   21.05a ~ 21.08d [P2] [UF] 21.40 ~ 21.42 [P2] [UF] 437.62
? Marshmoor - -   ? [US-UF] ?
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/44 [P3] [DS] 08/46 [P3] [DS]   20/59 [UF] 21/29 [P2] [US] 430.14
? Digswell Jn 08*46 ~ 08*47 08/47   ? 21/28 [US] ?
23.73 Woolmer Green Jn 08/50½ [DF] 08/49 [DF]   20/56 21/22 426.46
27.45 Stevenage 08.54a ~ 08.57d [P3] [DF] 08.53 ~ 08.57 [P3] [DF]   20.49a ~ 20.52d [P1] [UF] 21.12 ~ 21.15 [P1] [US] 422.74
31.74 Hitchin 09/01 [DF] 09/01 [DF]   20/44 [P1] [US] 21/07 [P1] [US] 418.45
44.10 Sandy 09/10 [DF] 09/09 [DF]   20/36 [UF] 20/53 406.29
58.70 Huntingdon 09/19 [DF] 09/20 [DF]   20/26 [UF] 20/41 [UF-US] [P2] 391.49
? Connington South Jn 09/25 ?   20/20 [UF] 20/33 [UF] 383.36
69.26 Holme Jn 09/26 [DF] 09/26   ? ? ?
76.29 Peterborough 09.33a ~ 09.36d [P4] [DS] 09.35 ~ 09.39 [P4] [DS]    20.09a ~ 20.12d [P2] [UF] 20.21 ~ 20.25[P2] [UF] 374.10
? Helpston Jn  09/44 [DS] 09/47 [DS]   20/01 [US] 20/14 [US] ?
84.64 Tallington Jn 09/48 [DS] 09/51 [DS]   19/57 [US] 20/11 [US] 365.55
99.61 Stoke Jn 10/01 10/04   19/44 [US] 19/59 [US] 350.58
105.38 Grantham 10/06 [P2] 10/08 [P2]   19/40 [P1] 19/55 [P1] 345.01
115.27 Claypole 10/13 10/15   19/33 19/48 335.12
120.08 Newark North Gate 10/16½ [P1] 10/18 [P1]   19/29½ [P2] 19/45 [P2] 330.31
120.63 Newark Flat Crossing 10/17 10/19   19/29 19/44 329.56
138.49 Retford 10L31a ~ 10L49d [P2] 10L33 ~ 10L51   19/16 19/32 [UM] 311.70

 

M.C. Location Booked Actual
139.50 Thrumpton West Jn 10/53 10/55
146.20 Worksop 11C02a ~ 11C03d [P1] 11C04 ~ 11C05 [P1]
147.16 Shireoaks East Jn 11/06 11/07
148.22 Shireoaks 11/08 11/08
149.19 Brancliffe East Jn 11/10 ?
151.25 Kiveton Park 11/13 11/11
156.22 Woodhouse Jn 11/19 11/17
160.49 Woodburn Jn 11/26 11/25
169.43 Deepcar 11.56a ~ 12.10d 11.45 ~ 12.01 [NR Boundary]
178.37 Woodburn Jn 12/40 12/24
182.64 Woodhouse Jn 12/45 12/29
187.61 Kiveton Park 12/52 12/36
189.67 Brancliffe East Jn 12/54 12/38
190.64 Shireoaks 12/56 12/39
191.70 Shireoaks East Jn 12/57 12/43
192.50 Worksop 13.00a ~ 13.20d [Down Loop] 12.46 ~ 13.17 [Up Dep No.1]
193.30 Shireoaks East Jn 13/23 13/20
194.36 Shireoaks 13/25 13/22
195.33 Brancliffe East Jn 13/28 13/25
198.50 Dinnington Jn 13/37 13/34
204.64 Maltby Colliery SB 13*53 ~ 14*00 13.53 ~ 13.57
206.53 Firbeck Jn 14/05 14/03
210.50 St Catherine's Jn 14/13 14/10
216.02 Kirk Sandall Jn 14/26 [UF] 14/26 [UF]
219.18 Hatfield & Stainforth 14C31 ~ 14C33 14/30
220.66 Thorne Jn 14/37 14.33 ~ 14.38
229.64 Goole 14/47 [P1] 14/49 [P1]
236.41 Gilberdyke 14/55 [P1] 14/58 [P1]
242.79 Brough 15/03 [P1] 15/06 [P1]
251.43 Hessle Road Jn 15/15 15/16
253.37 Hull 15.20a [P7] ~ 17.10d [P7] 15.22 [P7] ~ 17.09 [P7]
255.31 Hessle Road Jn 17/15 ?
263.75 Brough 17/25 [P2] 17/23 [P2]
270.33 Gilberdyke  17/33 [P2] 17/32 [P2]
277.10 Goole 17/40 [P2] 17/41 [P2]
286.08 Thorne Jn 17/56 17/53
287.56 Hatfield & Stainforth 17/58 17/56
? Bentley Jn 18/05 18.05 ~ 18.15
294.42 Doncaster 18/14 [UF] 18/19 [TWG2]
295.01 Bridge Jn 18/16 [WSL] 18/21 [D/UWS2]
296.26 Decoy North Jn 18/19 18/27 [D/UWS1]
296.49 Doncaster RMT 18L21a ~ 19L01d 18L26 ~ 19L14
? Decoy South Jn 19/03 [DLF] 19/16 [DLF]
298.39 Loversall Carr Jn 19/06 19.20 ~ 19.22

Timings continue in first table.
 
Associated E.C.S. & Light Engine Workings

27/12/13 : 5M61 : (66127) : Eastleigh T&RSMD to Wembley Yard
30/12/13 : 5O61 : (Cl.67?) : Wembley Yard to Eastleigh T&RSMD

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Eastleigh T&RSMD 21.26d 12.50a
Eastleigh 21/36 12/36
Winchester 21/43 12/27
Basingstoke 22/00 12/06
Woking 22/40 11/34
Virginia Water 23/04 11/09
Staines 23/16 10/59
Feltham 23/23 10/55
Brentford 23/31 10/44
Clapham Junction 23/46 10/28
Latchmere Jn 23/49 10/26
Kensington Olympia 23/55 10/14
North Pole Jn 00/01 10/09
Mitre Bridge Jn 00/02 10/07
Willesden WL Jn 00/12 10/05
Willesden No.7 Jn 00/15 10/03
Wembley Yard 00.23a 09.53d

28/12/13 : 
5Z50 : (92015 with 67005 on rear) : Wembley Yard to Hornsey
5Z50 : (67005 with 92015 on rear) : Hornsey to London Kings Cross
5Z52 : (67005 with 92015 on rear) : London Kings Cross to Hornsey
5Z52 : (92015 with 67005 on rear) : Hornsey to Wembley Yard

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Wembley Yard 06.19d 23.32a
Harlesden Jn 06/30 23/19
Willesden WL Jn - 23/16
Camden Jn - 23/13
Gospel Oak 06/55 -
Camden Road Jn 06/58 23/10
York Way North Jn 07/02 23/03
Copenhagen Jn 07/03 23/02
Holloway South Jn 07/05 22/59
Finsbury Park 07/09 22/57
Hornsey Sig. K440 07.14 ~ 07.35 22.16 ~ 22.50
Finsbury Park 07/42 22/11
Holloway South Jn  07/47 22/07
London Kings Cross 07.51a [P7] 22.03d [P2]

28/12/13 : 0Z51 : (60020) : Doncaster to Retford

Location Booked
Doncaster LIP 09.33d
Loversall Carr Jn 09/44
Retford 10.01 ~ 10.06
Thrumpton West Jn 10.11 ~ 10.39
Retford 10.44a [P2]

28/12/13 : 0Z50 : (92015) : Retford to Doncaster RMT

Location Booked
Retford 10.36d [P2]
Babworth Loop 10*39 ~ 10*58
Loversall Carr Jn 11/10
Doncaster RMT 11.14a


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