21st September 2018

GB Railfreight
Out of the Ordinary (Day 2 of 4)

Locos Used 20132 'Barrow Hill Depot', 20311, 66728 'Institution of Railway Operators', 73107' Tracy', 73141 'Charlotte' & 92033
Stock Used 21272+3097+3098+80042+3147+3119+3149+3121+1651+4991+4949+4998

Route : 
1Z20 : London Euston to Wellingborough Up Yard
1Z21 : Wellingborough Up Yard to Tonbridge West Yard
1Z22 : Tonbridge West Yard to Acton Lane Reception Sidings
1Z23 : Acton Lane Reception Sidings to London Waterloo

Loco(s) Route
20311 + 20132 (1) London Euston - Willesden West London Jn - Wembley Central - Watford Junction - Bletchley - Fenny Stratford - Woburn Sands - Ridgmont - Bedford St Johns - Bedford - Wellingborough - Wellingborough  Up Yard
66728 (2) Wellingborough  Up Yard - Wellingborough - Bedford - Luton - St Albans City - Silkstream Jn - Hendon - West Hampstead Thameslink
20311 + 20132 (1) West Hampstead Thameslink - Cricklewood Curve Jn - Dudding Hill Jn - Neasden Jn - Acton Canal Wharf - Acton Wells Jn - South Acton Jn - Kew East Jn - New Kew Jn - Barnes - Clapham Junction - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn - Voltaire Road Jn - Brixton - Canterbury Road Jn - Cambria Jn - Denmark Hill - Nunhead - Lewisham - Blackheath - Eltham - Barnehurst - Perry Street Fork Jn - Crayford Creek Jn - Dartford - Gravesend - Hoo Junction - Strood - Cuxton - Maidstone West - East Farleigh - Wateringbury - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Tonbridge West Yard
73141 + 73107 (2) Tonbridge West Yard - Tonbridge - Tonbridge P.O. Siding - Down Main Sig.AD168X MP30½
20311 + 20132 (3) Down Main MP30½ - Down Fast (Avoiding Royal Mail Terminal) - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Bat & Ball - Otford Jn - Swanley - St Mary Cray Jn - (5) Bickley Jn - Bromley South - Shortlands Jn - Beckenham Junction - Herne Hill - Brixton (5) - Voltaire Road Jn - Factory Jn - Longhedge Jn - Latchmere Jn - Kensington Olympia - North Pole Jn - Mitre Bridge Jn - Willesden West London Jn - Acton Lane Reception Sidings
73141 + 73107 (4) Acton Lane Reception Sidings - Willesden West London Jn - Mitre Bridge Jn - North Pole Jn - Kensington Olympia - Latchmere Jn - West London Jn - Queenstown Road Battersea - Vauxhall - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) 66728 on rear.
(2) 20132 + 20311 on rear.
(3) 73107 + 73141 on rear.
(4) 92033 on rear.
(5) Booked route was St Mary Cray Jn - Chislehurst - Hither Green - Lewisham - Nunhead - Denmark Hill - Brixton.

Sources : Alan Shepard, Peter Drury, Matt Walker & Stuart Hicks (all on the tour)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard & Peter Drury)

Miles

 Location Booked Actual
0.00 London Euston 07.08d [P14] [C] 07.09 [P14] [C]
? Camden South Jn 07/10½ [C] 07/11 [C]
1.49 Camden Jn 07/12½ [DS] 07/13 [DS]
5.33 Willesden West London Jn 07/18½ [DS] 07/19 [DS]
8.09 Wembley Central 07/21 [P5] [DS] 07/21 [P5] [DS]
? Harrow & Wealdstone 07/25 [P5] [DS] 07/24
17.48 Watford Junction 07.31a ~ 07.33d [P8] [DS] 07.34½ ~ 07.37 [P8] [DS]
? Bourne End Jn 07/42 [DS] 07/49
31.70 Tring 07/52 [P3] [DS] 07/58 [P3] [DS]
38.24 Ledburn Jn 07/59 [DS] 08/05½
46.61 Bletchley 08/08 [P5] 08.17 ~ 08.18 [P5]
? Fenny Stratford 08/15 08/21
50.80 Woburn Sands 08/22 [P2] 08/27 [P2]
? Ridgmont 08/27 [P2] 08/31 [P2]
56.69 Millbrook 08/33 08/34½
? Bedford St Johns 08/44 08/44
63.39 Bedford 08/50 [P1] [DS] 08/52 [P1]
? Bedford North Jn 08/52 [DF] 08/53 [US-DF]
70.34 Sharnbrook Jn 09/00 [DF] 09/00½ [DF]
78.92 Wellingborough 09/12 [P1] 09/12 [P1]
79.67
0.00		 Wellingborough Up Yard 09.18 ~ 09.39 09.21 ~ 09.36 [Road 13]
? Wellingborough North Jn ? 09.41½ ~ 09.43½
0.75 Wellingborough 09/44 [P3] [SL] 09/47 [P3]
9.33 Sharnbrook Jn 09/57 [SL] 09/58
? Bedford North Jn 10/06 [DS] 10/10 [DS]
16.08 Bedford 10/08 [P3] [DS] 10/11 [P1]
? Bedford South Jn 10/11 [US] 10/13
25.59 Flitwick 10/20 [P1] [US] 10/22 [P1]
? Harlington 10/23½ [P1] [US] 10/27 [P1]
? Sundon South Jn 10/25 [US] 10/29 [US]
32.59 Leagrave Jn 10/27 [US] 10/31 [US]
35.65 Luton 10/37 [P1] [US] 10/34½ [US]
41.58 Harpenden Jn 10/46½ [US] 10/43½ [US]
46.00 St Albans City 10/56 [P1] [US] 10/50½ [P1]
? Radlett Jn 11/02 [US] 10/57
? Silkstream Jn 11/11½ [UHL] 11/05 [UHL]
58.81 Hendon 11/17 [UHL] 11.10 ~ 11.11 [UHL]
? Brent Curve Jn 11/20 11/16
? Cricklewood Curve Jn 11/22½ 11/21
60.78
0.00		 West Hampstead Thameslink 11.27 ~ 11.37 [DHL] 11.28½ ~ 11.37 [Dn Hendon Sdg]
? Cricklewood Curve Jn 11/42 11/44
? Dudding Hill Jn 11/45 11/47
3.14 Neasden Jn 11/47 11/50½
4.60 Acton Canal Wharf 11/51 11/56
? Acton Wells Jn 11/53 11.58 ~ 12.03
? South Acton Jn 11/59 12/11½
7.61 Kew East Jn 12/01 12/13½
? New Kew Jn 12/04 12/15
10.50 Barnes 12/14½ [P1] [UWS] 12/22½ [P1]
13.66 Clapham Junction 12/23 [P3] 12.32 ~ 12.35 [P3]
14.74 Longhedge Jn 12/26 12/40
? Factory Jn 12/28½ [DA] 12.42½ ~ 12.49 [DA]
15.54 Voltaire Road Jn 12/29½ [DA] 12/51½ [DA]
? Shepherds Lane Jn 12/36 12/53 [DA-DC]
16.65 Brixton 12/37 12/53½ [DC]
? Canterbury Road Jn 12/37½ 12/54 [DC]
? Cambria Jn 12/39 12/56 [DC]
17.75 Denmark Hill 12/41 [P4] 12/56½ [P4]
? Crofton Road Jn 12/56 12/57½
19.53 Nunhead 12/58 [P2] 13/000 [P2]
? Lewisham Vale Jn 13/06 13/05
21.26 Lewisham 13/07 [P4] 13/08 [P4]
22.15 Blackheath 13/13½ [P2] 13/11 [P2]
24.72 Eltham 13/19 [P2] 13/17½ [P2]
29.10 Barnehurst 13/31 [P2] 13/30½ [P2]
? Perry Street Fork Jn 13/33½ 13/33½
? Crayford Creek Jn 13/35½ 13/35½
31.36 Crayford Spur 'A' 13/37½ 13/38
? Dartford Jn 13/38½ [DM] 13/39½ [DM]
? Dartford Station West Jn ? 13.40 ~ 13.44
32.25 Dartford 13/46 [P4] 13/46 [P4]
? Springhead Jn 13/57½ 13/57½
39.04 Gravesend 14/00 [P2] 14/01 [P2]
42.34 Hoo Junction 14/05½ 14/04½
46.24 Strood 14/11½ [P1] 14/10½ [P1]
48.55 Cuxton 14/18 [P2] 14/15½ [P2]
? Aylesford Village LC ? 14.29 ~ 14.31½
57.55 Maidstone West 14/36 [P2] 14/38½ [P2]
? East Farleigh 14/40 [P1] 14/44 [P1]
62.35 Wateringbury 14/46 [P1] 14/48½ [P1]
67.50 Paddock Wood 14/55 [P2] 14/57 [P2]
72.78 Tonbridge 15/04 [UF] 15/05 [UM]
73.48
0.00		 Tonbridge West Yard 15L09 ~ 15L32 15.10½ ~ 15.41 [Sdg 3]
0.50 Tonbridge 15/35 [DF] 15/43½ [DF]
? Tonbridge Down Loop 15/37 15/45 [DF-DS]
1.58 Tonbridge P.O. Sidings 15.41 ~ 15.47½ [PO Sdg]
? Tonbridge Sig.AD168X, MP30½ ? 15.48 ~ 15.52 [DM]
0.00 Tonbridge P.O. Sidings  ~ 15.48 15/54 [DF-DS]
? Tonbridge East Jn ? 15.57 ~ 16.05 [DS]
1.08 Tonbridge 15/51 [UF] 16/05½ [P3]
8.50 Sevenoaks 16/09 [P3] 16/20½ [P3]
? Bat & Ball 16/12 16/22
10.70 Otford Jn 16/14 16/25
17.97 Swanley 16/28 [P3] [US] 16/34 [US]
21.92 St Mary Cray Jn 16/34 [RVL] 16/41 [UCS]
22.81 Chislehurst 16/37 [US] DIV
25.07 Grove Park 16/43 [P4] [US] DIV
26.85 Hither Green 16/46 [P3] [US] DIV
? Parks Bridge Jn 16/50 [US] DIV
28.24 Lewisham 16/52 [P1] DIV
? Lewisham Vale Jn 16/53 DIV
30.07 Nunhead 16/58 [P1] DIV
? Crofton Road Jn 17/00 DIV
31.75 Denmark Hill 17/01 [P3] DIV
? Cambria Jn 17/03 DIV
? Canterbury Road Jn 17/05 DIV
? Bickley Jn DIV 16/43 [UCS]
? Bromley South DIV 16/45 [P3]
? Shortlands DIV 16.48 ~ 16.52 [P3]
? Beckenham Junction DIV 16/55½ [P2]
? Kent House DIV 16/56½ [P2] [UCM]
? West Dulwich DIV 17/00 [P1]
? Herne Hill DIV 17/01½ [P2]
32.85 Brixton 17/06½ [UC] 17/02½ [P1]
? Shepherds Lane 17/07½ [UA] 17/03 [UC-UA]
33.96 Voltaire Road Jn 17/08½ [UA] 17/04 [UA]
34.27 Factory Jn 17/09½ 17/06
34.66 Longhedge Jn 17/11½ 17/07
35.47 Latchmere Jn 17/20 17.10 ~ 17.18
38.25 Kensington Olympia 17.29a ~ 17.31d [P2] 17.25 ~ 17.28½ [P2]
40.10 North Pole Jn 17/35 17/32½
40.52 Mitre Bridge Jn 17/36 17/34
40.93 Willesden West London Jn 17/38 17/36
41.43
0.00		 Acton Lane Reception Sidings 17L43 ~ 18L23 [Recp 2] 17.41 ~ 18.34 [Recp 2]
0.50 Willesden West London Jn 18/28 18/39½
0.91 Mitre Bridge Jn 18/29 18/40
1.33 North Pole Jn 18/31 ?
3.18 Kensington Olympia 18.36a ~ 18.38d [P3] 18.46 ~ 18.48 [P3]
5.96 Latchmere Jn 18/45 [DRV] 18/53
6.24 West London Jn 18/50 [WL] ?
7.03 Queenstown Road Battersea 18/51½ [P2] [WL] 18/56 [P2]
? Nine Elms Jn 18/54 [WL] 18/57
8.48 Vauxhall 18/55½ 18/58
9.84 London Waterloo 18.59a [P20] 19.04 [P20]

Mileages taken from tour brochure. However the tour was diverted via Beckenham Junction, so these will need confirmation.

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