7th September 2014

GBRf
AC/DC Highway to Hampshire

Locos Used 73109, 73207, 92028 'Saint Saëns' & 92038 'Voltaire'
Stock Used 35469+21269+3097+3066+1651+3123+3069+3068+3120+1691+3110+3121

Route : 1Z50 throughout

Locos Route
92028 + 92038 (2) Crewe - Alsager - Kidsgrove - Stoke-on-Trent - Colwich Jn - Tamworth LL - Rugby
92028 + 92038 Rugby - Northampton - Milton Keynes Central - Watford Junction - Wembley Central - Wembley Yard [Willesden Up Relief Line]
73207 + 73109 Wembley Yard [Willesden Up Relief Line] - Sudbury Jn - Wembley Yard South Jn - Willesden No.7 Jn - Willesden WL Jn - Mitre Bridge Jn - North Pole Jn - Kensington Olympia - Latchmere Jn - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Richmond - Twickenham - Feltham - Staines - Virginia Water - West Byfleet - Woking - Farnborough Main - Basingstoke

Notes : 
(1) This tour was an E.C.S. move from Crewe to Eastleigh, and was made available to the public to raise funds for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
(2) 92038 was dead-in-train from Crewe to Rugby.
(3) Delayed near Harrow & Wealdstone, due to road vehicle striking a railway bridge.


92028 & 92038 at Crewe before departure (photo: Joe Loughlin)


73207+73109 on arrival at Basingstoke (photo: Nick Bartlett)

Source : Nick Bartlett (on the tour from Rugby)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Nick Bartlett & Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual
Crewe 11.53d [P1] 11.55
Crewe North Staffs Jn 11/56½ [UDP] 11/57
Barthomley Jn 12/00 12/01
Alsager 12/04 12/04
Kidsgrove 12/09½ 12/09
Stoke-on-Trent 12.19a ~ 12.21d [P1] 12.20 ~ 12.22
Stoke Jn 12/22½ 12/24
Stone 12/29½ 12/30
Colwich Jn 12/40½ [US] 12/40
Rugeley North Jn 12/44½ [US] 12/42
Lichfield North Jn 12/51 [US] 12/48
Tamworth LL 12.58a ~ 13.00d 12.54 ~ 12.59
Amington Jn 13/01 [US] 13/01
Nuneaton 13/14 [US] [P5] [US] 13/11
Trent Valley Jn 13/26 [SL] 13/23
Rugby 13.29a ~ 13.35d [SL]  [P5] [FL] 13.25 ~ 13.35 [P6]
Hillmorton Jn 13/36½ 13/37
Daventry North Jn 13/39½ 13/39
Long Buckby 13/46 13/43
Northampton 13/59 [UM] 13/55 [UM]
Hanslope Jn 14/09½ [US] 14/02 [US]
Milton Keynes Central 14.17a ~ 14.21d [US] [P1] [US] 14.09 ~ 14.21 [US] [P1] [US]
Bletchley 14/25 [US] [P4] [US] 14/25 [US] [P4] [US]
Ledburn Jn 14/34 [US] 14/31 [US]
Tring 14/42 [US] [P5] [US] 14/39 [US] [P5] [US]
Bourne End Jn 14/48½ [US] 14/46 [US]
Watford Junction 14.56a ~ 14.58d [US] [P9] [US] 14.54 ~ 14.58 [US] [P9] [US]
Harrow & Wealdstone 15/04 [US] 15/19 [US]
Wembley Central 15/07 [UR] 15/24 [US] [P6] [U&DWR]
Wembley Yard [Willesden Sig.WM830&934] 15L12 ~ 15L38 [UWR] 15L29 ~ 16L03 [UWR]
Sudbury Jn 15/39 [GL] 16/04
Wembley [Sig.WM781/783] 15.45 ~ 15.50 ?
Harlesden Jn 15/51½ DIV
Willesden North Jn 15/53 DIV
Willesden No.7 Jn DIV 16/10 [UWR]
Willesden WL Jn 15/54 16/11
Mitre Bridge Jn 15/55 16/12
North Pole Jn 15/57 16/12½
Kensington Olympia 16/01 [P3] 16/16 [P3]
Latchmere Jn 16/08 16/21
Clapham Junction 16.11a ~ 16.16d [P6] [DS] 16.23 ~ 16.25 [P6] [DS]
Barnes 16/28 [P4] 16/29 [P4]
Richmond 16/33 [P1] 16/33 [P1]
Twickenham 16/37 [P5] 16/35 [P5]
Whitton Jn 16/40 16/37
Feltham Jn 16/40½ 16/38
Feltham 16.42a ~ 16.44d [P2] 16.41 ~ 16.43 [P2]
Staines 16/49½ [P2] 16/49 [P2]
Virginia Water 16/57 [P4] 16/57 [P4]
Addlestone Jn 17/08 17/04
Byfleet & New Haw 17/09 [DS] 17/07 [DS]
Woking 17.14a ~ 17.16d [P4] [DF] 17.14 ~ 17.16 [P4] [DF]
Woking Jn 17/17 [DF] 17/17 [DF]
Pirbright Jn 17/21 17/22 [DF]
Farnborough Main 17/24 [DF] 17/24 [DF]
Fleet 17/26½ [DF] 17/26 [DF]
Basingstoke 17.35a [DF] [P2] 17.35 [DF] [P2]


Associated E.C.S. Working

5Z52 : (73207 + 73109) : Basingstoke to Eastleigh T&RSMD

Location Booked
Basingstoke 17.39d [P2]
Worting Jn 17/43
Winchester 17/57
Shawford Jn 18/00
Eastleigh 18.06 ~ 18.08
Eastleigh T&RSMD 18.18a


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