1st March 2022

Northern Belle
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Locos Used 57314 'Conwy Castle' & 57316 'Alnwick Castle'
Stock Used 99025+3174+3273+1566+3267+3275+3247+325+17167+10734+92904

Route :
1Z49 : London Victoria to Bath Spa
1Z51 : Bath Spa to Manchester Victoria

Loco(s) Route
57314 (1) London Victoria - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - Voltaire Road Jn - Brixton - Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - Streatham - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Weybridge - Byfleet & New Haw - Woking - Farnborough (Main) - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Andover - Salisbury - Wilton Jn - Warminster - Westbury - Trowbridge - Bradford-on-Avon - Bathampton Jn - Bath Spa
57314 (1) Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Dr Day's Jn - Filton Abbey Wood - Patchway - Severn Tunnel Junction - Maindee East Jn - Maindee North Jn - Pontypool & New Inn - Abergavenny - Hereford - Leominster - Ludlow - Craven Arms - Church Stretton - Sutton Bridge Jn - Shrewsbury - Crewe - Winsford - Warrington Bank Quay - Winwick Jn - Earlestown - Newton-le-Willows - Astley - Eccles - Ordsall Lane Jn - Manchester Victoria

Notes :
(1) 57316 on rear.


57314 waits at Westbury on the outward leg of the tour (photo: Guy Vincent)

Source : Guy Vincent

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual
London Victoria 09.47d [P2] [DCF] 09.47
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 09/49 09/50
Voltaire Road Jn 09/51½ 09/52
Brixton 09/56½ [P2] 09/55
Herne Hill 09/58½ [P3] 09/59
Tulse Hill 10/02½ [P2] 10/04
Streatham 10/05½ [P1] 10/08
Streatham South Jn 10/07 10/10
Haydons Road 10/10½ 10/13
Wimbledon 10/12 [P9] 10/15
Wimbledon West Jn 10/15½ [DS] ?
Raynes Park 10/17½ [P3] [DS] 10/21
New Malden 10/20 [P4] [DS] 10/22
Surbiton 10/25 [P3] [DF] 10/25
Hampton Court Jn 10/26 [DF] 10/29
Weybridge 10/31 [DF] 10/36
Byfleet & New Haw 10/32 [DF] 10/37
Woking 10/35 [P5] [DS] 10/42
Woking Jn 10/38 [DS] 10/43
Brookwood 10/42½ [P2] [DS] 10/47
Pirbright Jn 10/44½ [DS] 10/49
Farnborough (Main) 10/48 [P2] [DS] 10/52
Fleet 10/51 [P2] [DS] 10/55
Basingstoke 11/10 [P1] [DS] 11/05
Worting Jn 11/18 11/16
Andover 11/32 [P2] 11/34
Tunnel Jn 11/47 11/50
Salisbury 11c50 ~ 11c52 [P4] 11.52 ~ 11.56
Wilton Jn 11/56 12/00
Wishford 12/00 12/05
Wylye AHB 12/04 12/09
Upton Lovell 12/08 12/13
Warminster 12/14 12/18
Westbury 12*24 ~ 12*35 [P1] 12.24 ~ 12.36 [P1]
Hawkeridge Jn 12/36½ 12/37
Trowbridge 12/43½ 12/41
Bradford Jn 12/46 12/43
Bradford-on-Avon 12/48½ 12/46
Bathampton Jn 12/58 12/57
Bath Spa 13.01a [P1] 13.02

 

Location Booked Actual
Bath Spa 17.21d [P1] 17.27
North Somerset Jn 17/31 [UBL] 17/40
Dr Day's Jn 17/33 [ML] 17/42
Horfield Jn 17/37 [RL] 17/49
Filton Abbey Wood 17/38 [P4] 17/56
Patchway 17/46 [P2] 17/58
Pilning 17/51 [P2] 18/02
Severn Tunnel East 17/52 18/03
Severn Tunnel West 17/57 18/07
Severn Tunnel Junction 17/58 [P3] [DM] 18/09
Llanwern West Jn 18/05 18/17
Maindee East Jn 18/09 18/20
Maindee North Jn 18/12 18/24
Cwmbran 18/22½ 18/32
Pontypool & New Inn 18/27½ ?
Little Mill Jn 18/30 18/37
Abergavenny 18/39 [P1] 18/44
Pontrilas 18/50½ 18/55
Tram Inn 18/55½ 18/59
Hereford 19c04 ~ 19c06 [UR] 19.07 ~ 19.08
Shelwick Jn 19/09 19/10
Moreton-on-Lugg 19/12 19/13
Leominster 19/20 19/20
Woofferton 19/25 19/25
Ludlow 19/28½ ?
Bromfield 19/30 19/30
Craven Arms 19/34½ [P1] 19/38
Marsh Brook LC 19/41½ 19/46
Church Stretton 19/44 ?
Dorrington SB 19/50½ 19/57
Sutton Bridge Jn 19/56½ 20/03
English Bridge Jn 19/58½ ?
Shrewsbury 20c00 ~ 20c02 [P4] 20/06?
Harlescott LC 20/07 20/10
Wem 20/15 20/18
Prees 20/18 20/23
Whitchurch 20/22 20/25
Wrenbury 20/26 20/31
Nantwich 20/30 20/35
Crewe Gresty Lane 20/36 20/39
Crewe 20c38 ~ 20c44 [P11] [DF] 20.42 ~ 20.46
Crewe Coal Yard 20/48 20/48
Winsford 20/59 20/55
Hartford Jn 21/04 20/59
Acton Bridge 21/20 21/04
Weaver Jn 21/23 21/06
Acton Grange Jn 21/26 21/11
Warrington Bank Quay 21/28 [P4] 21/15
Dallam Jn 21/29½ 21/17
Winwick Jn 21/34 ? ~ 21.30
Earlestown 21/37 [P4] 21/35
Newton-le-Willows 21/39 21/38
Parkside Jn 21/40 21/40
Astley 21/50 21/46
Eccles 21/57 21/51
Ordsall Lane Jn 22/04 21/55
Salford Central 22/10 21/56
Deal Street Jn 22/11 21/57
Manchester Victoria 22.13a [P4] 21.58


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z50 : (57314 with 57316 on rear) : Bath Spa to Bath Goods Loop

Location Booked
Bath Spa 13.07d [P1]
Bath Goods Loop 13.10a

5Z51 : (57314 with 57316 on rear) : Bath Goods Loop to North Somerset Jn
5Z51 : (57316 with 57314 on rear) : North Somerset Jn to Chippenham
5Z51 : (57314 with 57316 on rear) : Chippenham to Bath Spa

Location Booked
Bath Goods Loop 15.59d
North Somerset Jn 16.14 ~ 16.20
Bath Spa 16/32 [P2]
Bathampton Jn 16/35
Thingley Jn 16/46
Thingley East Jn 16/47
Chippenham 16.49 ~ 16.59 [P2]
Thingley East Jn 17/01
Thingley Jn 17/02
Bathampton Jn 17/09
Bath Spa 17.14a [P1]


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