24th June 2017

UK Railtours
The Liverpool Docker

Locos Used 66100 & 66177
Stock Used 21269+3120+3066+1691+3068+3123+3121+3149+1832+4927+4946+4949

Route :
1Z75 : Reading to Liverpool Bulk Terminal
1Z76 : Liverpool Bulk Terminal to Reading

Loco(s) Route
66177 (1) Reading - Twyford - Maidenhead - Slough - Southall - Ealing Broadway - Acton West (3) - Acton Main Line - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Canal Wharf - Willesden No.7 Jn - Wembley Yard South Jn - Sudbury Jn - Wembley Central - (via WCML, Northampton & Trent Valley) - Basford Hall Jn - Basford Hall S.S.M. - Salop Goods Jn - Crewe Coal Yard - Winsford - Hartford Jn - Acton Bridge - Weaver Jn - Acton Grange Jn - Walton Old Jn - [via 'The Hole'] - Warrington Bank Quay - Winwick Jn - Earlestown - St Helens Junction - Rainhill - Huyton - Olive Mount Jn - Edge Lane Jn - Bootle Jn - Regents Road LC - Seaforth Container Terminal [Middle Line]
66100 (2) Seaforth Container Terminal [Middle Line] - Regents Road LC
66177 (1) Regents Road LC - Liverpool Bulk Terminal [Loading Line]
66100 (2) Liverpool Bulk Terminal [Loading Line] - Regents Road LC - Bootle Jn - Edge Lane Jn - Bootle Branch Jn - Edge Hill Down Wapping [Up Wapping Siding]
66177 (1) Edge Hill Down Wapping [Up Wapping Siding] - Edge Hill InterCity Depot - Wavertree Jn - Liverpool South Parkway - Ditton East Jn - Fiddlers Ferry - Arpley Jn - Latchford Sidings
66100 (2) Latchford Sidings - Arpley Jn - Arpley Sidings - Walton Old Jn - Acton Grange Jn - (via WCML, Trent Valley & Weedon) - Wembley Central - (reverse of outward route) - Reading

Notes :
(1) 66100 on rear.
(2) 66177 on rear.
(3) Believed to be the first railtour to use the 'Dive Under' at Acton West.
(4) Nicholas Braddick notes this to be the first passenger charter train to visit to both branches of the Peel Ports of Liverpool Docks
complex.

Sources : Mark Herriott, David Lodwick, Nick Bartlett (all on the tour throughout),
Stuart Hicks & Nicholas Braddick

Photo Review


66177 at Stafford on the outward leg of the tour (photo: Nick Bartlett)


66100 at Crewe on the return leg of the tour (photo: Nick Bartlett)


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Mark Herriott, David Lodwick & Nick Bartlett)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Reading 06.42d [P14] 06.42 [P14]   22.31a [P12] 22.33 [P12] 471.49
? Kennet Bridge Jn 06/45 [UR] 06/45 [UR]   22/29 [DR] 22.28 ~ 22.30 [DR] ?
4.77 Twyford 06/50 [P4] [UR] 06/48 [P4] [UR]   22/21 [P3] [DR] 22/20 [P3] [DR] 466.52
11.59 Maidenhead 06/58 [P4] [UR] 06/56 [P4] [UR]   22/15 [P3] [DR] 22/14 [P3] [DR] 459.70
17.42 Slough 07.06a ~ 07.10d [P5] [UR] 07.03 ~ 07.09 [P5] [UR]   22.04a ~ 22.08d [P4] [DR] 22.04 ~ 22.07 [P4] [DR] 454.07
? Dawley Loop 07*22 ~ 07*29 [UGL] 07.22 ~ 07.26 [UGL]   - - -
24.53 Heathrow Airport Jn 07/31 [UR] 07/30 [UR]   21/57 [DR] 21/56 [DR] 446.76
26.72 Southall 07/34 [P4] [UR] 07/34[P4] [UR]   21/53 [DR] 21/54 [DR] 444.57
29.37 West Ealing 07/37½ [UR] 07/37 [UR]   21/49 [DR] 21/52 [DR] 442.12
30.22 Ealing Broadway 07.39a ~ 07.41d [P4] [UR] 07.40 ~ 07.41 [P4] [UR]   21.44a ~ 21.47d [P3] [DR] 21.48 ~ 21.50 [P3] [DR] 441.27
? Acton West 07/44 [Dive Under] 07/44 [Dive Under]   21/43 [DR] 21/46 [DR] ?
31.57 Acton Main Line 07/46 [P4] [UR] 07/46 [P4] [UR]   21/40 [DR] 21/44 [P3] [DR] 439.72
32.29 Acton Wells Jn 07/49 07/48   21/38 21/38 439.20
32.69 Acton Canal Wharf 07/51 07/51   21/36 21/36 438.60
33.24 Willesden No.7 Jn 07*54 ~ 08*10 [UR] 07/54 [UR]   21/33 21/35 438.25
? Wembley Yard South Jn 08/15 [DR] 07.59 ~ 08.07 [DR]   21/31 [UR] 21/31 ?
34.51 Sudbury Jn 08/16 [DS] 08.11 ~ 08.14 [DS]   21/30 [UR] 21C27 ~ 21C30 [UWR] 436.78
- Willesden Sig.WM830&934 - -   21C26 ~ 21C28 [UR] 21/24 [DWR] ?
35.43 Wembley Central 08/20 [P5] [DS] 08/18 [P5] [DS]   21/21 [P6] [UR] 21/23 [P6] [U&DWR] 436.06
38.69 Harrow & Wealdstone 08/24 [P5] [DS] 08/22 [P5] [DS]   21/17 [P6] [US] 21.16 ~ 21.17 [P6] [US] 432.60
44.74 Watford Junction 08.31a ~ 08.35d [P8] [DS] 08.31 ~ 08.35 [P8] [DS]   21.09a ~ 21.11d [P9] [US] 21.06 ~ 21.09 [P9] [US] 426.55
? Bourne End Jn 08/44 [DS] 08/44 [DS]   21/01 [US] 20/57 [US] ?
59.12 Tring 08/53 [P3] [DS] 08/51 [DS]   20/56 [P5] [US] 20/53 [P5] [US] 412.37
65.55 Ledburn Jn 08/59 [DS] 08/56 [DS]   20/50 [US] 20/48 [US] 405.74
74.05 Bletchley 09/06 [P3] [DS] 09/06 [P3] [DS]   20/42 [P4] [US] 20/40 [P4] [US] 397.44
? Denbigh Hall North Jn ? ?   20/37 [UF-US] 20/37 [UF-US] ?
77.24 Milton Keynes Central 09.11a ~ 09.14d [P3] [DS] 09.11 ~ 09.14 [P3] [DS]   20.26a ~ 20.34d [P4] [UF] 20.31 ~ 20.33 [P4] 394.25
84.06 Hanslope Jn 09/21 [DS] 09/22 [DS]   20/19 [UF] 20/24 [UF] 387.43
93.27 Northampton 09/31 [P2] 09/33 [P2] [DNF]   - - -
102.65 Long Buckby 09/42 09/44   - - -
? Daventry North Jn 09/47 09/49   - - -
- Weedon - -   20/08 20/14 374.34
? Hillmorton Jn 09/50 09/52   19/59 20/03 ?
112.26 Rugby 09.52a ~ 10.00d [P2] 09.55 ~ 10.01 [P2]   19.55a ~ 19.57d [P5] 19.57 ~ 20.01 [P5] 361.50
? Trent Valley Jn 10/02 [DS] 10/02   19/53 [US] 19/55 [US] ?
? Newbold Jn ? 10/04   ? ? ?
117.58 Brinklow 10/08 [DF] 10/08 [DF]   ? 19/50 [US] ?
? Attleborough Jn 10/15 [DS] 10/15 [DS]   ? 19/42 [US] ?
126.76 Nuneaton 10/17 [P2] [DS] 10/16 [P2] [DS]   19/40 [UR] [US] 19/40 [P5] [US] 347.00
? Amington Jn 10/28 [DS] 10/26 [DS]   19/26 [UF-US] 19/27 [UF-US] ?
146.09 Lichfield North Jn 10/37 [DS] 10/33 [DS]   19/18 [UF] 19/20 [UF] 327.67
154.08 Rugeley North Jn 10/45 [DS] 10/39 [DS]   19/11 [UF] 19/13 [UF] 319.68
156.74 Colwich 10/53 [DF] 10/41 [DF]   19/07 [UF] 19/11 [UF] 317.02
- Whitehouse Jn - -   19/03 [US-UF] 19/08 [US-UF] 313.43
? Trent Valley Jn ? ?   18/59 [US] 19/04 [US] ?
163.29 Stafford 10.59a ~ 11.05d [P3] [DS] 10.49 ~ 11.05 [P3] [DS]   18.54a ~ 18.57d [P4] [US] 18.59 ~ 19.02 [P4] [US] 310.47
168.31 Searchlight Lane Jn 11/11 [DS] 11/11 [DS]   - - -
- Norton Bridge - -   18/47 [US] 18/53 [US] 305.18
179.60 Madeley 11/21 [DS] 11/19 [DS]   18/38 [US] 18/44 [US] 294.16
186.02 Basford Hall Jn 11/29 [IL] 11/28 [DFI]   18/32 [US] 18/37 [US] 287.74

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
187.10 Crewe Basford Hall S.S.M. 11/34 [IL] 11.32 ~ 11.33 [DFI]
187.59 Salop Goods Jn 11/41 [IL] 11/39 [DFI-DLI]
188.44 Crewe Coal Yard 11/46 [DS] 11/46 [DS]
195.27 Winsford 11/57 [DF] 11/55 [DF]
200.41 Hartford Jn 12/03 [DS] 11/59
202.24 Acton Bridge 12*06 ~ 12*09 [DF] 12/01
205.06 Weaver Jn 12/15 12/03
210.10 Acton Grange Jn 12/20 [OL] 12/09 [DH]
211.14 Walton Old Jn 12/25 [via The Hole] 12.14 ~ 12.31 [Line 1, via The Hole]
212.02 Warrington Bank Quay 12/45 [DS] 12/40 [DS]
? Dallam Jn ? 12/42 [DS]
215.38 Winwick Jn 12/51 12/45
217.05 Earlestown 12/54 [P3] 12/47 [P3] [D&UGL]
219.66 St Helens Junction 12/58 [P2] 12/52 [P2]
222.64 Rainhill 13/01 12/55
226.06 Huyton 13/05 [P1] [FL] 12/57 [P1]
226.42 Roby 13/08 [P1] 12/58 [P1]
228.79 Olive Mount Jn 13/13 13/01
229.42 Edge Lane Jn 13/15 13/03
233.76 Bootle Jn 13/29 13/18
234.50 Regents Road LC 13t32 ~ 13t34 13.19 ~ 13.30
? Seaforth Container Terminal ? 13.55 ~ 14.04 [Middle Line]
? Regents Road LC ? 14.22 ~ 14.27
? Strand Road LC ? 14.?? ~ 15.00
235.42 Liverpool Bulk Terminal 13.45a ~ 15.15d 15.08 ~ 15.17 [Loading Line]
236.34 Regents Road LC 15t25 ~ 15t27 15.26 ~ 15.28
237.08 Bootle Jn 15/31 15/32
241.42 Edge Lane Jn 15/45 15/45
241.79 Bootle Branch Jn 15/46½ 15/47
242.20 Edge Hill SB 15/48½ 15/48
242.35 Edge Hill Down Wapping 15.53 ~ 16.08 15.51 ~ 16.09 [Up Wapping Sdg]
242.50 Edge Hill InterCity Depot 16.14 ~ 16.19 [U&DTS] 16.14 ~ 16.15 [U&DTS]
243.45 Wavertree Jn 16/25 [US] 16/23 [US]
246.48 Liverpool South Parkway 16/30 [P3] [US] 16/30 [P3] [US]
251.58 Ditton East Jn 16/35 16/36
255.67 Fiddlers Ferry SB 16/45 16/45
259.30 Arpley Jn 16/55 16/53
260.52 Latchford Sidings 17.00 ~ 17.15 16.57 ~ 17.07 [Up Latchford Sdg]
261.74 Arpley Jn 17/20 17/10
? Arpley Sidings 17/28 [Line 9] [Shunt Neck 3] 17/16 [Line 9] [Shunt Neck 3]
262.62 Walton Old Jn 17/31 [OL] 17/19 [UH]
263.66 Acton Grange Jn 17/33 [UF] 17.24 ~ 17.32
268.70 Weaver Jn 17/39 [UF] 17/39
271.52 Acton Bridge 17/42 [US] 17/42 [P1] [US]
273.35 Hartford Jn 17*46 ~ 17*50 [UF] 17.45 ~ 17.48 [UF]
278.49 Winsford 17/56 [UF] 17/54 [UF]
285.32 Crewe Coal Yard 18/05 [UF] 18/02 [UF-DS]
286.10 Crewe 18.08a ~ 18.28d [P12] [US] 18.04 ~ 18.33 [P12]

Timings continue in first table.

Associated E.C.S. Moves

5Z75 : (66177 with 66100 on rear) : Eastleigh Arlington to Reading
5Z76 : (66100 with 66177 on rear) : Reading to Eastleigh Arlington

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Eastleigh Arlington 05.05d 23.57a
Eastleigh 05/10 23/52
Winchester 05/18 23/45
Worting Jn 05/33 23/31
Basingstoke 05*36 ~ 05*46 23*18 ~ 23*26
Bramley 05/52 23/08
Southcote Jn 06/01 22/59
Oxford Road Jn 06/06 22/56
Reading Sig.T1728 06*10 ~ 06*23 -
Reading 06.25a [P14] 22.51d [P12]


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