20th October 2018

UK Railtours
The Man of Steel

Locos Used 66055 'Alain Thauvette', 66060 & Di-8.702
Stock Used 35469+3097+3098+80042+3147+3149+3121+1651+4927+4991+4949+4959

Route :
1Z91 : London Kings Cross to Scunthorpe B.S.C. (Ent.C.)
1Z92 : Scunthorpe Trent T.C. to London Kings Cross

Loco(s) Route
66060 (1) London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Newark North Gate - Swinderby - Boultham Jn - Lincoln Central - Market Rasen - Wrawby Jn - Barnetby - Barnetby East
66055 (2) Barnetby East - Barnetby [DGL] - Wrawby Jn - Appleby - Foreign Ore Branch Jn - Scunthorpe Foreign Ore Terminal (4)
66060 (1) Scunthorpe Foreign Ore Terminal - (reverse of outward route) - Barnetby [Reception Siding No.1]
66055 (2) Barnetby [Reception Siding No.1] - Wrawby Jn - Appleby - Foreign Ore Branch Jn - Scunthorpe Trent Jn - Frodingham Yard [No.2 Reception line]
66060 (1) Frodingham Yard [No.2 Reception line] - Scunthorpe British Steel Coal Handling Plant (5)
66055 (2) Scunthorpe British Steel Coal Handling Plant - Scunthorpe Trent Jn - Frodingham Jn
66060 (1) Frodingham Jn - Scunthorpe Trent Jn - Scunthorpe British Steel (Ent.'C') - Anchor Sidings - Mills Exchange Sidings - Medium Section Mill (Welfare Loop)
8.702 (3) Medium Section Mill (Welfare Loop) - Mills Exchange Sidings - 'The Angle' - Dawes Lane - Redbourn Semi-Finished Sidings
66060 (1) Redbourn Semi-Finished Sidings - Dawes Lane - Trent Low Yard Sidings - Scunthorpe Trent Jn - Scunthorpe Avoiding Line (outward)  - Crowle - Hatfield & Stainforth - Doncaster - Doncaster Up Decoy - Potteric Carr Jn - Retford - Newark North Gate - (reverse of outward route) - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) 66055 on rear.
(2) 66060 on rear.
(3) 8.702 piloting 66055 with 66060 on rear.
(4) Run Round line, loco stopped at the points at the End of the Line.
(5) Inwards via Arrival line and Bunker to End of Line, outwards via Departure Line.
(6) Stuart Hicks had the stock listed as: 35469+3097+3098+80042+3147+3149+3121+1651+4927+4949+4959 (i.e. per above but NOT including 4991)? Howard Parker has since confirmed 4991 was in the consist and in the position shown above.


66060 during the break at Barnetby on 1Z91 (photo: Nick Bartlett)

Sources : Alan Sheppard (on the tour from/to Newark North Gate), David Lodwick, Nick Bartlett (on the tour throughout) & Stuart Hicks

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard, David Lodwick & Nick Bartlett)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
0.00
London Kings Cross 07.21d [P1] [B] 07.30 [P1] [A]   21.37a [P1] 22.10 [P1]
 ?
Belle Isle 07/23 [DF] 07/32 [DF]   21/35 [A] 22.00 ~ 22.08
  ?
 Holloway South Jn 07/25 [DS] 07/34 [DS]   21/33 21/56
2.41
Finsbury Park 07/27 [P7] [DS2] 07/36 [P7] [DS1]   21/31 [P4] [UF] 21/56 [P4] [UF]
4.78
Alexandra Palace 07/35 [P3] [DS] 07/39 [P3] [DS]   21/29 [UF] 21/54 [UF]
12.57
Potters Bar 07.47a ~ 07.50d [P4] [DS] 07.49 ~ 07.51 [P4] [DS]   21.15a ~ 21.22d [P1] [UF] 21.44 ~ 21.46 [P1] [UF]
20.25
Welwyn Garden City 07/59 [P3] [DS] 08/00 [P3] [DS]   21/08 [P2] [US] 21/33 [P2] [US]
21.20
Digswell Jn 08/00 08/01   21/05 [US] 21/32 [US]
23.73
Woolmer Green Jn 08/03 [DS] 08/03 [DS]   21/02 21/30
27.45
Stevenage 08.07a ~ 08.10d [P4] [DS] 08.08 ~ 08.10 [P4] [DS]   20.56a ~ 20.58d [P1] [UF] 21.23 ~ 21.25 [P1] [UF]
31.74
Hitchin 08/15 [P2] [DS] 08/15 [P2] [DS]   20/50 [P1] [US] 21/17 [P1] [US]
41.13
Biggleswade 08/24 [P4] [DS] 08/23 [P4] [DS]   20/42 [P1] [US] 21/04 [P1] [US]
44.10
Sandy 08/27 [P2] [DS] 08/25 [P2] [DS]   20/39 [P1] [US] 21/00 [P1] [US]
58.70
Huntingdon 08/39 [P3] [DS] 08/37 [P3] [DS]   20/26 [P2] [US] 20/45 [P2] [US]
67.03
Conington South Jn 08/48 08/45 [DS]   20/18 [UF] 20/36
69.26
Holme Jn 08/50 [DS] 08.48 ~ 08.50 [DS]   20/16 20/34
75.02
Fletton Jn 08/55 [DS] 08/59 [DS]   20/09½ 20/28 [US-UF]
76.29
Peterborough 08.59a ~ 09.05d [P4] [DF] 09.03 ~ 09.10 [P4] [DS]   20.03a ~ 20.07d [P1] [UF] 20.20 ~ 20.24 [P1] [US]
?
 Helpston Jn 09/12 09/19 [DS]   19/57 [US] 20/11
84.64
Tallington Jn 09/16 [DF-DS] 09/23 [DS]   19/54 [US] 20/09 [US]
99.61
Stoke Jn 09*32 ~ 09*38 09.39 ~ 09.51   19/42 [US] 19/57 [US]
?
Highdyke Jn - -   19/38 19/56
?
 Grantham South Jn - -   [US] [US]
105.38
Grantham 09/46 [P2] 09/59 [P2]   19*25 ~ 19*31 [Dn/Up Gds] [US] 19.44 ~ 19.46 [Dn/Up Gds] [US]
115.27
Claypole Loop 09/55 [DM] 10/08   19/16 [UM] 19/30
120.08
Newark North Gate 10.01a ~ 10.05d [P3] 10.15a ~ 10.19d [P3]   19.01a ~ 19.10d [P3] 19.07 ~ 19.24 [P3]

 

M.C Location Booked Actual
120.59
Newark Crossing East Jn 10/07 10/22
? Swinderby 10/16½ 10/31
135.25
Boultham Jn 10/27 10/40½
135.55
West Holmes Jn 10/28 10/41½ [UGF]
136.43
Lincoln Central 10/30 [UM] 10/43½ [UM]
136.55
Pelham Street Jn 10/31 10/44
142.56
Langworth S.B. 10/40 10/52½
147.28
Wickenby S.B. 10/46 10/57½
?
Market Rasen 10/51 11/02 [P1]
?
Holton-le-Moor S.B. 10/58 11/08
165.26
Wrawby Jn 11/09 [UF] 11/21 [US]
165.70
Barnetby 11w11a ~ 11w55d [P1] 11.23a ~ 11.57½d [P1]
?
Barnetby East Sig.CB8801 12.00 ~ 12.05 [GL] 11.59½ ~ 12.01
?
 Barnetby 12/10 [DGL] 12/03½ [DGL]
?
 Wrawby Jn 12/14 12.04½ ~ 12.08½
?
 Foreign Ore Branch Jn 12/25 12/23
?
 Scunthorpe Foreign Ore Terminal 12.30 ~ 12.45 12.47 ~ 12.48½ [RR]
?
 Foreign Ore Branch Jn 12/53 13.07 ~ 13.08
?
 Wrawby Jn 13/04 13/28½
?
 Barnetby Down Reception 13.07 ~ 13.20 [Recp.1] 13.32 ~ 13.35 [Recp.1]
?
 Wrawby Jn 13/23 13/39
?
 Foreign Ore Branch Jn 13/34 13/49½
?
 Scunthorpe Trent Jn 13/40 13.57 ~ 14.01½
?
 Scunthorpe F.D. (Sig.S30) 13.43 ~ 13.53 [No.2 Recp] 14.04 ~ 14.06 [No.2 Recp]
?
 Scunthorpe Trent Jn 13/56 14/07
?
 Scunthorpe British Steel Coal Handling Plant 14.00 ~ 14.15 14.47½ ~ 14.50 [Arr/Dep]
?
 Scunthorpe Trent Jn 14/18 [USG] (Sig.S346) 15.05 ~ 15.10 [USG]
?
 Frodingham Jn (Sig.S.340) 14.21 ~ 14.31 [USG] -
?
 Scunthorpe Trent Jn 14/35 [USG] -
?
 North Lincoln Jn 14/37 15/11
?
 Scunthorpe B.S.C. (Ent.'C') 14.40 ~ 15.13 ~ 15.15
 ?
Anchor Sidings
 ? 15/17 [Sdg 4]
?
Brickshed Jn
? 15/18
 ?
Mills Exchange Sidings
? 15/26 [Mills 3]
 ?
Medium Section Mill (Welfare Loop)
 15L20 ~ 15L40 15.36½ ~ 15.58
 ?
Mills Exchange Sidings
 ? 16/08 [Mills 3]
 ?
Brickshed Jn
 ? 16/16
 ?
Dawes Lane
 ? 16.18 ~ 16.26
 ?
Redbourn Semi-Finished Sidings
 16L20 ~ 16L40 16.39 ~ 16.49 [Sdg C2]
 ?
Dawes Lane
 17/15 16/54
 ?
Trent Sidings (Low Yard)
 ? 16.56 ~ 17.03 [Sdg 9]
 ?
 Scunthorpe Trent T.C. ~ 17.20 17/06
179.74
Scunthorpe Trent Jn 17/23 [Line E] 17/07 [Transfer Line]
 ?
 Scunthorpe Sig.319 17/25 [Line E] 17/12 [Outward] [Line E]
171.66
Crowle 17/39 [P2] 17/22
164.31
Thorne Jn 17/47 17.32½ ~ 17.38 [DS]
162.63
Hatfield & Stainforth 17/49 [DS] 17/44½ [DS]
159.47
Kirk Sandall Jn 17/54 17/48½ [DF]
157.27
Bentley Jn 17/57 17/52½
155.77
Doncaster 18.02a ~ 18.05d [P1] [ESL] 17.56a ~ 18.00d [P1] [ESL]
154.13
Doncaster Up Decoy 18*15 ~ 18*20 [UG2] 18/08 [Transfer Line] [UG3]
?
 Potteric Carr Jn 18/26 [ESL] 18/09 [ESL]
153.18
Black Carr Jn 18/27 [ESL] 18/10 [ESL]
152.00
Loversall Carr Jn 18*30 ~ 18*31 18.12½ ~ 18.16
?
 Ranskill Up Loop 18/39½ 18.27 ~ 18.40 [UPL]
138.49
Retford 18/44 18/47 [UM]
120.63
Newark Flat Crossing 18/59 19/04

Timings continue in first table.
Mileages are as shown in brochure, listed as Miles & Chains 'From' London, resulting in Scunthorpe to Newark being shown backwards.
No Mileages shown for section from Barnetby to Scunthorpe Trent Jn via F.O.B, C.H.P. & Steel Works.



Associated E.C.S. Workings

19/10/18 :
5M61 : (66055) : Eastleigh Arlington to Wembley Yard

Location Booked
Eastleigh Arlington 21.30d
Eastleigh 21/35
Winchester 21/43
Worting Jn 21/58
Basingstoke 22/01
Bramley 22/09
Southcote Jn 22/20
Oxford Road Jn 22/23
Reading 22c26 ~ 22c28
Kennet Bridge Jn 22/31
Twyford 22/36
Maidenhead 22/43
Slough 22/54
Heathrow Airport Jn 23/05
Southall 23/10
West Ealing 23/15
Acton West 23/19
Acton Main Line 23/21
Acton Wells Jn 23/25
Acton Canal Wharf 23/27
Willesden No.7 Jn 23/30
Wembley Yard South Jn 23/33
Wembley EFOC 23.38a

20/10/18:
5N50 : (66060 with 66055 on rear) : Wembley Yard to Hornsey
5N50 : (66055 with 66060 on rear) : Hornsey to London Kings Cross

Location Booked
Wembley EOFC 05.25d
Wembley Yard South Jn 05/32
Willesden Railnet Reception 05/34
Harlesden Jn 05/39
Willesden West London Jn 05/42
Camden Jn 05/47
Primrose Hill 05/48
Camden Road Jn 05/51
Camden Road Central Jn 05/52
York Way North Jn 05/55
Copenhagen Jn 05/57
Holloway South Jn 06/00
Finsbury Park 06/04
Hornsey Sig.K440 06.09 ~ 06.34
Harringay 06/39
Finsbury Park 06*42 ~ 06*43
Holloway South Jn 06/46
Belle Isle 06/48
London Kings Cross 06.50a [P1]

5M50 : (66055 with 66060 on rear) : London Kings Cross to Hornsey
5M50 : (66060 with 66055 on rear) : Hornsey to Wembley Yard

Location Booked
London Kings Cross 22.17d [P1]
Belle Isle 22/19
Holloway South Jn 22/22
Finsbury Park 22/26
Hornsey Sig.K440 22.30 ~ 23.00
Harringay 23/05
Harringay Park Jn 23/07
Upper Holloway 23/11
Junction Road Jn 23/12
Gospel Oak 23/20
Kensal Green Jn 23/35
Harlesden Jn 23/40
Willesden Railnet Reception 23/42
Wembley Yard South Jn 23/45
Wembley EOFC 23.50a


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